Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. As a prerequisite, make sure the system can access all required software packages. For patch analysis of solaris 11 systems, you use outofthebox nsh scripts provided with bmc server automation. Very important point to note and also, a considerable difference from solaris 10 to solaris 11 is noticed in this step. Add entries for the new interfaces into the etcinethosts file. Use the following steps to perform the most basic configuration for this job. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. How to create the solaris 11 ips repository brad hudson. Introducing oracle solaris 11 express whats new for. This installer enables you to install the oracle solaris operating system os on sparc or x86 systems. I have a patching steps list below please have a check if it help you. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. This is solaris 11, or may be solaris 11 express, or may be open.
Do not build on a nfs drive, since will be very slow. Reboot the system to use the new updated boot environment. 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. Without it, the system will remain in the previous state. What is the best method to run patch for live systesms. Minimizing and automating installations minimizing the. This article is going to explain that how to update the 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. Using oracle enterprise manager ops center to update solaris. Performing a solaris 11 patch analysis documentation for bmc. Review the licenses and update the system to oracle solaris 11. An additional, separate package is provided for patch management on solaris 11. Howto update your oracle solaris 11 systems using support.
Oct 26, 2011 install to solaris live upgrade software. Use the patchadd command to add patches to servers or standalone systems. Oracle solaris 11 packaging from the architect, stephen hahn, a summary of how indianas image packaging system ips changes patching. Alternative installations may require a different setup procedure. I was trying to upgrade to the latest patch level, but in single user mode while updating patch cluster i get. Patching most gnulinux installs is a simple task, which is highly scalable, and that can be fully automated through the use of cron scheduling, etc. Mar 26, 2015 this article will talk about the oracle solaris 11. Solaris patching made simple most data centers ive encountered tackled their patching strategy a long time ago. There are also many different interpretations of what patching means, but. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The main advantages of live upgrade is minimizing the downtime and providing the system admin to revert the original os in case of any patching failure. The solaris patch manager tool provides all the necessary features in one application. And when we are doing it online, it involves much more than just running patchadd commands.
Solaris 10 patching, solaris 11 fmri meaning, and changes, or my long and thorny path to gaining. Users should upgrade to the latest version of the solaris live upgrade software prior to patching the system, regardless of the version of the solaris os running on the system. Performing solaris 11 patch analysis documentation. After you are on next screen of solaris 11 installation, you will have the disk option, disk where oracle solaris 11 will be installed. An alternative method of patching solaris 11 endpoints is to use the install packages by using pkg task. On the solaris zones side, you can see how the servers are held up by the global zone and that one outage there will make all of the resources. It is advised that you use the latest solaris update image available at the time as the boot image. Creating pdfs scroll versions system notes troubleshooting wiki forum. Installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11. Solaris live upgrade is designed and compiled to work on the solaris 8, 9, and 10 os releases. It means it got released in november 2011 by oracle. Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is. This will be the major steps to patch both zones and global 1. Either you install oracle solaris 11 on a virtual machine or on a baremetal hardware, the installation steps will be remain same.
Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. Sun patch check and patchdiag can be used to find patches. A secondary goal is to automate the os and software installation process. Oracles ultimate goal is to make the solaris patching like redhat linux satellite server patching model. Since the default publisher points back to oracle, and we only want to use our local copy of the solaris 11 repository, we need to change the publisher information.
Some may have revisited it when live upgrade was introduced, but in general the process doesnt change much once it is created. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. The primary goal of this article is to create a simple, reproducible, and secure application installation methodology. In this article ill describe the installation of oracle database 11g release 2 11. Oracle solaris 11 uses a completely new approach for package management. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. This is command used for installing recommended cluster, the most. Supported platforms for storing the patch repositories of patch catalogs. Solaris 10 recommended patching strategy oracle solaris blog.
