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by Ramdev · Published September 11, 2015 · Last modified July 22, 2016
Solaris System patching is one of the important job responsibility for a Solaris Administrator. And when we are doing it in a production network, that task involves much more than just running patchadd commands. In this video we are discussing about the Recommended Solaris Patching Strategy...
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by Ramdev · Published September 1, 2015 · Last modified July 22, 2016
Read – [Video] Solaris Patching Strategy Read – Patching Beginners Guide Read – Patching Using Live Upgrade Read – Known Issues that frequently fails the Live Upgrade Read – Find the software package a file belongs to Read – Patching to non-global zones Read – Installing...
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by Ramdev · Published April 28, 2014 · Last modified July 2, 2015
Why we need install Apache2 under SMF manually, isn’t that configured automatically when we install the package ? Actually, If the Apache 2 ( httpd) server is installed along with the Solaris 10 installation, the SMF entries for Apache 2 are configured by default. However, if...
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by Ramdev · Published June 18, 2013 · Last modified July 2, 2015
While troubleshooting some of the Live upgrade issues in my test environment, I have come across some important list of known issues which causes the Live Upgrade to fail. Even in the past, I have noticed that many Solaris folks complained about the...
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by Ramdev · Published June 25, 2012 · Last modified July 2, 2015
What is a patch? A patch fixes problems that prevent the proper execution of software. It is a collection of files and directories that replace or update existing files/binaries and directories. The entire OS is installed as a collection of Solaris packages. It is done during...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Packages & Patching
by Ramdev · Published February 14, 2012 · Last modified July 2, 2015
Suppose you know the name of a file you need, but don’t know what package it belongs to. Knowing the package name can help you when installing missing software. If you have a system on which the needed file exists, you can use one of below two...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Packages & Patching
by Ramdev · Published October 26, 2011 · Last modified July 2, 2015
For servers with Solaris 10 OS at, or near, update 1 (1/06) or update 2 (6/06), if non-global zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on...
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by Yogesh Raheja · Published October 26, 2011 · Last modified August 5, 2016
Solaris Live Upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. System administrators can patch/upgrade a system image rapidly without impacting the boot environment needed by the Solaris OS to run. Administrators simply create a...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Packages & Patching
by Ramdev · Published April 14, 2011 · Last modified July 2, 2015
In the global zone view the SMCsudo and SMCtop packages: cd /export/home/student/zones pkginfo -d sudo-1.6.8p4-sol10-zones-sparc-local application SMCsudo sudo # pkginfo -d top-3.5.1-sol10-zones-sparc-local application SMCtop top # Notice the “false” setting for SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES variable: pkgparam -d sudo-1.6.8p4-sol10-zones-sparc-local SMCsudo SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES false # pkgparam -d top-3.5.1-sol10-zones-sparc-local SMCtop SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES...
