Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs. Example using the expert mode hot plugging subcommands. May 01, 2009 apache2 australia bfu blogs competition dhcp dtrace dtrace php grub hostname inetadm ipsec jumpstart ldd nis nodename opencsw opensolaris oracle pam patches php pid provider pkgget pxe raidz s8ma smf solaris solaris 8 solaris 10 solaris books solaris express solaris install solaris os solaris zones ssh sun cluster sun microsystems truss uname. If an hba firmware update is required on an oraclebranded hba, a warning message will be placed in the varadmmessages file, such as this one. Jul 18, 2012 updating the emlxs driver will no longer automatically update the hba firmware on oraclebranded hbas. Does anyone know the easiestquickest way to search all the available solaris 9 patches to find out if they update a certain library or not. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. That is, theres one set of patches for solaris 8, a separate set of patches for solaris 9, and another set of patches for solaris 10. Solaris express 1105 issues devices not immediately available in fabric zones in a storage area network 5077933 when a fabric zone in a storage area network san is created dynamically, that zones devices might be unavailable at the host side. Wikis apply the wisdom of crowds to generating information for users interested in a particular subject. What are the solaris 9 patches needed for oracle 8i 8.
By default any nonglobal zone shares the global zone kernel and has same characteristics as the global zone kernel. Check solaris patch levels i had to upgrade a workstation today and needed to check the patch levels. It resolves dependencies between patches and installs them in correct order. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Apr 18, 2003 this sample chapter covers the installation section of the solaris 8 system adminstrator exam. Sun has released a security patch addressing the following issues. The below steps shows ho to create new boot eenvironment,upgrade the solaris to new release,patch the solaris kernel and update the netbackup client. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and prtdiag. Update the hba firmware on oraclebranded hbas blogo thnet. Synopsis the remote solaris system is missing a security patch from cpu apr2016.
For solaris 8 9, install the latest oracle storedge san software available from oracle website with associated patches. Liveupgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 sysadmins journey. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. You can search all wikis, start a wiki, and view the wikis you own, the wikis you interact with as an editor or reader, and the wikis you follow. Weve flushed the queues of any fixes which were still inflight. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. If any of these steps do not produce the desired result, contact sun support. Sun patch check is a simple opensource utility from titania that runs in unix or linux systems to check the patch installation status in a sun solaris server running on a sparc or intel platform and compare it to its own database of the latest recommended patches for that version of solaris operating system. Its similar to the solaris 8 9 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list.
Luxadm is also used for firmware update of the a5x00 interface boards. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Patch administration installing and maintaining solaris. Download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. This task is performed the server which is having two zones in it. Documentation home solaris express release notes chapter 1 solaris express issues and bugs solaris express 1205 issues devices not immediately available in fabric zones in a storage area network 5077933.
These programs apply to your solaris 10 os all the patches and new packages that. Luxadm display not showing a lun as expected the unix and. The patch installation on mrzorg took about 2 hrs and 15 minutes. I find the patch finder is a very handy tool and use it frequently. Hello to all, actually, currently on my solaris box, ive a lun 5tb space from a emc. It will also explain that how to reset the hba using luxadm command.
Patch check advanced pca generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads patches. Learn more about live patching for the solaris 9 operating system from the expert community at experts exchange. Learn how to install solaris 8, add and remove packages, list installed packages, add and remove patches, and list installed patches. This sample chapter covers the installation section of the solaris 8 system adminstrator exam. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Vulnerability in the solaris component of oracle sun systems products suite subcomponent. I just installed ibmsdd on solaris diver along with the patches recommended. The following steps use solaris 10 with the leadville stack. But, if you presented everything and mpxio is not enabled. How to rescan new luns added in linux, hpux, aix, solaris. August 30, 20 by lingeswaran r 10 comments applications and databases storage requirement on the servers will be keep on increase day by day. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. If an hba firmware update is required on an oraclebranded hba, a warning. Patches needed for the solaris 9 os of sparc platforms.
