Ibm bigfix patch for solaris provides unified, realtime visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all solaris endpoints from a single console. The zones parallel patching feature is now available in the latest solaris 10 patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Patches for solaris 11 solaris 11 sparc, x86 support repository updates bigfix provides support also for solaris zones. The oracle solaris 11 zone install first verifies access to a ips repository and a plan is created, the packages are downloaded to the nonglobal zone and installed. If you have just arrived at this page, then you might want to start with solaris 10 zones. For more information, see solaris zone patching on page 48. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. A fast track course for experienced unix system administrators who may have experience managing hp, ibm, or linux systems. Examine etc zones directory to display zone configuration file.
Solaris installation automated installer ai is the new network based multiclient provisioning system on oracle solaris 11. Ips commands ignore oracle solaris 10 branded zones. Applying a patch to a solaris system with zones installed. Initially i think the cause is ssh key, then i tried to login into the ngz from the network, it was showing ssh connection refused. Tim wort introduction a number of new zonecfg1m properties are added to oracle solaris 11 zones. In a nonglobal zone, the system repository provides access to the package repositories configured in the global zone. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot. Solaris 10 branded zone kernel patching procedure this blog explains the steps to create a new boot environment in a oracle solaris 10 branded zone on oracle solaris 11.
The directory etc zones contains the configuration files for each zone by the zone name. Solaris 11 has added a lot of new features to the zones technology. Ldom also allows you to configure zones under that. Oracle solaris 11 zones create a whole root model and the sparse root model described in the oracle solaris 10 nonglobal zone is no longer supported. Oracle solaris 11 overview and design guide fujitsu. Solaris containers including solaris zones is an implementation of operating systemlevel virtualization technology for x86 and sparc systems, first released publicly in february 2004 in build 51 beta of solaris 10, and subsequently in the first full release of solaris 10, 2005. Remember the best practice in oracle solaris 11 express. Update nonglobal zones manually to keep them in sync with the global zone. Dec 15, 20 zones are application containers that is maintained by the running operating system.
Solaris 11 virtualization using zones the urban penguin. Ai provides handsfree installation of both sparc and x86 systems by using an installation service that installs systems from software package repositories on the network. You can use the patchadd system utility described in the patchadd 1m man page to perform the following tasks. About adding patches in zones system administration guide. Solaris 10 910 u9 added physical to zone migration, zfs triple parity raidz and oracle solaris auto registration. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. The book covers the topics oracle solaris resource management, zones also. Ldom is a hardware based virtualization which works on top the hypervisor. Solaris 11 cheat sheet and other oracle documentation the. Yes, can be applied to multiple zones in parallel no patching pkg updates instead. So while in the global zone i see the changed facet, and can upgrade the affected packages, the same is not true in any nonglobal zone i later create. We have had zones as a form of virtualization in solaris since solaris 10, with the release of solaris 11 zones take a massive leap forward in the way they use resources, or dont use, compared with the architecture in solaris 10.
Netbackup servers are not currently supported in either whole or sparse solaris 11 nonglobal zones. Comparing solaris 11 zones to solaris 10 zones oracle. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. Oracle solaris 11 zones part 2 new zone configuration properties. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Today ill tell you about root filesystem models for nonglobal zones in solaris. Youll learn the advantages of using zones, how to implement zones and how to manage. The packaging design im working on has support for management of images, which are a combination of the basic idea of a boot environment with some amount of linkage or sharing, as in zones. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards.
I need your expert help, what is the best practice and simple way to migrateport from current server to new solaris 11 server. This course teaches the student how to administer zones containers in the solaris 10 operating environment. A zone is the implementation of virtualization within the solaris oe. Solaris 11 zones are slightly different from solaris 10 zones. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. This helps remove the cost and risk of migrating applications from earlier versions of oracle solaris. From a software perspectice, this kernel zone is completely independent from the global zone, i. Patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. Single user mode doesnt really work for patching solaris 10 with zones.
