Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solaris illumos. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solarisillumos. We got you covered on your way to oracle solaris 11 os the oracle solaris 11 operating system os platform provides major improvements over. 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. Os native multipathing software huawei san storage host.
I was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide doc. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris. Ips combined with zfs snapshots means greatly reduced downtime and failsafe updating. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. The symmetric option really doesnt matter since the addition of loadbalancenone will ensure there are no partnerpath misconfigure errors. Check multipathing software in use mpxio, vxdmp, emc power path. After the installation, we recommend that you check for and apply the latest patches for the. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. The files in kerneldrv are the default files as delivered with the os and should not be edited and are not used by mpxio for configuration. What is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. Posted by guhus system administrator on sep 22 at 11. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris administration.
How to set limit on the maximum number of open files per process. Jun 03, 2008 oracle solaris 10 great news about extended support for oracle solaris 10 os. To patch, you must upgrade to a newer version of the software package in question. To prepare for either enabling or disabling mpxio on a specific drive port, specify ls l devcfg on the command line. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris. Dell emc supports zfs in solaris 10 1106 and later updates and solaris 11. This is a tivoli enterprise mgr tem bigfix script template that can be used to create a repeatable config and services check for compliance. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. If you need to add a patch to a diskless client system, see patching diskless client os services when you add a patch, the patchadd command calls the pkgadd command to install the patch packages from the patch directory to a local systems disk.
While some of the other features in solaris 11 can be pretty much viewed as incremental updates, this is truly revolutionary. From the output returned, select the port you would like to either enable or disable. Patching global and nonglobal zones keep the global and nonglobal zones secured by patching them with the fixlets in the patches for solaris site. How can i patch a non global zone without patching the global zone. If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oraclesupported devices. It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a single operating system instance. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. The documentation from oracle is your best friend when it comes to solaris questions the short answer is that pkg update or pkg update accept will update solaris to the most recent packages available from the ips repositories you have enabled on your system the long answer.
Claud yeiser senior linux solaris system administrator. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. Postinstallation patches for the sun solaris 10 update 6 os. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host.
Published on the otn garage the official blog of the system admin and developer community of otn with links to tales from the datacenter by erik benner, enterprise architect, mythics inc. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. You might need to run the fsck command to repair any errors in the file systems listed in the. Jun 15, 2011 solaris mpxio provides a multipathing solution for storage devices accessible through multiple physical paths. I know this thread is old, but from what ive got, ssi and mpxio with alua is only supported with v10u2 as mentioned before without a pvr. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. The image packaging system, pkg5, is a framework that provides for software lifecycle management such as installation, upgrade, and removal of packages. Hi, i have faced lots of challenges when we go for unix patching poc for bladelogic server automation. Solaris 11 is public available and the ips package management is setting new standards in solaris administration and version management.
The next step in the process is to download the key and certificate for the oracle solaris 11 supported repository. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Solaris zone patching bigfix ibm endpoint manager forum. Managing san devices and multipathing in oracle solaris 11. Ensure oracle solaris 11 support is selected, and then click the submit to go to a screen that allows you to add additional certificate data to distinguish this key and certificate pair, as shown in figure 3. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The 4 configuration files used in case of solaris 11 are the same, performing the. May 19, 2009 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. This content represents actions that must be addressed to have patch management for solaris display the most accurate information about security patches and updates for the systems in your deployment. Solaris 10 mpxio disabling an hba for san maintenance. Mpxio was initially delivered on sparc systems mostly on fibre attached storage.
Enabling mpxio on solaris 10 solaris mpxio provides a multipathing solution for storage devices accessible through multiple physical paths. Adding or updating individual packages to add individual software packages, use the pkg install command. Technote troubleshooting problemabstract this document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. Dmp is included with storage foundation and is the preferred multipathing solution for device presentation.
Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. Enabling or disabling mpxio multipathing per port azizs blog. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solaris os. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or. Hello, just fyi, we had another customer inquire about solaris 11 patching support, and whether or not it was coming in bsa 8. Oracle solaris san configuration and multipathing guide. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic. For solaris 11 copies of the default files are stored in etcdriverdrv. This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio.
Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. Please note that the solaris 10 os recommended patchset may not be updated every month. How to downgrade to different oracle fc hba driver and firmware version on a solaris 11 server. Solaris admin reference solaris storage multipathing. Sep 12, 20 this is similar to the monthly release cadence for solaris repository updates srus for solaris 11. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Reliability a reliable system helps avoid, detect and repair issues such as.
