That being said, solaris packages are usually locked into a particular set of revisions via a meta package called entire. Solaris 10 x86 kernel patching with vxvm mohamed musthaq. Disk management, using veritas volume manager, logical volume management. Zfs file system, linux runtime still coming for solaris 10. Part 2 monitoring tools, network, packagespatches, run levels, broadcast messages, services, noteable files, vi tricks. Regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch.
Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference and i hope it is useful. To see the available versions, use the following command. Sep 17, 2015 regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch. In case of a zfs root, we need not have a separate partition. Zfs zettabyte filesystem is a file system designed by sun microsystems for the solaris operating system. The first step in this process is to ensure that solaris 10 operating system is installed, followed by the installation of any optional solaris 10 contributed software. Solaris 11 administration vs solaris 10 administration ars. Zfs zetta byte filesystem is introduced on solaris 10 release. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 10 08 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem.
Please feel free to use it test it and see if it works. Check latest patch on my oracle support website parallel patching is really helpful as. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot. Oct 24, 2019 zfs has a cache algorithm which named arc adaptive replacement cache. Zfs was made available to solaris 10 in update 4 and you could boot from it in update 6 think service packs. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. Though i have enough space in root filesystem of both zones, everytime i run installcluster. Jul 24, 20 oracle took a brave decision by making zfs as default root filesystem in solaris 11 onwards. I want to patch one side of the mirror and keep intact another side safe in case of roll back is required. For you information,from solaris 11 onward, zfs will be the default root filesystem. How to install a zfs boot block in solaris the geek diary. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider.
Solaris 10 os patching using lu live upgrade method the. The lab was a selfguided tour through the basics of using live upgrade combined with zfs root to seriously speed up the system maintenance process. If you are using zfs snapshots as a way to rollback from patches, try checking the contents of varsadmpatch before patching, post patching, and post rollback if you are not already using the feature, investigate alternate boot environments for solaris especially. The first couple of opensolaris releases were primarily designed for use by developers who want to contribute to opensolaris. Jaikumar ramanujam senior linux system administrator. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. The content is drawn from transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 and other sources in the oracle solaris documentation. Live upgarde for solaris, multibos for aix, yum for linux.
Solaris 10 os patching using lu live upgrade method. Zfs has a cache algorithm which named arc adaptive replacement cache. We are at the start of our next round of patching and have come across a small issue with solaris 10. Yes kpatch dynamic kernel patching no no no no centos linux 10 year lifecycle centos linux centos 7 centos 6 centos 5 centos 4 centos 3 release date 7jul14 10jul10 12apr07 9mar05 19mar04 eol end of life 30jun24 30nov20 31mar17 29feb12 31oct10 eos final end of support extended na na na na na currently under support. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Solaris can be operated with the same command base as linux. Alternatives to solaris containers and zfs for linux on.
I want to install solaris10 recommended patch cluster on it, but not sure, how to go ahead with procedure. Warning content posted here are gained through the real world experience or some may come from training or any other internet sources. Now we will start our installation of cpu patch cluster activity patching activity. Solaris 10 kernel patching q2 2018 linuxtab a man page. While we havent gotten many inches the wind is causing drifting and white out conditions. Mar 25, 2016 solaris 10 x86 kernel patching with vxvm mohamed musthaq. This is having zfs filesystem and 10 sparseroot zones are there. Sep 11, 2017 zfs is available for linux via the zfsonlinux and openzfs projects, and more recently was included in canonicals ubuntu linux distribution. We have performed patching for solaris os under zfs with zones using live. In general the arc allocates as much memory as it is available. Jan 22, 2008 it wont be a solaris 10 update to change the packaging architecture midstream in solaris 10 would be too disruptive so think of it more as solaris 11 although that may not be the actual name. Solaris manual patching with vxvm root disk patching procedure for solaris box with veritas root disk, this procedure is tested in veritas version 5.
How to replace a failed disk in rpool x86 solaris 10 patching with svm. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. It uses a solaris porting layer spl to provide a solariskernel interface on linux, so that unmodified zfs code can execute. Both sparcbased and x86based versions of solaris are covered in this course.
Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os with sam. Also, solaris live upgrade works the same as in previous releases when you use zfs. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Zfs is a 128bit file system, so it can address 18 billion billion times more data than the 64bit systems zfs is implemented as opensource filesystem, licensed under the common development and distribution license cddl. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. On the day of writing, the newest version of solaris 10 is u11 1 and cluster for solaris 10 is 3.
Solaris 10 910 u9 added physical to zone migration, zfs triple parity raidz and oracle solaris auto registration. My company uses zfs on linux in production, and ive been the. In this example, a zfs be zfsbe, which was created on a solaris 10 10 09 system with a zfs root file system and zone root in a non root pool, is upgraded to the oracle solaris 10 9 10 release. A system and service manager that replaces upstart as the default init system. This solaris 10 patching best practices course reference guide is a supplement to the webbased training course ws2700s10. Below is a simple live upgrade be creation and patching example. Live kernel patching is another capability, that is currently being.
Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. Though i have enough space in root filesystem of both zones, everytime i run installcluster, it fails with complaining less space but in alternate be. Mar 18, 2015 solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs is really simple compared to some of the messes you could get into with svm mirrored root disks. It might help you to land on real job or may fire your from the real job. These features have been emulated by the market imitation is the finest form of flattery. You need to mount the zfs root pool so you can install the boot block that corresponds to the patch.
Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone. Zfs has many cool features over traditional volume managers like svm,lvm,vxvm. Image packaging system ips a state of the art, network repositorybased. To develop this filesystem cum volume manager,sun microsystems had spend lot of years and some billion dollars money. Solaris patching issue with live upgrade the unix and linux. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in. First of all, let me say that my personnel experience of suns patch automation tools is limited. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Introduction oracle solaris 10 has been an amazing os update, including ground breaking features like zones solaris containers, zfs, services, dynamic tracing against live production operating systems without impact, and logical domains. Zfs datasets for which snapshot and clone will be created for be are.
If you are using zfs snapshots as a way to rollback from patches, try checking the contents of varsadmpatch before patching, post patching, and post rollback. I work upstream from the sysnet and services groups who produce most of suns patch automation tools, so i and my team mostly patch from first principles using the basic solaris patch utilities, patchadd and patchrm my team does have some experience of working with some of the. Red hat enterprise linux to oracle solaris 11 comparison. Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to.
But we have to make sure backup everything include create zfs snapshot and splitting zfs mirror for rollback plan. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. Solaris 10 uses varsadmpkg and varsadmpatch to track package and patch versions. Here i am sharing the experience my experience with. For releases prior to solaris 10 1009, this feature is delivered in the patch utilities patch, 11925466 or later revision sparc and 11925566 or later revision x86. We had a great turnout for our solaris 10 patching with live upgrade hands on lab at openworld a few weeks back. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs is really simple compared to some of the messes you could get into with svm mirrored root disks. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Traditional method nonlive upgrade what are oracle solaris 11 installation methods. Patching on the local solaris target machine with direct access to the internet is the most straight forward process and this document will describe this scenario. I want to install solaris 10 recommended patch cluster on it, but not sure, how to go ahead with procedure. The following tables summarize differences between oracle solaris 10 and 11 with emphasis on the benefits of oracle solaris 11. Openzfs on os x o3x brings openzfs features to apples macos the installer release of openzfs on os x is ready for use by people who are comfortable with administering zfs from the terminal or who are willing to learn to do so.
Reading this blog may confuse you or may increase understanding of unix linux operating system and its component. In solaris 11 it is mandatory that your boot volume is zfs. I have solaris10 sparc box with zfs filesystem, which is running two non global zones. Students will have access to both sparc and x86based solaris servers to perform their labs. The oracle solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and b efore choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. In otherwords, if the systems root filesystem is zfs,then you have to use liveupgrade and no other way to do it. Jan 19, 2016 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. To prevent high memory usage, you would like to limit the zfs arc to xx gb, which makes sense to me so you always have some ram free for applications, please follow this documentation.
Fujitsu m10 is sold as sparc m10 systems by fujitsu in japan. I am in process of applying solaris recommended patch cluster via live upgrade. Patching on zfs filesystem the unix and linux forums. Mar 17, 2015 solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs is really simple compared to some of the messes you could get into with svm mirrored root disks. It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11. Recovering the zfs root pool or root pool snapshots oracle docs. Solaris containers also known as zones officially renamed to oracle solaris zones1 command line tools to manage zones graphical tool oracle enterprise manager ops center for managing zones dynamically assign resources to a zone or group of zones can run solaris 8, 9, 10 and some linux in a zone. Alternatives to solaris containers and zfs for linux on system z. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. In the steps that follow, zfs2be, is the example name of the boot environment that is upgraded or patched.
For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. If linux is installed on your system and you installed the oracle solaris os in a. Host storage veritas storage foundation, sds svm and zfs. Zfs quick command reference with examples unixarena. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 1008 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs. I personally introduced hundreds of customers to smf while teaching solaris 10 classes. It exists several products in internet that are able to managed solaris server but we support only the patching methods listed at. Spacewalk is a linux only system management system. I have solaris 10 sparc box with zfs filesystem, which is running two non global zones. Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris.
Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os with sam the sysadmin december 2009. Use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots in at least the solaris 10 509 release. The post discusses about how to install zfs boot block on a system running a zfs root filesystem. The guide presents the key concepts of the course but it does not contain all the content presented in the course itself. These updates can either be a system upgrade or the application of patches. Mar 18, 2014 now we will start our installation of cpu patch cluster activity patching activity. Reading this blog may confuse you or may increase understanding of unixlinux operating system and its component. How to change the default kernel boot from old kernel in centosrhel 8. This is having zfs filesystem and 10 sparse root zones are there. Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is.
Dec 05, 2009 patching on the local solaris target machine with direct access to the internet is the most straight forward process and this document will describe this scenario. Basic administration you can also use these components or products. It looks like the solaris 10 os cannot find zfs filesystem and keeps on rebooting in normal solaris os mode, but when i go to safe mode and type. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones, i have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the suns recommended patchsets. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. It is backwards compatible with sysv init scripts, and provides features, such as parallel startup of system services at boot time, on demand activation of daemons, support for system state snapshots, or dependencybased service control logic. Update 11 for solaris 10 is probably last release of solaris 10 and has some new features, which are not available if you only patching a system with. Solaris 10zones, creating zones, zfs file system, zone administrative commands. I want to install solaris10 recommended patch cluster on it. The operating system will be oracle solaris 10 sunos 5. Solaris 10, 11 and redhat linux system administration, including build, patching, upgrading, performance tuning, zfs, zones management plan, analyze, design, test and implement of the disaster recovery, business continuity plan and performance tests. I have worked on many volume manages like svmsolaris volume manager,vxvm veritas volume manager and lvm logical volume manager but zfs is onestep ahead compare to other volume. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps.
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