Creating the configuration files oracle solaris 10 910. Image sysidcfg profile creating and using oracle solaris 10. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. This setting points to the flash directory on the install server that contains the sysidcfg file. Preconfiguring with the sysidcfg file oracle solaris 10 1. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. The c can be used to pass a sysidcfg file to use in configuring the zone after the installation completes. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10.
Unfortunately the old problem ive mentioned multiple times before is showing up again, too. As you may know by now, solaris 10 910 now has oracle solaris auto registration functionality. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. A group refers to a set of systems having similar attributes. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64. Nfs version 4 solaris 10 introduces a new version of the network file system protocol, which includes a number of changes and new features, including a stateful architecture. But im trying to configure the system before it starts and let it take care of itself and not have to touch it.
Can you give me a full path and which system to place this file on. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. In this example we removed a custom idr patch provided by oracle. In this entry ill try and explain how to set up an install server to allow you do a. A jumpstart client needs certain information available in order to perform a fullyunattended install. We would copy the sample files from the solaris 10 dvd into exportconfig. Using solaris jumpstart software on the solaris 10 os for x86x64 platforms is. What i didnt mention was this auto registration information is also needed when performing a live upgrade. In the absence of this the installation turns in to interactive mode to prompt you to supply the value for these. Removing patches from zone nt4 removing patches from zone sfw removing patches from global zone removing patch. I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. Mar 14, 2007 i use as my example, xsun the x server for solaris. The auto registration file is mandatory for this upgrade. In the same sysidcfg file, you can use dhcp to configure certain interfaces, while also specifying the configuration information for other interfaces in the sysidcfg file.
However, i cannot figure out where the template file goes, does it do in the puppet master or the client, ive tried both. The readme, the install log, plus and backout scripts for patches you installed are copied to varsadmpatches, not the actual patches themselves. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. In this example, the nfsv4 domain name is specified to be. To set the path of the wget command, use wgetoptbinwget. The host name, ip address, and netmask of this system have been preconfigured by. Procedure to create a sysidcfg configuration file oracle docs.
How to update solaris 10 to be safe from shellshock bug. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. These can be used to customize root environment, adding patches, files etc. Image sysidcfg profile creating and using oracle solaris.
Servers can contain shared usr file systems that are created by smosservice1m. Download pca for system registered with oracle csi. The readme, the install log, plus and backout scripts for patches you installed are copied to varsadm patches, not the actual patches themselves. Also, you can use a sysidcfg file to specify configuration information so that the. This file is downloaded by pca automatically to vartmp and kept uptodate. Edit the configuration file specifying the clients sysidcfg file and custom jumpstart files. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you. Preconfiguring with the sysidcfg file oracle solaris 10 910. Command to find out when the patches are installed in. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. In the absence of this the installation turns in to interactive mode to prompt you to supply the value for these variables.
However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Solarispatchdiag is a class for accessing the content of the patchdiag. Make the sysidcfg file available to clients by using one of the locations described at table 22. Creating the jumpstart installation files oracle solaris 10 1. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Solaris 8 will prompt for two new options, ipv6, and kerberos. In solaris 8, this can only be provided by a sysidcfg configuration file. Jumpstart offers a way to install solaris using network over multiple server with similar of.
Howto reregister a solaris system with sconadm without. Sysidcfg file keeps the various system information like locale time zone etc and supply it to the client at the booting time. Typically the exportconfig directory holds the sysidcfg file. To avoid user interaction you must include answers to these options in the sysidcfg file.
Update your apache and mysql software with security patches, if any, from sunsolve. After quite successful evaluation of running mysql on solaris 10 we decided to move all our. May 01, 2009 next solaris express build will probably contain one of the long awaited features. But im trying to configure the system before it starts. The rule file distinguishes the systems, based on one or more system attributes, such as the platform name and disk size. As per part of take over i need to apply latest security patch in solaris 10 zone1,zone2 and zone3, but global is solaris 11. Put the solaris 10 os for x86x64 platforms dvd in the dvd player on the server. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Next solaris express build will probably contain one of the long awaited features. As you may know by now, solaris 10 9 10 now has oracle solaris auto registration functionality. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Using solaris jumpstart software on the solaris 10 os for x86x64 platforms is essentially the same as on solaris 10 os. Logged into my solaris server in ssh and tried patchadd 19689293 and it just says it cannot find the patch.
