Hello we have a solaris 10 910 installed on an x86 physical server and want to migrate it to a solaris zone. Solaris 10 physical server must be running with solaris 10 1011 update. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 sparc update patch bundle download the ios image sol10u11gasparcdvd. The solaris 10 system software includes aset, which helps you monitor and control system security by automatically performing tasks you would otherwise do manually. Become a supporter make a contribution via paypalbitcoin. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. The system has the required patches 121430, and live upgrade was updated from the. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. Ensure that you have met the prerequisites listed in prerequisites for unmounting oracle solaris file systems.
Most filesystem mounting or unmounting is automated for a system at boot or shutdown, but there are times during system maintenance and working with nfs shares, for example, when manually unmounting a filesystem is important. This chapter describes how to mount and unmount file systems in the oracle solaris os. The directory name where the file system is mounted. The lofi file driver exports a file as a block device. Solaris zones solaris 10 physical to zone solaris zones. This swap space is obviously still in use so you probably need to tell the system to stop using it provided the system has enough swap space elsewhere to keep running. You can then unmount the mount point normally and remove the ip address from the temporary nfs server. I have had a solaris 10 work improperly when i used ip address in dfstab instead of names this may be due to the fact that i had locked down the system using jass though if you want root on the client pcs to be able to write to the nfs filesystem, use something like below sharedfs is the nfs shared file system or directory. 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. This means that the same solaris 10 patches can be applied to all systems.
It is intended as both an introduction to the automounter, and as a guide to the most common. A filesystem in solaris can be referenced by its device name e. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. This document is based on the first customer release of solaris 10. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. The command for solaris 10 is svcadm restart networknfsclient havent tried this on a linux box lately because those all mount with the intr flag so they rarely have this problem, but it probably will also fix the problem. After you have created a file system by using the newfs command, you must attach it to the solaris directory hierarchy at a mount point. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most.
How to migrate solaris 10 global zone into solaris 11. Mounting file systems in running nonglobal zones oracle. It will detach the filesystem from the filesystem hierarchy now, and cleanup all references to the filesystem as soon as it is not busy anymore. You can mount file systems in a running nonglobal zone. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Mount lofs file system to running solaris 10 zone how to mount a loopback file system to a running solaris 10 zone i. Mar 31, 2014 solaris 10 physical server must be running with solaris 10 10 11 update. 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. Jul 02, 2015 solaris 10 how to access svm root disk from fail safe cdrom boot by ramdev published february 15, 2014 updated july 2, 2015 this procedure explains the steps required to access a root filesystem under svm, during the situation when the solaris cannot boot in normal way and it require to boot from failsafe or cdrom. The solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem.
What can i do remove the be solenv2 and start again. The book covers the topics oracle solaris resource management, zones also known as containers on oracle solaris 10, and lx branded zones. Prepare iso with solaris 10 u11, recommended patch cluster, lu. However, you can edit the etcvfstab file whenever file system entries need to be added or modified. More than one option may be specified in a commaseparated list. Force unmount of a swap filesystem left over from bad live.
Scsa 200 and scsa 202 exam material included with clear explanation. Just like linux loopback device sun solaris unix has lofi loopback file driver. A mount point is a directory that is the point of connection for a file system. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches.
On solaris 10 local zone swap space is inherited from the global zone. The command for solaris 10 is svcadm restart networknfsclient havent tried this on a linux box lately because those all mount with the. As the global administrator or a user granted the appropriate authorizations in the global zone, you can import raw and block devices into a nonglobal zone. Hopefully no one will abuse this, but if you have very private or critical data on a floppy you should be aware of it. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. How to use floppy disks with solaris rutgers university. Find answers to unable to mount windows share on solaris 10 from the expert community at experts exchange. If everyone who reads nixcraft, who likes it, helps fund it, my future would be more secure. When you use a floppy disk on a sun, anyone on that sun can read and write the floppy. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. You can share a file system between the global zone and nonglobal zones by using lofs mounts.
This swap space is obviously still in use so you probably need to tell the system to stop using it provided the. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. So the swap you are trying to manipulate should show up there. How to mount and unmount an iso image in rhel, centos and. Solaris liveupgrade is a nice feature of solaris, which lets one upgrade the currently running version of solaris to a new realease or patch it without the need to bring the system into single user mode for a more or less long time. I just find patches number on oracle site, where is the recommended. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain all. Unable to mount windows share on solaris 10 solutions. The command will force unmount in case of an unreachable nfs system.
