Solaris security today and tomorrow penn state college. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps. 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. Sparc patch list solaris 10 1009 patch list oracle docs. Solaris 10 remote x11,xserver or cde login problem azizs blog. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. These release notes also include endofsoftware support statements, documentation issues, and a list of integrated patches. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Xorg is running with dtlogin and ive been using jds for a while.
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. Solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Patch management for solaris 10 server pascal kreyeroracle may 12, 2014 11. After quite successful evaluation of running mysql on solaris 10 we decided to move all our. However, solaris by default installs cde or gnome desktop. In my case i have solaris 10 production server, with 3 non global zones. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. Hi, i have installed solaris 10 on x 86 architecture. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology.
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. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. Download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. Solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. 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. If your linux system boot to a shell prompt, you can start x window gui system by typing following command. Cannot configure fullscreen magnification on systems with one video card. Shutdown the dtlogin process with the command usrdtbindtconfig kill 3 confirm that nothing is listening at port 6000 netstat a grep 6000.
Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. If you dont have a solaris setup to work,just install solaris as guest operating system on vmware workstations and get a hands on experience. We know dtlogin is the system process by default its automatically run whenever the server is up. Below are the prechecks that need to be completed before we start the oracle rac installation. Solaris 10 remote x11,xserver or cde login problem aziz.
Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek. 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. May 10, 20 solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. Ive installed solaris 10 on p4 machine but, i dont like the current desktop e. Solaris 10 comes with both xserver software and the original xsun software. Dns client configuration in solaris 11 is based on smf service rather than file based. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system. 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. In this article, we will be doing prechecks for oracle 11gr2 rac installation on solaris 10. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities.
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. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. 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. Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete.
At some point over the past few years, i somehow went from just checking in the new login and splash images for cde in each solaris release to becoming the unofficial dtlogin special ops person handling the overhauls of the dtlogin appearance for the solaris 10 beta, 305, 106, and now 606 releases and a few other side tasks that the main cde sustaining team didnt have the resources. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. On solaris 10, when the dtlogin smf patch is not installed, dtlogin which is turned on.
The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. This guide covers quick how to configure dns client on solaris 11. Sep 10, 2014 in this article, we will be doing prechecks for oracle 11gr2 rac installation on solaris 10. Download pca for system registered with oracle csi. Several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle developer studio 12. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support tales. These patches are located in the varsadmpatch directory on an installed system. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. The behaviour of pca can be configured by setting any option either in a.
I find the patch finder is a very handy tool and use it frequently. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. With the release of the oracle solaris 10 10 08 operating system. I can dtlogin to the user, but i can not su to another user. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. 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. First look in the hcl for your release of solaris to see if your graphics card is supported. Installing the required oracle solaris 10 patches oracle. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support. Pca analyze, download and install patches for oracle 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 1 remotely grab the datetime from the most recent thing in the patch directory.
How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was patched. Having a supported graphics card on the hcl is very importantmore important than a supported motherboard. As per part of take over i need to apply latest security patch in solaris 10 zone1,zone2 and zone3, but global is solaris 11. The versions of ssh and sendmail that ship with solaris 10 will automatically use tcp wrappers to filter access if a hosts. Oct 07, 2010 whether old dtlogin child processes are still running, but with parent process id 1, indicating that the dtlogin master process has crashed. Mount usr, andor etcdt, from the system where cde login works fine. Now i want to configure this system as proxy server. 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. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows.
There is an important solaris 10 specific crle info here. In this case i would like to know while applying any patches on solaris 1. These features will still be available to xsun and xorg when started via a display manager such as dtlogin1, gdm1, or xdm1. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Solaris starting and stopping dtlogin cde nixcraft. The ability to configure power management and interactive process priority control on solaris sparc.
The following bugs in solaris 10 os apply to the common desktop environment cde. 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. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. Changing the default login session in dtlogin oracle. Common desktop environment solaris 10 release notes. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. If the adapters not listed, look for a driver from these sources. Common desktop environment solaris 10 606 release notes. Overview oracle solaris live upgrade is a useful tool and strategy for minimizing downtime and risk when upgrading or patching systems. Solaris 10 and ldap tls authentication oracle community. Security vulnerability with integer multiplication within.
However, since oracle took over, in my view there has been a loss of interest in small to mediumsized. I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. Oracle white paperhow to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade oracle solaris live upgrade. I have few queries in case of patch implementation in solaris 10 os with zone environment. Required patches for solaris 10 bmc proactivenet 9. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to.
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. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. 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. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was. It is worth mentioning that, in the x86 version of solaris 10 910 and solaris studio 12. Define context to permit services to be started as a specific user and group and with specific privileges. But eventually all good things must continue reading how to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support.
New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. 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. 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. How to configure xorg and fvwm on x86 solaris 10 update 10. Apr 03, 2009 mohammed, if your solaris version is solaris 9, then the problem with xmanager closed immediately is a bug in solaris patch 11296062 solaris 9. Mar 06, 2006 it is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10.
Mohammed, if your solaris version is solaris 9, then the problem with xmanager closed immediately is a bug in solaris patch 11296062 solaris 9. Here i have installed solaris on two nodes using zfs filesystem. Sparc patch list solaris 10 1008 patch list oracle docs. The dtlogin daemon prompts the user to insert a smart card and then to enter a. It is worth mentioning that, in the x86 version of solaris 10 9 10 and solaris studio 12. Jun 06, 2018 solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. This version of pca patch check advanced allows to maintain solaris os patches using oracle solaris premier subscriptions and oracle csi account instead of the sunsolve account with sun contract. Check differences, especially cde configuration files, and patch level. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. Check system cde startup scripts, especially those in etcdtconfig and. It is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers.
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