How to find out the solaris service pack version i am working on a solaris 10 os version. Similar to a network card having a unique mac address, every hba port will have a unique wwn number. At some point you will be asked by a storage engineer for your systems iscsi initiator node name or your iqn. 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. Aug 21, 20 but i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. How to find the currently installed patch level of redhat linux redhat does not have such a fictionary patch level concept i suppose. See correlate wwn device names with physical locations probescsiall command. If you patch with all current patches as of a certain date you might have the equivalent of a newer release even. Display the iscsi initiator node name or iqn from the command. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and.
Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. How to find the currently installed patch level of. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Depending on whether you have qlogic qlc or emulex emlx cards, you will grep for that variable. This means customers that purchase solaris 10 extended support get the benefit of continued recommended patchset updates, as patches that meet the criteria for inclusion in the. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris sun. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Todd, the array lun number is ok, its the host id number that i wan concerned about. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to them. Hp 3par solaris implementation guide abstract this implementation guide provides information for establishing communications between an hp 3par storeserv storage system and a solaris 8, 9, 10, or 11 host running on the sparc, x64, and x86 platforms. 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.
The 09 following the base id is the version of the patch. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Moving forward with solaris 10 extended support, the decision has been made to continue to update the recommended patchsets thru the solaris 10 extended support period. Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. 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. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Identifying drive logical device names and physical locations.
Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. The recommended method of proactively applying patches is to use solaris live upgrade. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most. The oracle solaris os now uses the worldwide number wwn in place of the target id field tn in drive logical device names for sas2 storage controllers. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. Useful stuff i hope, at least to me, because while we all. The solaris 10 1 kernel patch, 14714726 sparc 14714826 x86 post solaris 10 1 kernel patches have the patchids 148888xx sparc 148889xx x86 please note that there are no more planned updates to solaris 10, so these latest kernel patchids 148888xx sparc 148889xx x86 will continue to be used for the foreseeable future. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. To find the wwn numbers of your hba card in sun solaris, you can use one the following procedures. I find the patch finder is a very handy tool and use it frequently.
Check the hba fcinfo command sparc t54 server product notes. Use the dladm showlink command to find out the virtual interface name that asociated to. Show applied patches or check for a specific patch in solaris. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. You can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies.
On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been qualified. To find the wwn of these cards, prtconf vp can be used instead starting with solaris 10, the new command fcinfo can also be used for this task. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. 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. These patches are located in the varsadmpatch directory on an installed system. In the patch cluster, there are kernel patches 11883336 and also 12001114. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Here are some useful commands for the most popular linuxunix operating systems to find your hba wwn. However, you will end up with a nonglobal zone, even if your original system only had a single zone and if you use solaris but dont know what. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. How do you find out wwn and wwpn of hba in solaris server.
Veritas installationpatching and live upgrade on solaris. How to find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on. To correlate drive logical device names with physical locations or the other way around. Cannot install veritas storage foundation for oracle rac on system testserver01 as its sunos version is 5. Oracle does provide a procedure called transitioning an oracle solaris 10 instance to an oracle solaris 11 system, enabling you to port your solaris 10 global or nonglobal zone to solaris 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. Identifying hba cards and wwn numbers in solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11. When two fc16gbps sfps were inserted, fcinfo hbaport still showed a supported speed rate of 10gbps, as if it were fcoe ports. This list shows you how to get your local iscsi initiator name or iqn from the command line. How to find your fiber hba world wide node wwn numbers on solaris.
From the oracle solaris 10 8 10 os, use the diskinfo command. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. Fiber hba, find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris unix, hba port, host bus adapter, oracle solaris, solair 11, solairs 10, sun solaris. Download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. From the oracle solaris 10 810 os, use the diskinfo command. 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. Find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris unix. Veritas installationpatching and live upgrade on solaris 10. Find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express.
Unfortunately the old problem ive mentioned multiple times before is showing up again, too. These patches are located in the varsadm patch directory on an installed system. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. Solaris live upgrade consists of a set of tools that enable users to create an alternate boot environment that is a mirror copy of the current boot partition and then patch the newly created boot partition prior to making it live. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone.
How to find wwn number of hba in linux,solaris,aix. These points are key to understanding the impact of this change. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. Remember that luxadm command only work on hbas that are bound to the oracle drivers. So if native non oracle emulex driver is in use then the luxadm command will not work. See correlate wwn device names with physical locations diskinfo command. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the geek. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was. This entry was posted on tuesday, may 31st, 2016 at 12.
However, since oracle took over, in my view there has been a loss of interest in small to. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was patched. Sometimes the wwn is buried in the disk id if you do an echo format sometimes it isnt. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. 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 patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. 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 patching documentation center oracle technology.
For brevity sake i am dividing this into a number of posts. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. 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 u4 and kernel patches when i install a fresh u4 machine, i then as i always do apply the recommended patch cluster. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. I understand that fcinfo hbaport should show informationwwn, hba vendor, etc. 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. Useful stuff i hope, at least to me, because while we all love fiber storage, before. Apr 20, 2018 moving forward with solaris 10 extended support, the decision has been made to continue to update the recommended patchsets thru the solaris 10 extended support period. Here you can see the hba port wwn wwpn and the node wwn wwnn of the two ports on the installed qlogic hab card. Open the storage group for the host you should see thre tree items lists open the host tree item and you should see the host listed right click on the host and select connectivity status the paths should be listed as logged in and registered make sure all paths are listed correctly.
The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release. This is a list of commands that will display many details of your fiber channel hba and fc configuration in solaris. We can get a list of hba ports using the luxadm command. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Using fcinfo solaris 10 only this is probably the easiest way to find the wwn numbers on your hba card. At the obp ok prompt, use the probescsiall command. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. To look for the existence of a specific patch, you can pipe the output to grep and search for a patchid pattern. 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. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box.
In a order to find the latest patch bundles,you need an access to. 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. To look for the existence and version of patch 1964, run the following. How to find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments 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. Display the iscsi initiator node name or iqn from the. Display fiber channel hba and fc configuration in solaris. To determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy.
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. I am not sure where suses implementation is coming from but looking at the cat suserelease command, it is a patch level of the kernel under suse implementation. One of our servers has qlogic dual fc16gbpsfcoe 10gbps pcie cards. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here. This change affects how you correlate a drives logical name with the drives physical location. Once again, i immediately reported this to suns patch team. To determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy 1 remotely grab the datetime from the most recent thing in the patch directory. Many of the new patches for solaris 10 are unavailable on suns patch server, so pca will fail to download them. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. If i used grep i version varadm messages then i see my installe the unix and linux forums.