But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. This document provides stepbystep instructions to install the solaris patch set 4. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd the unix and linux forums. A supported release means that someone will answer the phone, and that patches for problems are available. Patch administration installing and maintaining solaris 8. Example 9 downloading new firmware into the interface board. To perform this update, execute luxadm e forcelip on solaris 10 or a fcadm forcelip. 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 installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9. This should give you just a few hits such as 12361104 which you can then go to sunsolve and find patches for, or at least find out the latest recommended level, bug lists, etc. Aug 30, 20 solaris how to scan fc luns and scsi disks.
As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. This section describes the solaris tm system administration and maintenance utilities and is for system and network administrators. Description this solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates. To perform this update, execute luxadm e forcelip on solaris 10 or a fcadm. The fcinfo command may not work in solaris 8 and 9. For the steps for linux or aix, see the section cleaning up the operating system device tree after removing luns in the veritas volume manager administrators guide for linux or aix. The command luxadm e forcelip to reinitialize a link on one server causes the. I only used native multipath on every linuxunix i worked on. Now were going to do a forcelip with the old venerable luxadm command and subsequently add to vxvm control. That leaves solaris 7 to 9 potentially vulnerable on. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. I am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. Devices not immediately available in fabric zones in a. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list.
How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the. If the patch already exists, and rerun this, will it be any harm 3. Identifying hba cards and wwn numbers in solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11. Patches are a separate software change control mechanism distinct from package versions in solaris. If yes, type luxadm display fcloop and press enter to verify that all. For the previous example, you would type the following. The subcommand forces a loop initialization on the loop that the enclosure bob is on. The following applies to core solaris packages and patches. It does not necessarily apply to some applications embedded in solaris, such as staroffice.
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. Heres how to leverage liveupgrade to safely upgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 using a spare disk. 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. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. After i made the connection, the gui that allows me to zone the san recognized the qlogic connections, and i zoned the luns. The following procedures were used on mrzorg to install the nov 28 solaris patch cluster. The process may take up to several hours depending on the system.
Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. Best regards, franzsolaris system manager from munich, germany i used to work for sun microsystems support emea for 5 years in the domain of the os. Hi no exactly with luxadm you can see hba if they are online or not, force a restart of that hba a cfgadm depends of the option you can see the channel and if there is something attached to that channel, rescan that channel to discover new luns. Live patching for the solaris 9 operating system experts. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd. Solaris 10, adding new lun from san storage unix and linux. For solaris 10, use the oracle update manager to install the latest patches. No data is ever deleted, and to roll back to solaris 9, all you need is one command and a reboot. Well, as stated in the post, you can execute luxadm e forcelip on solaris 10 and solaris 11 or a fcadm forcelip on solaris 11 only.
For solaris 89, install the latest oracle storedge san software available from oracle website with associated patches. San configuration in solaris unix and linux forums. In solaris, we can able to scan the luns without rebooting the host. Patch cluster install script for solaris 9 recommended patch cluster. Chapter 9, preparing to install from the network with cd media tasks. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. In my case, im running solaris 9, using qlogic fibre channel cards, and connecting to an ibm ds4300. These can be used as a guideline for the boxes you will patch. Updating the emlxs driver will no longer automatically update the hba firmware on oraclebranded hbas. August 30, 20 by lingeswaran r 10 comments applications and databases storage requirement on.
But in case of branded zone, brandz framework extends the solaris zones. There are other options to use with the luxadm command i just had picked the basic ones that i use. After configuring the fabricconnected devices, reinitialize the link to the devices by using the luxadme forcelip command. Solaris 10 106 software solaris 10 release notes oracle docs. It can be the only tool you ever need for patch management, be it on a single machine or a complete network. Now, i have instead this lun, on the same server, which is a strange state. Solaris patches installation error codes solaris blog. Adding new fiber based scsi luns to solaris 9 host without reboot using plain devfsadmcfgadm al has been unsuccessful for couple of times. Each marketing release of solaris has its own set of patches. Branded zones are solaris 8 or solaris 9 containers created in a solaris 10 global zone. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. Mar 12, 20 the below steps shows ho to create new boot eenvironment,upgrade the solaris to new release,patch the solaris kernel and update the netbackup client. Last solaris 8 and 9 patches released oracle solaris blog.