The steps for updating an oracle solaris 11 system with software. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. How to update an oracle solaris 11 system adding and updating. The following sections provide procedures for each of the tasks. Introducing oracle solaris 11 express whats new for system administrators 6 graphical livecd the oracle solaris 11 express livecd for x86 allows users to run an inmemory boot environment that gives users the opportunity to evaluate the os or proceed directly to installation.
Solaris 11 ips handon lab creating ips repository the. Adding or updating individual packages to add individual software packages, use the pkg install command. Stepbystep installation of oracle solaris 11 sparc tech. 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. Patching a system using oracle solaris live upgrade 11. Solaris recommended patch clusters do not upgrade solaris to the next minor revision, for example from 0404 to 0408, you stay on the same revision as you was. Aug 11, 20 after you are on next screen of solaris 11 installation, you will have the disk option, disk where oracle solaris 11 will be installed. Centralized information rarely exists, which makes coordination of downtime difficult. Solaris live upgrade procedure for patching blogger. Now with image packaging system ips a system administrator can install, update and search packages from local or remote repository. Patch management overview and workflow documentation for. Solaris 11 patching updating patch repository part2 duration.
There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11 operating system. Sep 10, 2015 system patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. Adding a solaris patch system administration guide. Any one of the cli tools mentioned for solaris will provide an easy process to automate patch management. Sun patch check and patchdiag can be used to find patches to install, but installation would have to be done manually. Heres a document and a corresponding presentation ive written describing the oracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy.
To upgrade a system that is running oracle solaris 11 express or the oracle solaris early adopter release, see oracle solaris 11 release notes. Installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11 use the following steps to install the scriptbased solution for the management of solaris 11 patches. Jan 06, 2011 heres a document and a corresponding presentation ive written describing the oracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy. Yes, zfs is the default file system of oracle solaris 11. For more information, see how to perform scriptbased patch analysis for solaris 11. Now with image packaging system ips a system administrator can install, update and search packages from local or. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. In order to overcome that solaris having the feature called live upgrade. During the installation, scripts are stored in the depot and an extended object is imported into the configuration object dictionary. But if the system is booted from solaris 10 1008 or later media, it is ok to run the following. Oracle solaris 11 implementation and operations procedure guide. Normally cpu cluster patching for solaris os have taken an hour to complete, it increase the maintenance downtime window. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Ensure that you have installed the scripts for the solaris 11 patching solution.
For more information, see installing packages on solaris 11. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. For information about fields in the fmri, see fault management resource identifiers. How to update solaris 11 system using ips the geek diary. Figure 3 depicts two sets of computing environments, illustrating solaris zones and aix vio.
Manually patching systems is laborintensive and errorprone. System patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator. This article will talk about the oracle solaris 11. Painless automated patching for windows and linux the new. For solaris 10 1106 and earlier releases of oracle solaris 10, add entries for the new interfaces into the etcinetipnodes file. 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. 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. Patching has always been a major pain point for it. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. The following command shows that oracle solaris 11.
If you need to add a patch to a diskless client system, see patching diskless client os services. Aug 24, 2011 building two vio servers into the same system p hardware can provide redundancy in case one component fails. They contain a number of links to resources which i hope you will find useful. The next step in the process is to download the key and certificate for the oracle solaris 11 supported repository. Aug 11, 2016 either you install oracle solaris 11 on a virtual machine or on a baremetal hardware, the installation steps will be remain same. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. By default, the solaris 11 text installer will add the solaris publisher your list of publishers which can be verified with pkg publisher. I need some one to explain this steps as i am new to this. The version to build professional, long lasting software against. Introducing oracle solaris 11 express whats new for system. This task enables you to deploy individual packages or all the packages for an sru. Installing solaris 11 x86 step by step tech support. To add to the difficulty, patching processes among various operating systems differ wildly.
Things have changed in the openjdk build requirements, so the process is slightly different. The oracle solaris 11 product engineering group releases software updates for the. Nov 28, 2012 solaris 11 bes avoid singleuser patching vs. The article is based on a default server installation as shown here.
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