Unmount only the filesystems that have the specified option set in etcfstab. This procedure uses the zonecfg command to add an lofs mount of the global zone exportdatafiles file system to the myzone configuration. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Login to solaris 10 physical machine and halt if you have any local zones on it. The solaris creates a default etcvfstab file during software installation, based on your selections. Each option can be prefixed with no to indicate that no action should be taken for this option.
Reads and writes to the block device are translated to reads and writes on the underlying file. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. How do i mount an iso cd image under sun solaris unix. Aug 28, 2006 the author is the creator of nixcraft and a seasoned sysadmin, devops engineer, and a trainer for the linux operating systemunix shell scripting. Oracle solaris patch update oracle content marketing. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. This concept of utilizing lofs loopback file system mounts was later formalized as deferred activation patching, which is now implemented in the solaris patch utilities patch.
The nixcraft takes a lot of my time and hard work to produce. How to extract an iso image in rhel, centos, fedora, ubuntu. About the automounter this tip sheet documents a wide variety of information concerning the automounter, as implemented in the sunos and solaris operating systems. 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. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. Get the latest tutorials on sysadmin, linuxunix and open source topics via rssxml feed or weekly email newsletter. Patching issues on systems running solaris 10 update 1 106 or update 2 606. 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. Solaris 10 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502. Deferred activation patching is described in a previous posting below. Use the following procedure to unmount a file system. How to use lofs to mount a file system creating and. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris.
How to unmount a file system managing file systems in. 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. The file systems that are available in the oracle solaris 11 release are very similar to the oracle solaris 10 file systems. This procedure explains the steps required to access a root filesystem under svm, during the situation when the solaris cannot boot in normal way and it require to boot from failsafe or cdrom. How to use lofs to mount a file system creating and using.
The solaris provides several methods for automating file system mounts. Check with mount command what is mounted and try to unmount it by force. Gerry haskins director security and release management. Find answers to solaris 10 u11 live upgrade errors when patching an abe on solaris 10, then unable to ludelete from the expert community at experts exchange. Jan 05, 2016 when you migrate your ufs root file system to a zfs root file system, you must designate an existing zfs storage pool with the p option. Lofs file systems must always be mounted after the file systems that are in the lofs file system. Database users business intelligence, cloud computing, database. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Although this is a limitation in solaris 10 nonglobal zone there are 3 alternatives which you can. Solaris 10 u11 live upgrade errors when patching an abe on. On the src system, ensure that the following patches are installed 11925475, 11953424, and 14091402 sparc11925575, 11953524 and 14091502 x86x64 unmount the libc,recreate the flar archivethen restart. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows.
Solaris 10 live upgrade issue unix and linux forums. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 sparc update patch bundle download the ios image sol 10 u11gasparcdvd. How to unmount a file system managing file systems in oracle. Solution although this is a limitation in solaris 10 nonglobal zone there are 3 alternatives which you can use to overcome this. Unfortunately, when nfs goes away, things get very miserable. Solaris 10 how to access svm root disk from fail safe. I have started aka in 2009 as my own personal reference blog, and later sometime i have realized that my leanings might be helpful for other unixadmins if i manage my knowledgebase in more user friendly format. 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. 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. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Let me assure you, the solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain all available security fixes for the solaris os. Aset performs seven tasks, making specific checks and adjustments to system files and permissions to ensure system security.
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. File systems and nonglobal zones system administration guide. One very useful purpose of it is that you can take a cdrom image file. Solaris 10 u11 live upgrade errors when patching an abe. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download patch clusters. This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support. For solaris, restarting the nfs client will resolve the hard mount spiral of death. Detach nonglobal zones, apply solaris patches including kernel. For systems with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if nonglobal zones are already configured and running, patching these systems at single user mode will encounter issues. Hi can someone can tell me where to download latest sparc solaris 10 recommended. Solaris 11 global zone must have minimum 7gb of free space for solaris 10 zone installation. In the example below, im mounting the the lofs file system as readonly so the nonglobal zone cant modify the contents. To unmount a file system manually by using the logical disk device name, perform the command. The new archive should deploy successfully in the zone.