The cool thing about this tool is that it actually resolves the dependencies between patches. Useful stuff i hope, at least to me, because while we all love fiber storage, before. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most. Sep 17, 2015 regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch.
This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support. Instead of that we have to call it as package update. Dec 04, 2017 well, lets start with extended support. Patch for profiling libraries and assembler vendor name. Solaris operating system version 10 1 u11 to 10 1 u11 release 10. Here are some useful commands for the most popular linuxunix operating systems to find your hba wwn.
Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference. The recommended method of proactively applying patches is to use solaris live upgrade. I got the list of patches from the doc and put them in a file called. Here is the steps to change default version of java in solaris 10 sparc. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. List of patches and date installed my understanding is that showrev p would show patches but not the date they were installed. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Find answers to how to remove the solaris 10 sparc patch. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in. Latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. Solaris operating system version 10 9 10 u9 and later information in this document applies to any platform. Note the oracle solaris 10 106 software contains scriptspecial patches which do not deliver bug fixes or new features, but deliver changes that are required as a result of issues with the creation of the update image. In some cases we need to change default java version in solaris 10.
Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Patch organizer patch converter jd800 jd990 free patches 61 bank total jd800 factory patches converted to jd990. To find the wwn numbers of your hba card in sun solaris, you can use one the following procedures. 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. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Many of the new patches for solaris 10 are unavailable on suns patch server, so pca will fail to download them. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. The recommended os patchset solaris 10 sparc provides the minimum set of patches needed to address security and sun alert issues, and selected issues identified by oracle proactive services and the oracle technical support center, for the solaris 10 operating system for sparc. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. 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. Does anyone know of a command that would show the list of patches installed and the date it was installed. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. Patch check advanced, pca, is a free tool that can be used to patch solaris systems. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards.
Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Solaris 10 systems with the iwovwfs module panics after installing nfs patches doc id 8912. We can get a list of hba ports using the luxadm command. From the oracle solaris 10 810 os, use the diskinfo command. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. Jan 22, 2017 latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10.
Therefore, if you are patching an old solaris 10 x86 system which is below this kernel patch level, you will need to reboot the system after applying 11884419 or higher. I was trying to upgrade to the latest patch level, but in single user mode while updating patch cluster i get. Solaris live upgrade consists of a set of tools that enable users to create an alternate boot environment that is a mirror copy of the current boot partition and then patch the newly created boot partition prior to making it live. Important patches can be added using the d nosave option to save space. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. 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. Here you can see the hba port wwn wwpn and the node wwn wwnn of the two ports on the installed qlogic hab card. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration.
There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Solaris operating system version 10 910 u9 and later information in this document applies to any platform. It can be the only tool you ever need for patch management, be it on a single machine or a complete network. Patch management for solaris 10 server 2670859 may 12, 2014 12. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide doc.
Once again, i immediately reported this to suns patch team. However, patches cannot be backed out of the solaris 10 release. But we have to make sure backup everything include create zfs snapshot and splitting zfs mirror for rollback plan. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and prtdiag. Each hba port has a world wide name wwn associated with it. This article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the.
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. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to. Identifying drive logical device names and physical locations. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was patched. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris sun. 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. Meltdown and spectre patches now available for oracle. When patching a solaris 10 x86 live boot environment, kernel patch 11884419 or higher must be active to ensure compatibility with library changes provided in subsequent patches.
How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu. Therefore, these patches are not located in the varsadm patch directory. Postinstallation patches for the sun solaris 10 update 6 os 74. Meltdown and spectre patches now available for oracle systems by nick heath nick heath is a computer science student and was formerly a journalist at techrepublic. In this example i will change the default java version which is version 5 to version 6. How to update solaris 10 to be safe from shellshock bug. 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. As a result, the following scriptspecial patches are not made available for customers because they are not required outside.
For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Determine wwn for hba cards, without fiber connection. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Using fcinfo solaris 10 only this is probably the easiest way to find the wwn numbers on your hba card. So if native non oracle emulex driver is in use then the luxadm command will not work. Unfortunately the old problem ive mentioned multiple times before is showing up again, too. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been qualified. 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. The solaris 10 software includes a known and tested level of patches. Required os patches and package updates sparc t41b server. This entry was posted in uncategorized and tagged patches, release, solaris, table, updates. Similar to a network card having a unique mac address, every hba port will have a unique wwn number.
Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch. 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. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. This document provides easy access to special categories of sun product patches and updates from my oracle support. The showrev p command provides a list of all patches that were applied to the installed system, regardless of how they were applied. 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. Oracle solaris 10 support explained oracle solaris blog. How to find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris. As a result, the following scriptspecial patches are not made available for customers because they are not required outside of creating the update release.
Oracle solaris 10 extended support will continue to supply you with fixes, security patches, security alerts for oracle solaris 10 similar to oracle solaris 10 premier support for 3 years. My understanding is that showrev p would show patches but not the date they were installed. Identifying hba cards and wwn numbers in solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was. 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. Patch check advanced pca generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads patches. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. I then did patchadd tmp12654605, then patchadd tmpidr15157701. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Before installing the emlxu utilities package, you must install the solaris 10 update 9 or later with oracle patches.
However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express. Solaris 10 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows. With the release of the oracle solaris 10 1008 operating system. Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is. Installs with transition oldstyle patching, unless nonglobal zones exist. Feb 27, 2017 oracle solaris 10 will enter extended support on february 1, 2018, at which time an extended support uplift to oracle premier support will be required to obtain any oracle solaris 10 patches created between february 1, 2018 and january 31, 2021. In other words, you have to update the system instead of the. The information in this document applies to any platform. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments 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. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool.
Oracle solaris live upgrade is integrated with the oracle. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris 10 systems with the iwovwfs module panics after. Before the change to using wwns, drives were known to the os by a logical name such as c0t0d0. These patches are the sun recommended patches for solaris 10 frozen from may 14th, 2010 how can i uninstall the patch. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. 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. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Table 11 oracle solaris 10 811 os required patches. For brevity sake i am dividing this into a number of posts. The versions of ssh and sendmail that ship with solaris 10 will automatically use tcp wrappers to filter access if a hosts. The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release.