Article installing the solaris os from the flash archive on a tape. 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. Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular. This server is running solaris 10 btw all master and media servers running nbu 7. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month.
Jul 07, 2008 patch 12001114, which obsoletes patch 125100 10, is already installed on your system. Recently hp update the tl with the new firmware, somehow one media server cannot recognized the tapedrive anymore. This book is compiled for both oracle solaris 10 and oracle solaris 11. Before backing up data on a device, you must understand the tape devicenaming schema. The eeprom command can be used from the os to view or set openboot rmware variables. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. This book is for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris 11 release. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. Part ix backing up and restoring data oracle help center. As usual, weve released a patchset of all the patches contained in solaris 10 1 update 11. 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. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. This solaris 10 system administration part i course assumes good knowledge of a unix operating system in an enterprise environment to the level covered in the solaris introduction course. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a.
Hello everyone, we are working on ecc 6, oracle 10. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. The mt command reports information about any tape drives that are described in the kerneldrvnf file.
The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release. The following link solaris patch overview is intended as an overview of patch types and patch delivery mechanisms for the solaris operating environment. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. Alternatively,relevant experience of unix or linux servers is required,preferably within an. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching the solaris zones technology provides a way to efficiently manage and use resources by allowing you to have isolated software applications and services. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 patch bundle for x86 systems. How to display information about solaris patches system. Before applying patches, you might want to know more about patches that have been previously applied. Gerry haskins director security and release management. Normally, you specify a tape drive by its logical unit number, which can run from 0 to n. As no ls command is possible to have a quick look whats on your tape, one may write the list of all archived files into some.
This part provides instructions for backing up and restoring data in the solaris environment. The following table describes how to specify tape device names with a rewind or a norewind option. This document is based upon sparc solaris 10 obp all the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os. Sparc enterprise oracle vm server for sparc guide fujitsu. Solaris 10 media server cannot longer see the tape. Also, a scsi controller can have a maximum of seven scsi tape drives. Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc configuring the openboot firmware managing boot procedures with grub startup and shutdown procedures. You can use the status option with the mt command to get status information about tape drives. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Tape device names and control the tape drive nixcraft. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content when continue reading solaris. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria that is, patches which address security or other critical issues. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. Those of you still on solaris 10 may want to download the latest recommended patchset for solaris 10 which was published just last week, on 28th of january 2016.
This is done by using the no rewind option in the ufsdump command. Configuring solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths. Mar 28, 2016 tape devices should be used on a regular basis only for archiving files or for transferring data from one server to another. Load a tape into the drive you want information about. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps.
How to read and write data from and to tapes in solaris unix linux. Because unix treats everything as a file, accessing the tape drive to perform a backup means. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. I know it could be done using mt to seek the end of tape after the write, but it is not efficient because the tape rewinds and fast forwards to seek exactly the same position as before. Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching.
As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. Installing the solaris operating system software package administration maintenance of patches disk management and partitioning. Ive been trying to find from where i can download patchesupdates. I have an hp proliant dl380 with intel processors that i recently loaded solaris 10 with latest patches on it. Much of the overview also applies to some other sun software products, but please note that some software products deliver patches in a different format e. Dl380 with intel processors that i recently loaded solaris 10 with latest patches on it.
The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Find answers to read tape contents, format, rewing aix tape device from the expert community at experts exchange. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one. Hello guysnewbie to solaris here i need to get this patch on my solaris 10 sparc machine.
I suppose this could be tagged obvious but i thought id warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find solaris 10 for download. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria. 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. The mt command reports information about any tape drives that are described in the kerneldrvnf file how to display tape drive status. The unix os supports tasks such as running hardware, device drivers, peripherals and third party applications. How to read and write data from and to tapes in solaris. But, if the answers to the questions are yes, the tape is probably bad. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be. Use device as the file name of the tape drive to operate on. Posting updated june 6, 20, with new solaris 10 kernel patchids 150400xx sparc and 150401xx x86.
