Changing zonepath of an installed zone let it know. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. This is available for use on all solaris 10 systems. How to patch the solaris global zone with vxfs root local. Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solariszonesparallelpatching 20090619t17. Ok, my dns servers on 14291017 patch level on update 9 install. New information has been added to this section since the solaris 10 11 06release. When updating an oracle solaris 11 express global zone, always create a new be so you can backtrack. Solaris 11 ips repository issues and fixes unixarena. How to verify nonglobal solaris zone is installed the geek. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the solaris 10 os. I also exported the zpool on an fc san containing the zones. F n path brandspecific optionsthe attach subcommand takes a zone that.
Instead of removing root from etcftpdftpusers and modifying the etcnf file on both local and remote machines. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. 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. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. For native zones, zoneadm checks package and patch levels on the machine to which the zone is to be attached. Thanks for contributing an answer to stack overflow.
Hi all, i have a solaris 10 sparc server update 7 with 3 solaris 9 zones. We need edit the config files manually, use for example vi. Please look at document 8211460 system administration guide. Solaris 10 zones will be updated automatically when patching the physical server because we use the update on attach procedure. Defined with a type of lofs cannot be upgraded to the solaris 10 1106 release. More than just an operating system, oracle solaris 11. Any packages installed inside the zone but not installed in the global zone are ignored and left asis. Published on the otn garage the official blog of the system admin and developer community of otn with links to tales from the datacenter by erik benner, enterprise architect, mythics inc. Can i have different sru levels in non global zones. In oracle solaris 11, oracle solaris zones become even more central to both. With u or u, as in the default behavior, zoneadm does not perform an attach if outdated packagespatches are found on the target system. Solaris 10 606, solaris 10 1106, solaris 10 807, and solaris 10 508.
Packages and patches on a solaris system with zones installed overview. Resolving problems with a zoneadm attach operation system. Install the solaris 10 brand on solaris11 global zone. Automated repair function designed to improve system availability by automatically. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. When i ran the zoneadm utility with the list option, all of the zones were in the installed state.
If a solaris zone is installed, we cannot change the zonepath with zonecfg command. Starting with the solaris 10 1008 release, zoneadm attach with the u option also enables migration between machine classes, such as from sun4u to sun4v. The zonecfgand zoneadmcommands can be used to migrate an existing nonglobalzone from one system to another. Hi all staff today i try to create zone on oracle solaris 11 but when i use command. With solaris 11, only zfs is supported as zone root file system.
I applied the latest set of patches to my x86 solaris 10 server this morning, and after the server was rebooted i noticed that my zones didnt start. The following tasks can be performed using the zoneadm command verify a zone. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Zoneadm attach dumps core on solaris 9 branded zones. In the destination, we have all we need and now we detach and attach the zone, so that the zone in the destination server will update itself to the newer patch level. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Starting with the solaris 10 910 release, using zoneadm attach with the u option updates all of the packages for the zone, so that these packages match what would be seen with a newly installed nonglobal zone on this host. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. The zone is halted and detached fromits current host. How can i patch a global zone without patching nonglobal zones.
Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Sep 30, 20 when updating an oracle solaris 11 express global zone, always create a new be so you can backtrack. How can i patch a non global zone without patching the global zone. If you find the directories dev and root and sunwdetached. Since the solaris 10 508 operating system, system administrators have had the ability to detach and attach zones, that is, detach a zone from one system and attach it to another. This zone is almost similar to sparc vm ldom guests which can run on its own patch level and completely isolated from global zone.
Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Solaris 10 container guide 3 helpful unixsolaris tips. Some data centers apply only the bare minimum of changes, such as critical security patches, operating on the principle of if it aint broke, dont fix it. When i have started working on solaris 11, i have faced lot of issues with ips and that too happens only after the ips deployment. How to upgrade your solaris zones with zoneadm detach. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the. I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. The zoneadm command described in the zoneadm1m man page is the primary tool used to install and administer nonglobal zones. The zones were created and installed when the globalzone was running solaris 10 update 6. Ours goes to 11 features of oracle solaris 11 oracle. Does the zoneadm attach u option will update the patches in nonglobal zone in solaris 11. Oct 20, 20 the zone being attached must first be configured using the zonecfg see zonecfg1m command. For native zones, one or more b options can be used to specify a patch id for a patch installed in the zone. Install oracle solaris 11 by using os media dvds or from a network boot using a repository server.
Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 containers, and resource management page 302, which suggests a workaround of doing the pkg imageupdate in global zone, and then after reboot doing a zoneadm detach followed by zoneadm attach with u option. Theoretically isnt recommended changing the zoneptah after zone installation, but in some situation we need to do this. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. Also, solaris 11 system when doing major patching will create a backup boot environment automatically, followed by patching and activation of patched environment. This is an alternative to using the tar command as shown in example 231. Until oracle solaris 11 is released and the zone upgrade process changes, manually update all native nonglobal zones using the zoneadm z zonename attach u command to keep nonglobal zones in sync with the global zone. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is noncluster. The solaris nonglobal zone is supported on all sun4u, sun4v, and x86 architecture machines. Problem booting solaris 10 zone imported form solaris 11 express too old to reply ian collins 20111214 03.
But processors should support virtualization technology. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. How to install solaris 10 branded zone on solaris 11. 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.
Problem booting solaris 10 zone imported form solaris 11 express. Operations using the zoneadm command must be run from the global zone. Oracle solaris 11s zoneadm is not supported by this module. The zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained. Chapter 23 moving and migrating nonglobal zones tasks. How to verify nonglobal solaris zone is installed the.
The documentation from oracle is your best friend when it comes to solaris questions the short answer is that pkg update or pkg update accept will update solaris to the most recent packages available from the ips repositories you have enabled on your system the long answer. The book covers the topics solaris resource management, solaris zones, and lx. Jul 04, 2012 solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Oracle supports the single instance database in oracle solaris 8 containers and oracle solaris 9 containers also known as solaris 8 branded zones and solaris 9 branded zones. Solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. To verify the oracle solaris release and the machine architecture, type. Hello, i just tried booting a solaris 10 branded zone after upgrading its host. Mar 02, 2016 what is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. If the packages patches that the zone depends on from the global zone are different have different revision numbers from the dependent packages patches on the source machine, zoneadm reports these conflicts and does not perform the attach.
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. Please note that when oracle solaris 11 is released, it will change and simplify the process for creating and upgrading zones. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot. I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10. After the patching finishes, a reboot should suffice. Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 containers, and resource management page 302, which suggests a workaround of doing the pkg imageupdate in global zone, and then after reboot doing a zoneadm detach followed by zoneadm attach with.
Patching and upgrading your cluster the approach you take to patching and upgrading your cluster will vary depending on your data center standards. What is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. When all zoneadm commands have finished, check the log files for any errors. If the new host has a mixture of higher and lower version patches as. If the packagespatches that the zone depends on from the global zone are different have different revision numbers from the dependent packagespatches on the source machine, zoneadm reports these conflicts and does not. The zoneadm command described in the zoneadm 1m man page is the primary tool used to install and administer nonglobal zones. Functionalities use cases best practices cookbooks solaris 10 container guide functionality status up to solaris 10 1009 and opensolaris 2009. Before applying a patch bundle, a sys admin could detach all the nonglobal zones, then apply the patch bundle to the global zone, and then, after the bundle has been applied and the system has been rebooted, use the zone zoneadm z zonename attach u command to bring the nonglobal zones back to the same patch level as the global zone. Starting with the solaris 10 1008 release, if the new host has the same or later versions of the zonedependent packages and associated patches, using zoneadm attach with the u option updates the minimum set of packages to make the nonglobal zone usable on the new host. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. The zones parallel patching enhancement to the standard solaris 10 patch utilities increases the patching tools performance on systems with multiple zones by allowing.
You do not need to detach the zone to make the parent group to failover across nodes when your zone is configured in a parallel service group. The zones parallel patching feature is now available in the latest solaris 10 patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. How to upgrade your solaris zones with zoneadm detachattach. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Example 232 archiving the zonepath using cpio and compressing the archive using gzip. Oracle solaris 11 overview and design guide fujitsu. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as not detaching the zone before moving it, and not transferring the zfs properties with the zone. Patching with zoneadm attach u ugdd with solaris 10 1008, the command zo ne a dm a t ta ch u is available with which a zone can be updated to the status of the new target system during z on ea d m but this does not provide a new upgrade option. The b option can be used to specify patches to be backed out of the. Use the following command to attach and update a zone. Jun 19, 2009 solaris zones parallel patching lildude solaris zonesparallel patching 20090619t17. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. If you are doing patch upgrade you need make sure that the repository is accessible inside the zone as well. Before the reinstall complete fresh install i halted each zone, and detached it.
If the new host has later versions of the zonedependent packages and their associated patches, using zoneadm attach with the u option updates those packages. 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 branded zone solaris 11 gz patching steps 1. Problem booting solaris 10 zone imported form solaris 11. Patching and upgrading your cluster managing your oracle. Solaris 11 virtualization using zones the urban penguin.
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