Oracle acquired sun microsystems in 2010, and since that time oracles hardware and software engineers have worked sidebyside to build fully integrated systems and optimized solutions designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in the industry. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to. The cards were not limited to just officially supported operating systems. This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support. 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. 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. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Now that the supposed solaris 10 drivers for the sunpci cards are created, we need to implement them into the kernel before we can use them. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the. If you are able to regularly patch your systems, then apply the recommended patch cluster, which one can download if one has an oracle technology network login gratis which is tied to a. These patches are the sun recommended patches for solaris 10 frozen from may 14th, 2010 how can i uninstall the patch. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10.
After quite successful evaluation of running mysql on solaris 10 we decided to move all our. The sunpci iii is supported on solaris 10 with patches, but sunpci ii is not. 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. Find answers to how to remove the solaris 10 sparc patch.
For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. However, new recommended patches could have been released since the contents of update 10 were finalized. 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. Gerry haskins director security and release management. Jul 30, 20 in some cases we need to change default java version in solaris 10. Unfortunately the old problem ive mentioned multiple times before is showing up again, too. Hello guysnewbie to solaris here i need to get this patch on my solaris 10 sparc machine. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. As a result, the following scriptspecial patches are not made available for customers because they are not required outside.
Oct 05, 2011 hi, the update 10 patchset contains all patches which were available at the time it was created, including all cpu and recommended updates. 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. The versions of ssh and sendmail that ship with solaris 10 will automatically use tcp wrappers to filter access if a hosts. Many of the new patches for solaris 10 are unavailable on suns patch server, so pca will fail to download them. 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. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows. These patches are located in the varsadmpatch directory on an installed system. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps.
The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. See patch identification numbers and descriptions for oracle solaris 10 platforms for more information about the patches. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Patch check advanced, pca, is a free tool that can be used to patch solaris systems. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The cool thing about this tool is that it actually resolves the dependencies between patches. 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.
Installing the required oracle solaris 10 patches oracle. Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. Here is the steps to change default version of java in solaris 10 sparc. Note the oracle solaris 10 106 software contains scriptspecial patches which do not deliver bug fixes or new features, but deliver changes that are required as a result of issues with the creation of the update image. Oct 26, 2011 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.
For this, we run a program called sunpcload to put these drivers into kernel use. 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. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. 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 patches contained in this patchset are considered the most.
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 10 811 update 10 patchset now available oracle. The recommended method of proactively applying patches is to use solaris live upgrade. Meltdown and spectre patches now available for oracle. Solaris 10 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502. With rapid7 live dashboards, i have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what i need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in realtime. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract.
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. In this example i will change the default java version which is version 5 to version 6. 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. Early examples include the oracle exadata database machine x28, and the first oracle exalogic elastic cloud, both introduced in late 2010. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware.
We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. 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. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download patch clusters. 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. Once again, i immediately reported this to suns patch team. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host.
Is it possible to identify a solaris 10 patch cluster from. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. This will provide you with all the most important solaris patches in a single bundle with a simple to use installation script. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system.
Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os. Solaris 9 support was included starting with the sunpci ii hardware and version 2. If you are able to regularly patch your systems, then apply the recommended patch cluster, which one can download if one has an oracle technology network login gratis which is tied to a valid support contract non gratis. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Meltdown and spectre patches now available for oracle systems by nick heath nick heath is a computer science student and was formerly a journalist at techrepublic. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10.
The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. I got the list of patches from the doc and put them in a file called. 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. 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. 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. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Synopsis pca option operand description pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches.
Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Download pca for system registered with oracle csi. Oracle and sun microsystems strategic acquisitions oracle. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Jun1517 this plugin has been deprecated and either replaced with individual 119059 patchrevision plugins, or deemed nonsecurity related. Pca analyze, download and install patches for oracle solaris. However, since oracle took over, in my view there has been a loss of interest in small to mediumsized.
Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. There is nothing in solaris 10 and earlier patches to identify the date, and this is on purpose. Several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle developer studio 12.
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. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems before you install the solaris patch, make sure that you have backed up the files listed in preinstallation considerations. I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. As a result, the following scriptspecial patches are not made available for customers because they are not required outside of creating the update release. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. The first version of the sunpci card was intended to run windows 95 or nt. In some cases we need to change default java version in solaris 10.
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