Installing the required oracle solaris 10 patches oracle. However after noticing powerpath was only displaying 1 path to the disks, i realised that this is because mpxio is enabled solariss version of multipathing. You need to make sure that your storage is exposed over multiple paths. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Multipathing also allows for the parallel routing of data, which. For the solaris 9 os, install on each node sun storedge traffic manager software and any necessary patches.
Reading this blog may confuse you or may increase understanding of unixlinux operating system and its component. Sep 12, 20 weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. Sun has released a security patch addressing the following issues.
I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Veritas provides support if you run solaris mpxio in conjunction with veritas dynamic multipathing dmp as outlined in the configuration requirements above. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Solaris 10 server patching linux administration blog. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun. For the solaris 10 os, you enable the solaris multipathing feature, which is. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. With the release of the solaris 10 update 4 os, the stmsboot1m command is now available for use on sparc, x86, and x64 based systems to enable or disable multipathing for fibre channel fc and sas devices. For the solaris 9 os, have available your software packages, patches, and. These are the steps you need to take to configure network on your solaris machine.
Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. 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.
The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. May 28, 2008 i was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. Note in previous oracle solaris releases, the stmsboot command was used to enable or disable multipathing on the boot device only for sparc based hosts only.
Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. Some storage needs also specific setup to work with stms. Oracle call mpxio storagetek traffic manager software or stms which made the docs harder to find. Remember, the recommended patchset covers the solaris os only, so there may be some value in such scanners for ancillary software such as solaris cluster, etc. 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. In current oracle solaris releases, the command is used to enable or disable multipathing on serialattached scsi devices as well as fc devices. From the output returned, select the port you would like to either enable or disable. For solaris 10 sparcrun the stmsboot command and confirm the reboot. I havent been able to find docs for earlier version but the lack of the fcinfo command and preleadville fc drivers must make it a real chore. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 8. Ive been trying to find from where i can download patchesupdates. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10.
This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Postinstallation patches for the sun solaris 10 update 6 os. Oracle solaris cluster interoperability matrix ibm enterprise storage server family storage supported sparc oracle solaris 8, 9, 10 ess model 800 2,3, ds3400, ds352424, ds4000 series 14, ds4100 series14, ds4200 series 14, ds4300 series 14, ds4400 series14. But eventually all good things must continue reading how to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris multiplexed io mpxio, known also as sun storagetek traffic manager sstm, earlier sun storedge traffic manager, is multipath io software for solaris illumos. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards.
Its a bit confusing when we setup mpxio storage multipath using old method in solaris 10 811, and i found panic message and auto rebooted server. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. Solaris operating system version 10 305 and later information in this document applies to any platform. Solaris mpxio and powerpath i recently did a quick install of solaris 10, then presented some clariion disks to it and installed powerpath. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun cluster. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To prepare for either enabling or disabling mpxio on a specific drive port, specify ls l devcfg on the command line. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. For solaris 8 or 9run a reconfiguration reboot in order to activate the changes. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. The solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain.
A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or. Solaris admin reference solaris storage multipathing. Replication director supported platforms for nasattached storage. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. Dmp is included with storage foundation and is the preferred multipathing solution for device presentation.
Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the next reboot. The only lun which i mapped to default storage domain is showing four paths instead of one. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support.
Before you install the solaris patch, make sure that you have backed up the files listed in preinstallation considerations to add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os patchadd command. Text in this file my theory is can mess finding new luns in solaris 10. This os includes sun storagetek san foundation software with the sun 2gbit and 4gbit fibre channel fc hba drivers, and the sun solaris fibre channel and storage multipathing software. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd the unix and linux forums. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems. With a san this should simply be a case of having more than one connection. In solaris 10, mpxio provides this layer of abstraction to solve this issue.
For solaris 10 and earlier releases of the os there are four major modifiable configuration files used by mpxio. Today i am going to show you 2 things1 download patchset from oracle support and apply it on solaris 10 machine. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. Solaris 10 fully up to date with latest patches iscsi hba. Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic multi. How to setup a chroot sshsftp for specific users in solaris 10. It enables a storage device to be accessed through multiple host controller interfaces from a single operating system instance. Several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle developer studio 12. I manage to set up both hbas to connect the unix and linux forums. On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been qualified. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities. The array is setup with one raid group and one volume and one lun.
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. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. 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. Soalris 10 update 7 may 2009 with latest eis patches may 2009. Several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle. 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.
This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. Create install user useradd u 0 o g 1 c install user d s bintrue install patch ldom. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or stms. Alternatively, just read the latest available oracle security cpu critical patch update pad product advisory doc. Download the following patches from oracle 11783705. For solaris 10 x86reboot the system to load the new definition if you are configuring for xp. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000. I was installing solaris10 recommended patch cluster and it came out. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover.
Server is only going fine while fc cable was unplugged, it means multipath is failed. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris. This chapter describes how to manually install the sun solaris 10, update 1 106, x86x64 fc os. How to update solaris 10 to be safe from shellshock bug. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Hello admins, how do i enable stmsmpxio on solaris 10. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage. Warning content posted here are gained through the real world experience or some may come from training or any other internet sources. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology.
Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. 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. Removing mpxio devices without a reboot on solaris 10. Below i post nice step using new method its too late for. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide oracle help. 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. Configuring device nodes with solaris multipathing software enabled. Perform the following steps to enable multipathing on all multipathcapable devices on sparc or x86 based systems. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most.
On solaris 10 the emc vplex opm device was enumerated recognized by mpxio as aa device which is the default on vplex, this is wrong, it should be recognized as an alua device. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. 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. How to enable solaris multipathing for hitachi storage. Perform this procedure on each node of the global cluster to install and configure solaris io multipathing software mpxio for fibre channel fc storage. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Zeusiops multipathing failed solaris 11 unix and linux forums. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes.
Solaris 10 qlogic 4060c iscsi adapter multipathed mpxio. Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. C h a p t e r 7 sun solaris 10, update 1, x86x64 fibre. I manage to set up both hbas to connect to the luns on the san however i dont manage to enable multipathing. If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oracles supported devices. Multipathing allows for rerouting in the event of component failure, enabling higher availability for storage resources. Sun solaris mpxio in general, multipathing is a method for redundancy and automatic failover that provides at least two physical paths to a target resource. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes.
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