Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. Oracle vm server can support oracle solaris 10 and oracle solaris 11 guests as shown below. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. 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. In this case i would like to know while applying any patches on solaris 1. Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. For further efficiency, oracle solaris zones can be deployed in each guest os. Solaris 11 virtualization using zones the urban penguin. I need some one to explain this steps as i am new to this. The oracle solaris 10 container brand is available in opensolaris build 127.
Comparing solaris 11 zones to solaris 10 zones oracle jeff. Analyzing a patchadd or patchrm failure in the solaris os. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching. Jan 24, 2015 traditionally we will use lsof command to determine what process is using the particular port. However, you will end up with a nonglobal zone, even if your original system only had a single zone and if you use solaris but dont know what. I have few queries in case of patch implementation in solaris 10 os with zone environment. First alternative solaris 10 zone configuration and. To determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy 1 remotely grab the datetime from the most recent thing in the patch directory. This article explains how airlock uses solaris 10 zones for more security, and their implications on network configuration one of the major changes from airlock 3. Jun 12, 20 solaris 11 zones are slightly different from solaris 10 zones. 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. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. If youre running a fair few nonglobal zones on solaris 10, youll know full well how painfully slow the patching process is.
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. Svr4 packaging and patching in oracle solaris 10 zones about using packaging and patching in solaris10 branded zones. No additional hardware is required for a zone, just some disk space. Yes, can be applied to multiple zones in parallel no patching pkg. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot.
Solaris container of oracle solaris 10in other words, one container per application. The svr4 package metadata is available inside the zone, and the package and patch. Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones oracle community. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Applying a patch to an oracle solaris system with zones installed. How can i set up and configure a zone under solaris 10. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. For endusers these environments look just like separate abstract machines with solaris 10 installed on them. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Set the number of nonglobal zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etcpatchnf. 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. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was.
Patching a live solaris 10 system with lu, zfs, and pca. As a result, the developers are working on a cumulative set of all previous changes. The former can achieve the goals of the latter, and they also offer features not found in solaris 10 zones. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Hi gurus i am not able to find the patching procedure for solaris 10 sol10 u11 to latest patchset with sun cluster having failover zones so that same i should follow. To determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy. Set the number of nonglobal zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etc patch nf. This document is based on the first customer release of solaris 10. Solaris 10 local zones fail to install correctly when running. As such, the terms container and zone are used as synonyms in this white paper. Unable to login into nonglobal zones ngz after patching posted on march 17, 2015 by sandeep shenoy yesterday i faced an issue, where in i. The patching requires that the zones be bootable, and they are not bootable because of service dependencies when in single user. Unable to login into nonglobal zones ngz after patching posted on march 17, 2015 by sandeep shenoy yesterday i faced an issue, where in i was unable to login into ngzs after kernel patching.
I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. Let us create a new zone with a minimal resources and settings required to get it up and running. Note that each solaris release consists of a single source base. In other words, you have to update the system instead of the patching it. Comparing solaris 11 zones to solaris 10 zones oracle. Below displays the resulting configuration info for the zones created by the previous commands. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the solaris 10 os. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. The zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. I needed to rename a zone on a solaris 10 system earlier this week and here are some notes on how i did it. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to.
Functionality status up to solaris 10 1009 and opensolaris 2009. First introduced in oracle solaris 10, zones are builtin, lightweight virtual. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones oracle. Examining these files will show the show the configuration of the zones. The directory etc zones contains the configuration files for each zone by the zone name. In my case i have solaris 10 production server, with 3 non global zones. For example, if you were to patch a solaris 10 305 system with the latest recommended patch cluster, many of the patches relate to functionality introduced after solaris 10 305, and therefore, patches with the new functionality would fail to install. Svr4 packaging and patching in oracle solaris 10 zones oracle. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. Solaris 11 zones are slightly different from solaris 10 zones. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle.
Applying a patch to a solaris system with zones installed. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Applying patches to non global zone only logiqwest. The svr4 package metadata is available inside the zone, and the package and patch commands work correctly. 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. Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 zones, and resource management is for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems that run an oracle solaris release. Answer zones are a feature new in solaris 10, and provide a useful mechanism to create a solaris environment for testing, and containment apache server, etc. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards.
Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. I no longer maintain this content, and moved it to a wiki so that others can. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Many of you have already heard about solaris 10 zones its a virtualization technology which allows you to create isolated and secure environments for running applications. 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. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. Branded zones these are solaris 8 or solaris 9 zones on the solaris 10 global zones. What is the best method to run patch for live systesms. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. How to create and configure solaris 10 zones the geek diary.
Examine etc zones directory to display zone configuration file. Patches fails with unhandled subprocess exit status 5 exit n branch patch fails with below errors. 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. Single user mode doesnt really work for patching solaris 10 with zones. Dec 18, 2012 packaging a piece of software that wont build out of the box on solaris 10. Solaris 10 not only allows airlock to be installed on a wide range of x86machines, it also provides an enhanced set of. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was patched. Take an instance, there are sol1 and sol2 nodes and having two failover zones like sozone1rg and sozone2rg and currently. How to split a root mirrored with solaris volume manager prior to updating software. 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. 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.
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. Improvements to solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch. Checking patches that you specified for installation. Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones 807567 may 16, 2007 4. If a nonglobal zone has its own separate var file system, both 11925452 or later and patch 12266010 must be loaded on all zones. The impact of a zone on machine performance is minimal. Whilst this corruption will not affect the operation of the product in the global zone or any existing local zones it will prevent any new solaris local zones from being cleanly. However, if the remote system is a miniroot or an oracle solaris 10 system that is not a solaris10 zone, the operation will produce undefined results. About using packaging and patching in solaris10 branded zones.
A zone is an isolated process environment within oracle solaris 10. Architecture for package sunwnxge from directory sunwnxge. A container is a zone using the oracle solaris resource manager to administer resource requirements. Zones are application containers that is maintained by the running operating system. Patching with live upgrade ugdd starting with solaris 10 807, live upgrade can also be applied to patching on zones if the zonepath is located on zfs. Solaris zone of solaris 10 operating system function fujitsu global. These branded zones host oracle solaris 10 user environments. Solaris 10 local zones fail to install correctly when. Added notes regarding solaris 11 support and branded zones. Svr4 packaging and patching in oracle solaris 10 zones. I thought it was about time i took another look, since a lot of the updates in opensolaris were looking good. The book covers the topics resource management, oracle solaris zones, and oracle solaris 10 zones solaris10 branded zones. Which should be patched first to avoid any crash in case, first local zones followed by global solaris 10 or vice versa. Patching source code to build a solaris 10 package youtube.
Solaris containersresource management and solaris zones step. 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. Another exception is branded zones which never get packages or patches from the global zone. Dec 15, 20 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. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones by ramdev published october 26, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 for servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if nonglobal zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. However, since oracle took over, in my view there has been a loss of interest in small to mediumsized. For patch operations initiated from within oracle solaris 10 zones, if the remote system is another solaris10 zone, the patching operation works correctly. Packaging a piece of software that wont build out of the box on solaris 10. Solaris 10 9 10 u9 added physical to zone migration, zfs triple parity raidz and oracle solaris auto registration. The below script will help you to find what process is occupying the specific port on solaris servers and this script will be very useful on solaris zones. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Sun have done some work in recent times with liveupgrade the last time i looked at it, a few years back now, it was rubbish. Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solariszonesparallelpatching 20090619t17. Minimizing downtime in sap environments white paper.
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