This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. 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. I havent been able to find docs for earlier version but the lack of the fcinfo command and preleadville fc drivers must make it a real chore. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. Howto update your oracle solaris 11 systems using support. 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. May 28, 2008 i was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the patches for solaris site. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. How to enable solaris multipathing mpxio or stms for emc symmetrix luns.
Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. Any dependent packages are also updated at the same time. Solaris patch 12022227 is a minimum version that has been qualified for the emulex. Do you want to see how future patch architecture is changing. To enable mpxio for storage devices, the appropriate information for. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or stms.
Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. For solaris 10 and 11, mpxio is enabled by default on x86 platforms. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. How to upgrade to specific not necessarily latest oracle fc hba driver and firmware version on a solaris 11 server.
Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. Everyone who develops software for this platform will want to make sure that the application users are using the optimal solaris 11 infrastructure. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11 operating system. Solaris weekly configservice check adding raw swap to a logical domain ldom in ops center. All t10t11 standardscompliant nonsun symmetrical disk devices. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Solaris booting obprunlevelsuser admins understanding the booting process is important in the sense that you can get a clear idea when a system faces a booting problem if you are familiar with the booting sequence and steps involved.
This guide provides an overview of solaris io multipathing features for the oracle. At a simple level, to update all packages on your system, if newer versions are. These files and directories are created and utilized by the updated solaris 10 patching utilities. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. Oracle call mpxio storagetek traffic manager software or stms which made the docs harder to find. To upgrade a system that is running oracle solaris 11 express or the oracle solaris early adopter release, see oracle solaris 11 release notes. To perform this update, execute luxadm e forcelip on solaris 10 or a fcadm force lip on solaris 11 against each emlxs instance that reports the message. Note in previous oracle solaris releases, the stmsboot command was used to enable or disable multipathing on the boot device only for sparc based hosts only. This is similar to the monthly release cadence for solaris repository updates srus for solaris 11. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic multi. Used to configure mpxio to work with iscsi devices. Configuring load balancing policy for oracle solaris io multipathing.
Can i have different sru levels in non global zones. Successfully migrated multiple projects from solaris 10 to solaris 11, including new ldoms, os installations, data migrations using multiple tools and technologies. How to enable multipathing perform the following steps to enable multipathing on all multipathcapable devices on sparc or x86 based systems. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure san disk. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool.
I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes. Mar 21, 2014 hi, i have faced lots of challenges when we go for unix patching poc for bladelogic server automation. I am learning solaris, with solaris 10 x86, and one of the chapters in the manual is about patching. Use the patchadd command to add patches to servers or standalone systems. Note starting with oracle solaris 11, the configuration files are read from both kernel. A script like this can check to confirm specific services like cron or sendmail are not disabled due to patching or other teams with elevated access. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. Mar 02, 2016 what is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone.
In case of solaris 11, files in the directory kerneldrv and etcdriverdrv are the sample default configuration files delivered with os not used by mpxio. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using. The host server oracle solaris configuration guide datacore. This is because in some months there may be no new patches meeting the inclusion criteria. Adding a solaris patch system administration guide. How can i patch a global zone without patching nonglobal zones. The location of the configuration files in solaris 11 has changed. 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 solaris 11 copies of the default files are stored inetcdriverdrv. Solaris patches installation error codes solaris blog. Multipathing provides the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover. Does the zoneadm attach u option will update the patches in nonglobal zone in solaris 11. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris 11. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. Solaris 11 express and solaris 11 support repositories explained doc id 1021281. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure. In the solaris 10 os, there are additional entries located in the varsadmpkgsave directory structure. Enabling or disabling mpxio multipathing per port azizs. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs.
Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover. For solaris 11 copies of the default files are stored inetc driverdrv. This is an optional step that allows you to identify the key and certificate further. In current oracle solaris releases, the command is used to enable or disable multipathing on serialattached scsi devices as well as fc devices. So can i download free patches from the sun page, i mean wit the unix and linux forums. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes.
Its important to consider firmware patches when considering an appropriate patching strategy for your systems. So, solaris 11 which is radically different from the solaris 10, but talk about it separately it deserves another blog post for another time in terms of patching strategy is double. It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a. If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oracles supported devices. Veritas provides support if you run solaris mpxio in conjunction with veritas dynamic multipathing dmp as outlined in the configuration requirements above. Removing patches in global and nonglobal zones use the solaris patch rollback wizard to remove a patch package and restore previously saved files in a global or nonglobal zone, or both. How to enable solaris multipathing mpxio or stms for emc. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. This flaw is not present on solaris 11 nor on solaris 10 with critical patches installed since. Solaris 10, 2 hbas, mpxio and a few luns zoned to both hbas. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for. Im not able to turn the multipath off on the solaris s10 x86.
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