Solaris zone patching bigfix ibm endpoint manager forum. For all subsequent archives a nonrewinding device should be used. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support.
They are only valid on sparc hardware that uses the openboot rmware. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. It updates the patch packages pkginfo file with information about patches made obsolete by the patch being installed, other patches required by this patch, and about patches incompatible with this patch. If your software requires exactly patch 125100 10 and is not compatible with its successor, then you can try remove patch 12001114. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. 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. In a dual installation, the solaris 2 sas binary is not patched with this.
The following commands provide useful information about patches that are already applied to a system. Shows all patches that have been applied to the system. I have set up rsh to allow for passwordless connection between the servers, but im not able to write to the tape with the command. I would like to patch the server by installing the recommended patch cluster from oracle solaris 10.
This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. Please keep in mind that just because the mechanics of the tape appear good, the magnetic tape itself can be flawed. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10 kernel patchids. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. 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. Usually, tape devices are all hooked up to unix boxes, and controlled with mt or mtx. Solaris 10 patch release is monthly, by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month.
But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. To use a tape drive on another machine, use a file name that starts with hostname. I am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. However, im often asked how to rewind and then eject a 4mm tape. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek. Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc. This will rewind the tape and then go forward by tape archives. Oct 26, 2011 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. Copy the information in the cdr, dvdr, tapes or file servers to be prepared in case they are lost. If errors occur when a tape is being read, you can retension the tape, clean the tape drive, and then try again. Rewinds tapes for backup and restore operations to streaming tape devices. 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. Retension a magnetic tape cartridge with the mt command. Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular quarter.
Solaris 10 system administration part i course overview. Hi, i have solaris 10 sparc server with two nonglobal zoneone is whole zone and the other is sparse zone. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. 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. Displaying tape drive status oracle solaris administration. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. When specifying a tape device, it is preferable that the nonrewind variant of the.
This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. Installation instructions for the sas system under. Weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Table 3310 contents of tapes for daily cumulative weekly incremental backup schedule. Support for solaris 6 gb serialattached scsi sas hbas for tape devices requires a specific solaris patch level.
Installation instructions for the sas system under unix environments. It moves outdated files and directories to the var directory. It determines the solaris version number of the managing host and the target host. Tape device names basic commands to manage tape drive basic backup and restore commands. Patch install problem in solaris 10 oracle community. 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. 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.
This subdirectory includes the set of tape device files that support different output densities for each tape. Download and buy high quality tape rewind sound effects. Please list command and specific directory that patches should. This blog covers unix system administration howto tips for using inline for loops, find command, unix scripting, configuration, sql, various unixbased tools, and command line interface syntax. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Sep 12, 20 weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. May 19, 2009 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.
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. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Tape devices should be used on a regular basis only for archiving files or for transferring data from one server to another. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 patch bundle for sparc systems. The b in the solaris sun archive specification devrmt0mbn is what is. This command is only supported on windows operating systems.
Find answers to read tape contents, format, rewing aix tape device. When i did the the cfgadmal grep tape, it can see all the tape drives. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Octal or binary java ftp client application download sun cluster patches. To rewind a magnetic tape cartridge, use the mt command. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. How is it possible to write a block to a magnetic tape forcing the device driver not to rewind after having completed the write. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system. Solaris 10 system administration part i course overview length. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Solaris 10 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502. Handling magnetic tape cartridges oracle solaris administration. Tape rewind sound effects tape rewind sounds pond5.
Hello all, im trying to backup some files on a solaris 10 machine to the remote tape drive connected to another solaris 10 machine. How to download solaris 10 807 april 4th, 2008 leave a comment go to comments i suppose this could be tagged obvious but i thought id warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find solaris 10 for download. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. Show operating system patch level how to install a sun solaris jumbo patch. Mar 22, 2005 before backing up data on a device, you must understand the tape devicenaming schema. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. Instructions for rewinding tape media are provided under, for local tape.
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