I does work well on the sparc however i seem to have an issue with x86. Patch management for solaris supported versions bigfix provides coverage for sun updates on the following platforms. I was under the impression that kernel updates were stand alone, im interested because a colleague has been advised to do a os upgrade from disk to a specific. I am currently trying to configure solaris 10 offline patch downloader using the allos patch downloaderslinuxbuild8. 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. Find last patched date on oracle solaris unixarena. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu patchsets, recommended os pa how to find the oracle solaris critical patch. Jan 22, 2017 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. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os. So, in this example, the system was initially provisioned with the solaris 10 508 update 5 operating system, and the solaris 10 10 09 patch bundle has been installed subsequently.
Using live upgrade to apply patches to running solaris 10. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. It affects solaris 710 on x86 and sparc architectures, and is a local. Configuring oracle solaris operating systems for oracle grid infrastructure. Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor. The table below lists only java patches for solaris 8, 9, 10 svr4 packages and solaris 11 ips packages and it lists only patches that have been uploaded to mos since january 1, 2011. But eventually all good things must continue reading 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. 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. These patches are located in the varsadm patch directory on an installed system. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. Bigfix covers the following oracle updates on these platforms. For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular.
Logged into my solaris server in ssh and tried patchadd 19689293 and it just says it cannot find the patch. Bigfix does not support patches for extended support and no longer provides content and support for the oracle solaris 10 sparc and x86 platform versions. If a package is constrained, an appropriate message indicating why it has been constrained is provided. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. When patching a solaris 10 x86 live boot environment, kernel patch 11884419 or higher must be active to ensure compatibility with library changes provided in subsequent patches. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Solaris operating system version 10 1 u11 to 10 1 u11 release 10. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. There is nothing in solaris 10 and earlier patches to identify the date, and this is on purpose. The readme, the install log, plus and backout scripts for patches you installed are copied to varsadm patches, not the actual patches themselves. 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. Synopsis the remote host is missing sun security patch number 12573215 description sunos 5. 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. Lets find the last patched date on oracle solaris server.
See the sequence of solaris 10 kernel patchids listed on s. Hi all, kindly tel me how to check kernel version in solaris 10 x86, i get the following output with uname a sunos server0 5. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Obviously, its also contained in all subsequent solaris 10 update releases, as update releases are cumulative. Installing the required oracle solaris 10 patches several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle developer studio 12. Im trying to jumpstart and deploy the patch using the profile fileclassfile. Solaris 10 x86 jumpstart patch problem oracle community. Reference index of cve ids and solaris patches doc id 1448883. In the case a system has multiple solaris 10 update patch bundles installed, the etcrelease file will contain only a single patch bundle identification line, and this will corresponds to the newest patch bundle installed on the system. A solaris recommended patchset to bind them all oracle. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Find answers to solaris 10 x86 openssl patchpackage to address vulnerabilities from the expert community at experts exchange. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem.
Oracle kept sending me to a page recommending i use sunsolve. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. This example explains how to upgrade an oracle solaris 10 305 system to the oracle solaris 10 106 release. Solaris 10 patches for oracle database 11gr2 oracle. 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. With ips, you can update all of the packages on your system that have available updates, or you can update individual packages that are not constrained by the system. Therefore, if you are patching an old solaris 10 x86 system which is below this kernel patch level, you will need to reboot the system after applying 11884419 or higher. Verifying operating system patches on oracle solaris 10. Grid infrastructure installation and upgrade guide. How to determine the release and default kernel version in. Sun security patches sun recommended patches sun maintenance.
Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The patches that are listed in this appendix have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu. The remote host is missing sun security patch number 125971 nessus plugin id 107920. This means that customers on early releases of solaris 10, such as solaris 10 0305 can install a set of patches to get the zfs feature. Hi, there is an interesting sentence in the opening paragraph install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Solaris tm 10 sparc not x86 oracle fibre channel fc hba driver and firmware san patch matrix doc id 11825.
Md5 the md5 software is not needed for systems running the solaris 10 os, because the digest1m command now includes md5 functionality. It has negative connotations, like a cloth patch used to repair worn out clothing. Solaristm 10 sparc not x86 oracle fibre channel fc. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. My question is is there any way to bring my exiting installed softeare to the latest level, instaed of install the whole new package al over again. How to update solaris 10 to be safe from shellshock bug. Emulex fc hba version not applicable to not applicable release na qlogic fc hba version not applicable to not applicable release na. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos.
Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of a network. Required patches for solaris 10 bmc proactivenet 9. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Many customers pick and choose amongst the thousands of patches available for solaris 10, for example. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. 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. While sun has been testing and certifying that solaris 10 will run on various x86 and x64 servers from ibm, hewlettpackard, dell, and others, are finding that having sun or the opensolaris community attest to the usability of solaris on a particular box is not the same thing as having the maker of that box actually sell the operating system on the machine and guarantee that the drivers all.
As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when. Checking the software requirements for oracle solaris. For oracle database 11gr2 i also need the followging patches. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most. 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. Oracle solaris live upgrade has many capabilities but for a simple situation like upgrading a system to a new oracle solaris release, there are three commands. During the solaris 10 extended support period, the updates to the recommended patchsets will contain patches that require a solaris 10 extended support contract, so the solaris 10 recommended patchsets will also require a solaris 10 extended support contract during this period. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the.
These patches were applied when the solaris 10 os was created. Zfs was first shipped as part of solaris 10 606 update 2. In the case a system has multiple solaris 10 update patch bundles installed, the etcrelease file will contain only a single patch bundle identification line, and. Depending on the os version on which the patch is installed and the actual patch revision, it requires certain packages and different patches which are not listed in patchdiag.
Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. Note that each solaris release consists of a single source base. Patch for solaris users guide hcl software product. 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.
For example, if you were to patch a solaris 10 305 system with the latest recommended patch cluster, many of the patches relate to functionality introduced after solaris 10 305, and therefore, patches with the new functionality would fail to install. I am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. Solaris 7 sparc solaris 8 sparc solaris 9 sparc solaris 10 sparc, x86 bigfix covers the following sun updates on these platforms. Operating system support and patch requirements for agents bmc. 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. Installing the required oracle solaris 10 patches oracle. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Solaris x86 engineering team, the maintainers, lars. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64. Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Hi, i downloaded oracle solaris 10 sw from edelivery and got it installed. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download patch clusters. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris.
Configuring operating systems for oracle database client on oracle solaris. It also describes how to use this information to determine the solaris os release installed on a system or contained within a solaris jumpstart software server image. Jan 03, 2017 how to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu patchsets, recommended os patchsets for oracle solaris and oracle solaris update patch bundles doc id 1272947. Solaris 10 kernel patchids sequence overview of kernel patches for the. Oracle released a record 299 patches, including a fix for a solaris. Solaris 8 and solaris 9 also include newer kernel update patch rejuvenation. Understanding patches oracle solaris blog oracle blogs. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Several operating system patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in the oracle developer studio 12. Please note that the package list below is a full list of all the packages. The following list shows the x86based patches for this release.
Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs. Record oracle patch update addresses shadowbrokers, struts 2. For data collection from a solaris 10 or 11 computer configured as a zone, the. Is it possible to identify a solaris 10 patch cluster from. 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. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Those of you still on solaris 10 may want to download the latest recommended patchset for solaris 10 which was published just last week, on 28th of january 2016.
Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. Solaris fingerprint database companion and solaris fingerprint database sidekick. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. When the packages are uploaded on mos, you can find the package by doing the advanced product search on solaris operating system, select the solaris 10 release and do a description filter on sudo. 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.
I realize since then sun has come out later release level for solaris 9, which i did downlaod as complete zip files. Solaris 9 x86 package version and patches installed. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. I installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9.
When installing veritas products, please be aware that asls updates are not included in the patches update bundle. Mar 14, 2007 download sun solaris cluster patches here is a convenient link to download the recommended sun solaris cluster patches via suns sunsolve website. Removing patches from zone nt4 removing patches from zone sfw removing patches from global. I had installed solaris 9 x86 on my intel pc almost 9 10 months ago. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration.
The remote host is missing sun security patch number 12573215 nessus plugin id 126727. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. Cve20173623 in solaris 6 to 10, on x86 and sparc, to give the attacker a remote root shell. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. Jan 19, 2016 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. In addition, the solaris 10 os fully supports 32bit and 64bit x86 platforms. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. When i was researching it last night, appeared one of the cves was for hpux, another for x86, so only one of the cves might apply. This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support.
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. 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. Openssh installing openssh is not needed on solaris 9 or 10. In solaris 11, there is no classification for packages or patches.