Cheatsheet, documentation, manuals, solaris, solaris 11 solaris 11 cheat sheetalways good to have something like this handy. To verify the oracle solaris release and the machine. If you are patching a package that was added by using the. Solaris 11 does not have the concept of update patch. No way to install a flar archive of solaris 10 to solaris. Solaris 11 administration of nf logadm is a handy solaris utility that can be used to rotate the log files. Simply install this patch, set the maximum number of nonglobal zones to be patched in parallel in the config file etcpatchnf, and away you go. In case you are new to solaris zones refer the post how to create zones in solaris 10 to get started. Whats more, users of solaris 11 express have been having all sorts of problems upgrading to the release version. If youre running a fair few nonglobal zones on solaris 10, youll know full well how. In oracle solaris 10, zones was introduced which gave us an ability to create isolated environments for applications that can run on a single machine. The post describes an example of adding a raw disk device online to a nonglobal zone. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Links on zones essential links for further info on zones.
Note that oracle solaris 10 branded zones are different from oracle solaris 11 nonglobal zones. Note oracle solaris 10 305 through oracle solaris 10 1106. Added notes regarding solaris 11 support and branded zones. Do we have to upgrade current t5220 solaris 10 server to 11 then migrateport all data and zones to new t52 solaris 11 server. This procedure describes how to solaris zone status and configuration. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. For more information, see solaris zone patching on page. How to install an idr pkg using a p5p in solaris 11 eli. Oracle solaris 11 system administration for experienced unixlinux administrators a solaris 11 course combining topics from the solaris system administration level 1 and 2 courses. Global zone contents can differ from nonglobal zones in oracle solaris 11 express, but specific release levels must be in sync. Use the solaris live upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on solaris 9 and 10 computers.
It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11. Control domain is the place where you are going to install the ldom software and. How to patch nonglobal zones in parallel set the number of nonglobal zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etcpatchnf. Jun 19, 2009 the zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained in the latest solaris 10 patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. This article steps through a simple example of creating zones on oracle solaris 11 express and current best practices for updating both global and nonglobal zones. Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris.
The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching. To see the available versions, use the following command. The official oracle eof list and what new list pdf. 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. Examining these files will show the show the configuration of the zones. Netbackup support for oracle solaris virtualization veritas. With solaris 10, patching the global zone will install the patches on all zones by default, unless the affected package isnt installed on the target zone or you explicitly ask to install the patch on the global zone only g.
A good laptopdesktop with solaris 11 virtual machine vmware workstation or virtualbox. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. Jun 12, 20 solaris 11 zones are slightly different from solaris 10 zones. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11 operating system. To activate a boot environment, the user has to set the com. If the patch already exists, and rerun this, will it be any harm 3. For your information solaris 9 and solaris 8 branded zones are not supported on solaris11. Solaris containersresource management and solaris zones step. Oracle does provide a procedure called transitioning an oracle solaris 10 instance to an oracle solaris 11 system, enabling you to port your solaris 10 global or nonglobal zone to solaris 11. Oracle solaris 11 packaging from the architect, stephen hahn, a summary of how indianas image packaging system ips changes patching. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. For more information on this topic refer bmc online documentation.
Solaris 10 ldom kernel patching using live upgrade. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. If running a release prior to solaris 10 1009, download patch 11925466 or later revision sparc or 11925566 or later revision x86. Oracle solaris 11 administration command cheat sheet. Two filesystem models in solaris 10 zones as you probably know, there are two such.
Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones 807567 may 16, 2007 4. Another exception is branded zones which never get packages or patches from the global zone. Oracle solaris 11 zone features transitioning from oracle. 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. Prior to this version, a reboot of the nonglobal zone was required to make the changes effective. Solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone i am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solariszones parallel patching 20090619t17. The default nonglobal zone in the oracle solaris 11 release is solaris, described in the solaris 5 man page. Network virtualization functions implemented oracle solaris zone, elastic virtual switch evs. The solaris zones technology provides a way to efficiently manage and utilize resources by allowing you to have isolated software applications and services. Working with nonglobal zones adding and updating oracle.