As far as i know patches were never made available for that. Howto reregister a solaris system with sconadm without serialnumber, to downloadinstall patches with smpatch doc id 47266. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Many of the new patches for solaris 10 are unavailable on suns patch server, so pca will fail to download them.
Aug 23, 2016 the solaris 10 operating system offers an automatic installation process, solaris jumpstart software. Managing packages and patches with solaris live upgrade. There is also a patch finder on the web page and all you have to do is enter the patch id or patch id with revision. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. The output of the pkginfo, showrev and uname commands is used to gather information about the system. Solaris 10 zone configuration with sysidcfg and dhcp and hostname robert cohen aug 20, 2010 2. Download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. Top 10 free linux distributions for desktop and servers. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris.
For example, the bootp protocol is lanbased and you generally need. How many state database replicas are needed to be available for the system to continue to run. Once again, i immediately reported this to suns patch team. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Preconfiguring with the sysidcfg file oracle solaris 10 9. I use as my example, xsun the x server for solaris. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Add the following entries to the system configuration file. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Solaris operating system version 10 305 to 10 910 u9 release 10. 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. Chapter 3 choosing a solaris installation method overview solaris web.
Solaris 7 and solaris 8 do not need any patches note. In addition, begin and finish scripts can be included, which are executed by the jumpstart server before or after the solaris oe is installed. For example, mysql for solaris 10 has a patch with several security fixes patch 120292 sparc or 120293 x86. Im attempting to defines zones in puppet under solaris 11. Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. The c option can be used to include a sysidcfg file to use in configuring the zone after the installation completes.
Dec 29, 2012 save the profile1 file, and exit your edit session. Among other boot architecture improvements, newboot introduces grub with ufs support, and a pxegrub for pxe booting. Solaris volume manager has been configured on a solaris 10 system and it has two state database replicas on each of three disks in the system. In the following example, the network interfaces eri0 and eri1 are configured in the following way.
Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by iain thomson in san francisco 19 apr 2017 at 00. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. The file nf contains information regarding to your sun online account, so that pca can go and fetch these patches from sun using your sun online username and password. How to configure a solaris 10 jumpstart server and client sparc. Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of a network. Patches are packages, packages live in in a directory tree for each package which is here. Patches are not necessarily applied in chronological order.
Appendix a, using jumpstart technology to install solaris oe for intelarchitecture, provides an example of using jumpstart technology to install solaris8 oe for the intel architecture on an intel x86based client from a sun enterprisee420r jumpstart server. Glossary is a list of terms and acronyms used frequently in describing jumpstarttechnology. The rule file is a text file that contains platformspecific or groupspecific rules for systems of similar requirements. Preconfiguring with the sysidcfg file oracle solaris 10. The following sample sysidcfg file is for a group of x86 based systems. This version of pca patch check advanced allows to maintain solaris os patches using oracle solaris premier subscriptions and oracle csi account instead of the sunsolve account with sun contract. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris. This service is part of the server and client model, and can only be used from the servers console. Jumpstart server configuration solaris 10 the moron. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. The c option can be used to include a sysidcfg file to use in configuring the zone after. A rules file entry has five fields and the syntax of the rules files must follow this convention. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities.
Image sysidcfg status creating and using oracle solaris. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. This section will cover nfs v4 changes, plus changes to the auotfs facility. The solaris software is copied to the newly created directory. The host name, ip address, and netmask of this system have been preconfigured by editing the naming service. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris.
Historically that not something that unix dns tends to allow. Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of. 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. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64 platforms. Download free software solaris 10 export file system.
Options are set by specifying optionvalue in the file. An instance method of the class reads in the file, and accessor methods allow programs to obtain information about the patches, such as what os version the patch is for, and. If you created an oracle solaris 10 system archive from an existing system and use the p preserve sysidcfg option when you install the zone, then the zone will have the same identity as the system used to create the image. The adventaje is that server reboot is no longer necessary and you can use projects withouth affecting other processes. The solaris 10 operating system offers an automatic installation process, solaris jumpstart software. How to use pca patch check advanced on solaris 10 machine. Live upgrade to solaris 10 910 and autoreg cols tech. Use %n as a patch counter and %t for the total number of patches. Example 126 creating a flash archive for a wan boot installation. The fact is, the primary boot environment is a solaris 10 installation. Oracle offers a patch crossreference file called patchdiag. Chapter 9 preparing to install from the network topics chapter 10 preparing to install from the network overview. The following is an example of a sysidcfg file for a sparc based system.