Simply install this patch, set the maximum number of nonglobal zones to be patched in parallel in the config file etcpatchnf, and away you go. Romeo ninov sir post,these are the few points you must have to recall before installing the patch. Instructions provided in this tutorial have been validated on the solaris 10 508 release. The following are a few examples for the configuration of solaris 10 zones. Can i have different sru levels in non global zones. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. Set the number of nonglobal zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etc patch nf. The zones parallel patching enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities increases the patching tools performance on. If you are anything like me then you have probably been working with computer technology for as long as you can remember.
Branded zones these are solaris 8 or solaris 9 zones on the solaris 10 global zones. Let us get started and see how we can create a zone in solaris 11. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is noncluster. 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. Let us create a new zone with a minimal resources and settings required to get it up and running. A solaris zone is a partitioned virtual os environment working in a solaris os space.
Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Simply install this patch, set the maximum number of nonglobal zones to be patched in parallel in the config file etc patch nf, and away you go. We have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. The patchadd command will not install a patch under the following. Solaris 11 zones are slightly different from solaris 10 zones. 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. So if you have 3 zones and it takes 1 minute to apply a patch on global zone then it will take another 1 minute each to apply on other 3 zones. Every now and again an entirely innovative approach to computer technology appears on the market. What is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. I thought it was about time i took another look, since. In a way, this patching business of the systems before doing the lu defeats the purpose of using lu, because i realized when. How can i patch a global zone without patching nonglobal zones.
This is available for use on all solaris 10 systems. Ive been particularly focused on the difficulties sun and its customers have with the patching process, and the kinds of changes we need to make as a result in our technology and. Oracle solaris patch update oracle content marketing. The zones parallel patching enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities increases the patching tools performance on systems with multiple zones by allowing parallel patching of the nonglobal zones. Installing the recommended patch cluster with zones. Zones parallel patching is an enhancement to the standard patch utilities, which comprise the supported method for patching nonglobal zones on your oracle solaris 10 system. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. An additional investment protection element is the long service life of oracle solaris 10. This feature improves zones patching performance by patching nonglobal zones in parallel. Zones parallel patching is an enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities and is delivered in the patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. But with su mode the home0zones zones homedir is not yet.
How to create and configure solaris 10 zones the geek diary. Oracle solaris 11 zones part 1 a comparison of oracle solaris 10 and oracle solaris 11 zones. After checking the messages i found out that sunconnection tried to install the patch in single user mode which is ok, it is recommended in the readme to do so. Functionality status up to solaris 10 1009 and opensolaris 2009. 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. Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. Zones parallel patching is an enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities, which comprise the supported method for patching nonglobal zones on. Patching source code to build a solaris 10 package youtube. Field studies of the effectiveness of concrete repairs hse. In my case i have solaris 10 production server, with 3 non global zones. Upgrading with nonglobal zones oracle solaris 10 1. How can i patch a non global zone without patching the global zone. This will let you virtualize solaris so that processes run in isolation from other activity on the system. I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone.
Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. I have few queries in case of patch implementation in solaris 10 os with zone environment. What is the best method to run patch for live systesms. The former can achieve the goals of the latter, and they also offer features not found in solaris 10 zones. Parallel patching in solari s 10 when you patch a solaris 10 server it applies each patch to each zone oneatatime. 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. Tutorial solaris zones administration exercise for server operating systems fahad khalid 7182011 disclaimer. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Global zone is the traditional os environment and is where solaris os is installed.
Applying a patch to a solaris system with zones installed. Note in the diagram below the oracle solaris 8 and oracle solaris 9 environments running on oracle solaris 10, or oracle solaris. How to patch nonglobal zones in parallel set the number of nonglobal zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etc patch nf. Well see how to add other resources like cpu, memory, file. This paper is specific to time machine for use solaris 9 branded zone on solaris 10 sparc platform. Changes may be required to replicate the provided scenarios on solaris releases other than 10 508. Quick start guide time machine for solaris 9 branded zones. Solaris 11 virtualization using zones the urban penguin. 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. 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. Single user mode doesnt really work for patching solaris 10 with zones. Every time a patch is applied which impacts both kernel code and userlevel.
Now that we know how to create nonglobal zones in solaris, its probably time to learn some basics of zones configuration. Analysis of the effectiveness of concrete repairs and project findings. The zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained. Patches fails with unhandled subprocess exit status 5 exit n branch patch fails with below errors. 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. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. All system operations such as installations, startups and shutdowns are done in the global zone. Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solariszonesparallelpatching 20090619t17. This paper will examine many of those enhancements starting with a comparison of a basic zone constructed in oracle solaris 10 compared to a basic zone constructed in oracle. Solaris 8 system images inside of a branded zone on solaris 10. Solaris 11 has added a lot of new features to the zones technology.
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 global zone is still patched before the nonglobal zones are patched. This allows running applications on the newest hardware platforms. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. Solaris zone of solaris 10 operating system function fujitsu global. May 29, 20 rethinking patching the view from the engine room by barts jul 25, 2007 as stephen mentioned recently, several of us have been thinking about revising the way we manage software change on solaris. Aug 15, 2011 bigadmin solaris containers zones zones parallel patching. Zones provides a means of virtualizing operating system services, allowing one or more processes to run in isolation from other activity on the system. Tim wort oracle solaris 11 offers many new enhancements for zones. In this case i would like to know while applying any patches on solaris 1.
Solaris 10 local zones fail to install correctly when running storage foundation 5. Patching a live solaris 10 system with lu, zfs, and pca. Problems patching solaris 10 system with zones oracle. 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. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Starting with the solaris 10 10 09 release, zones parallel patching enhances the standard oracle solaris 10 patch utilities. How can i set up and configure a solaris 8 zone under solaris 10. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. Comparing solaris 11 zones to solaris 10 zones oracle. Parallel patching in solaris 10 when you patch a solaris 10 server it applies each patch to each zone oneatatime. Zones are application containers that is maintained by the running operating system. Packaging a piece of software that wont build out of the box on solaris 10. 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.
The zones parallel patching feature is now available in the latest solaris 10 patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. The patching requires that the zones be bootable, and they are not bootable because of service dependencies when in single user. I need some one to explain this steps as i am new to this. In the oracle solaris 10 guest domain it is possible to run any combination of oracle solaris 8, oracle solaris 9, and oracle solaris 10 containers zones. Zones parallel patching is an enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities, which comprise the supported method for patching nonglobal zones on your solaris 10 system. Checking patches that you specified for installation. Solaris zone patching bigfix ibm endpoint manager forum. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching. Example of fully configuring a solaris 10 zone for starters, lets have a look at the full. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris.
In oracle solaris 10, zones was introduced which gave us an ability to create isolated environments for applications that can run on a single machine. Solaris zone of solaris 10 operating system function. A zone is a sandbox within which one or more applications can run without affecting or interacting with the rest of the system. Solaris 10 local zones fail to install correctly when. Most work is done with zonecfg which has been mentioned in my solaris zones. Patch check advanced, pca, is a free tool that can be used to patch solaris systems. Installing the recommended patch cluster with zones parallel patching lildude installingtherecommendedpatchclusterwithzonesparallelpatching 20090625t17. Could you please answer the following and share the procedure of solaris 11 zone patching.