Let us get started and see how we can create a zone in solaris 11. Zones parallel patching is an enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities and is delivered in the patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones oracle community. In this case i would like to know while applying any patches on solaris 1. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. To understand better, you should know the type of terms used in ldom or oracle vm for sparc. Mar 17, 2015 yesterday i faced an issue, where in i was unable to login into ngzs after kernel patching. That being said, solaris packages are usually locked into a particular set of revisions via a meta package called entire. Part of the solaris 10 operating system os, solaris zones are widely discussed across all corners of the web. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. In this book, nonglobal zone means oracle solaris 11 nonglobal zone.
Nov 14, 2011 this explains how to setup development zones in solaris 11 this is described as part of a larger howto refer to. Its more than just binary compatibility, as oracle solaris zones formerly called oracle solaris containers offer binary and environmental compatibility. The zones parallel patching enhancement for the solaris 10 patch utilities was released this week giving customers a choice of how to improve zones patching performance. This is available for use on all solaris 10 systems. Solaris 11 zones offer the best of solaris 10 wholeroot zones and sparseroot zones, and offer an array of new features that make zones even more flexible and powerful. Patch for solaris users guide hcl software product. I have a doubts on step 8 specially can someone clear my step 8 doubts or if anything wrong between step 1 to step 9 please correct that also as i have pretty good idea about step 10 mean patching in solaris 10. The zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained. In the zones update on attach section of a previous blog posting, i mentioned that the zones update on attach feature could also be used to improve zones patching perfomance.
This patching activity can be performed while server is in production since we are installing the patches on alternative boot environment. Properties added by solaris 11 release 11 11 are in bold. You can use most ips commands in a nonglobal zone the same way you use them in the global zone. To patch, you must upgrade to a newer version of the software package in question. Over time, solaris zones have grown in popularity, thirdparty support has increased, and the technology has been enhanced continually to support new and different kinds of features and con. The patching requires that the zones be bootable, and they are not bootable because of service dependencies when in single user. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container.
I have few queries in case of patch implementation in solaris 10 os with zone environment. It keeps your solaris clients current with the latest oracle updates. In bafoussam cameroon china robert daoust gestion robert daoust inc. Sep 30, 20 work is underway to allow zones to be updated in parallel, but until the release of oracle solaris 11, nonglobal zones in oracle solaris 11 express must be updated manually. I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. Screenshots ultra 5 screen shots of an 11 zone ultrasparc 5. Below displays the resulting configuration info for the zones created by the previous commands. When creating a zone in oracle solaris 11 the network interface is configured as a default so the command above right is less complex and only two elements are required to create a basic oracle solaris 11 zone.
Hi all staff today i try to create zone on oracle solaris 11 but when i use command. The solaris nonglobal zone is supported on all sun4u, sun4v, and x86 architecture machines. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. The former can achieve the goals of the latter, and they also offer features not found in solaris 10 zones. Comparing solaris 11 zones to solaris 10 zones oracle jeff. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. This document is based on the first customer release of solaris 10.
The only type of branded zones is the solaris 10 brand. In my case i have solaris 10 production server, with 3 non global zones. Solaris 11 patching updating patch repository part2 duration. Solaris 10 branded zone kernel patching procedure 2015 11 november 1 october 1 april. Below is a list of the properties for both a oracle solaris 10 and a oracle solaris 11 zone. But oracle soalris 11 allows you to create solaris 10 as a branded zone on both sparc and x86 environments. Here i am sharing the experience my experience with live upgrade.
Oracle solaris 10 ended its premium support and since february 1, 2018, has been under extended support. This video demonstrates installing script based patching solution for solaris 11. Applying a patch to an oracle solaris system with zones installed. Oracle solaris 10 allows you to create a solaris 9 and solaris 8 as branded zone on sparc environment and not supported on x86. It is executed by cron and runs off the configuration file, etcnf. You need to worry about that if youre going to be frequently rebooting from solaris into windows on the same hardware and you need to make sure they both understand the time value thats stored in the hardware realtime lock chip. An important difference between the global zone and nonglobal zones is the use of package publishers. Zones are application containers that is maintained by the running operating system.
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