Nis installation and configuration wednesday 5th september, 2007 this article has been updated from the original, which focused on solaris 8 only, to include solaris 10specific entries. 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. Creating and using differential flash archives in a live upgrade environment. 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. 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. Calkins, solaris 10 system administration exam prep 2. List of solaris 10 updates and their respective calendar dates gerry has a list of new packages in each solaris 10 update.
Maintaining boot environments with patches and software packages. You do not have to be the superuser to use these commands. The oracle solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. This book will give you the insight you need into the newest certification exams for system administrators, the 310. The showrev p command provides a list of all patches that were applied to the installed system, regardless of how they were applied. 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. Try these commands 1 tune aix for optimal performance 1 understanding power system lpar profiles 2 unix 5 unix commands comparison sheet 1 useful hacmp commands 1 veritas volume manager cheat sheet 1 vi editor cheat sheet 1 vio server howto 1 vios command line.
So, heres accurate information on how to set up a solaris 11 machine or zone as a nis client. This article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems. The solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain. Provides nis server binding information to clients. Heres a great list of whats new in solaris 10 102009. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. 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. Feb 27, 2017 this article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. Realtime performance monitoring vmstat, iostat, mpstat etc. May 02, 2009 apache2 australia bfu blogs competition dhcp dtrace dtrace php grub hostname inetadm ipsec jumpstart ldd nis nodename opencsw opensolaris oracle pam patches php pid provider pkgget pxe raidz s8ma smf solaris solaris 8 solaris 10 solaris books solaris express solaris install solaris os solaris zones ssh sun cluster sun microsystems truss uname. On a solaris machine, you can use the command getent to look up nis entries, as follows.
Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. If in manual configuration mode use new ipadm and dladm commands. The content is drawn from transitioning from oracle solaris 10 to oracle solaris 11 and other sources in the oracle solaris documentation. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Please list command and specific directory that patches should be added to. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. Solaris 10 system administration essentials, safari pearson. Now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. In solaris 10, pwck and grpck can be used to check the passwd and group files. In deference to murphys law, id better insert a disclaimer that im sure therell be a security fix at some future point in time which is toxic and we may hold off including it until we mitigate its toxicity, but i. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address.
Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the. However, patches cannot be backed out of the solaris 10 release. Check the output of any of the below commands to ensure that you have a working link between server and switch port. The solaris 10 software includes a known and tested level of patches. Here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Below procedure gives the steps to configure nis master server, slave server and client services in both solaris 9 and solaris 10. Solaris 10 system administration essentials is the first book to cover all of the breakthrough features of the solaris 10 operating system in one place. It offers classroomstyle training by one of the best and wellknown authors in the solaris world, bill calkins.
Upgrade issues and bugs oracle solaris 10 910 release notes. In addition, tcp wrappers are integrated into the solaris 10 os, limiting access to servicebased allowed domains or partner sites. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Oracle solaris 10 811 oracle solaris 11 oracle solaris 11 benefits. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. Solaris 10 includes suns java desktop system jds, which is based on. This would indicate that the nfs server is running 4. Where the commands or entries for solaris 8 and solaris 10 differ, they are written down in purple for solaris 8 and green for solaris 10. Sun estimates that the release of patches for solaris 2.
Forscher education is a firstofakind training, research and development center with offices in chennai, india and cyberjaya, malaysia. After reboot global zone is fine, but a lot of services was in uninitialized state. The solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide stig is published as a tool to improve the security of department of defense dod information systems. Solaris 11 nis client at the current time july 2014 oracles documentation for how to set up a nis client, is horrible at best, and wrong at worst. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Solaris 10 os 807, the solaris ip filter firewall can also filter traffic flowing between solaris containers when its configured in the global zone. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. 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. Unix file permissions explained sounds basic, but you may learn something new here. Nis, network information services, enables account logins and other services host name resolution, xinetd network services configuration. Solaris 10 system administration essentials, safari.
Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. 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. Services nis clients requests for information from a nis map. Nis broken after installing patch cluster on solaris 10. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs.
Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Cryptographic services and encrypted communication. At least one ypserv daemon must be present on the network for nis service to function. Handy solaris commands hw config, swap, patches etc. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. The nis service includes specialized daemons, system programs, and commands, which are summarized in table 184. Alternatively, just read the latest available oracle security cpu critical patch update pad product advisory doc. You can also go through the below interface questions on specific category. 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.
This document is based upon sparc solaris 10 obp all the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os. Let me assure you, the solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain all available security fixes for the solaris os. The solaris os has a long history of innovation, and the solaris 10 os is a. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Application of this patch should have succeeded this failure is unexpected. The solaris os has a long history of innovation, and the solaris 10 os is a watershed release that includes features such as. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. 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. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. Sparc patch list solaris 10 1106 release notes oracle docs. There are a number of commands in solaris that you can use to obtain information from and about the nis database.
This book will give you the insight you need into the newest certification exams for system administrators, the 310200 and the 310202. The information in this document applies to any platform. Patches the following is the list of all of the nis related patches for 4. The solaris 10 system administrator certification exam prep 2 is the ideal book for both new and seasoned system administrators. The solaris 10 recommended patchset really does contain all.
There are a number of commands in solaris that you can use to obtain information from. Patching miniroot on sparc and x86 compatible machines. Solaris 10 sparc security technical implementation guide. Solaris 10 system administration exam prep 2 pearson it. Solaris 10 system administration essentials is the first book to concisely yet comprehensively cover all of the breakthrough features of the solaris 10 operating system. How to reset the aa3x00 configuration if you have been swapping disks with other as or have the orange light on wo any hardware. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. Image packaging system ips a state of the art, network repositorybased. They are only valid on sparc hardware that uses the openboot rmware. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. The following tables summarize differences between oracle solaris 10 and 11 with emphasis on the benefits of oracle solaris 11.
Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. As of 2009, the following vendors support solaris for their x86 server systems. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Please assess cause of failure and verify system integrity before proceeding. General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here. If the print book includes a cdrom, this content is not included within the ebook version. Jun 23, 2015 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.
Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on the nonglobal zones. Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems running sunos 5. Refer to their man pages for details about how to use them. You can also use these commands to test the functionality of the nis service. The eeprom command can be used from the os to view or set openboot rmware variables. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. 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. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones by ramdev published october 26, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 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. 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. Forscher takes an immense pride in imparting the right knowledge in the areas of virtualization, storage, server systems, cloud, networking based technologies and applications. This tutorial covers the configuration and use of nis for login authentication. For example, run the following commands on solaris 8 or 9. Solaris 10 system administration essentials informit. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10.
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