Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solariszones parallel patching 20090619t17. On systems that have non global zones, the patch operation is currently carried out sequentially for each zone, one at a time. I have a server with solaris 10 update 7, and a lot of non global zone on solaris 10 update 7 logical. In my case i have solaris 10 production server, with 3 non global zones. Patching enhancements and other stuff oracle solaris blog. In the following examples, the name of the non global zone will be zone a. How to configure a solaris 10 zones and configure resources like memory, cpu, file system, disk etc. Does this face any issues say for 10 zones in a system. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os docdeveloppement. All patches applied at the global zone level are applied across all zones. Another exception is branded zones which never get packages or patches from the global zone. The non global zone for this demonstration is workzone1. How to create and configure solaris 10 zones thegeekdiary.
You can upgrade the oracle solaris os when nonglobal zones are installed. The global zone is the default zone and it always exists even when no other zones are. Solaris operating system version 10 305 to 10 1 u11 release 10. Force patch install on non global zone the unix and.
Sep 05, 2011 how to check the parent zone global zone name of non global zone from non global zone as many unix folks are discussing and believing that their is no way to find out the parent zone globle zone, gz from non global zone ngz. All system operations such as installations, startups and shutdowns are done in the global zone. Patching a global zone with more than 3 local zones blogger. This is a known problem and is usually due to the non global zone file systems not being mounted in singleuser mode. Applying patches to non global zone only logiqwest, inc. There is no possible from get global zone name form non global zone. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is non cluster. This somewhat limits the usefulness of live upgrade as a solaris 10 patching aid for systems with non global zones running a version of solaris older than solaris 10 1106 update 3 or otherwise at a kernel patch level of less than 11883336 sparc 11885536 x86. What is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. Solaris only excluding linux branded zone on x86 cpus can be shared works on all systems virtually unlimited partitioning max is 8191 non global zones single system patch level most admin operations can be applied to all containers in a single operation very little performance overhead for zone infrastructure ldomssun4v systems only. If the data is dynamic or contains application data, install the software on the non global zone.
Ensure that each non global zone is reporting back to the console as a separate endpoint. My suggestion is patch global zone and zone in parallel on the same time this will be the major steps to patch both zones and global 1. Patching reports documentation for truesight smart. For example, detach all non global zones, apply an arbitrary set of patches to the global zone including 77809, and reattach the non global zones using zoneadm z zone name attach u. You can upgrade the solaris os when nonglobal zones are installed. Mar 02, 2016 what is the recommended method to patch a solaris 11 non global zone. I am in process of applying solaris recommended patch cluster via live upgrade. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. Part of the solaris 10 operating system os, solaris zones are widely. The maximum number of nonglobal zones to be patched in parallel is set in a new. Nfs server in nonglobal zones, nonglobal zones now support nfs servers. We have solaris global with 12 zones and some have 15 zones. For example, detach the non global zones from a system, apply a bunch of patches to the global zone, reattach the non global zones using update on attach and viola, the non global zones will be brought up to the same software level as the global zone for os type packages, effectively patching the non global zones without using patchadd at.
For servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if non global zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. Base solaris operating system is called global zone. His topics include everything from helpful tips on using global and non global zones in solaris, to managing zfs filesystems, to basic and advanced uses. The post describes one of the most common ways of adding different file systems, raw and disk devices. This demonstrates memory resource control for applications running in a non global zone. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs and nonglobalzones fail.
In other words, you can virtualise your solaris 10 system inside solaris 11, but thats the closest thing there is to an upgrade. One of the main uses of update on attach is to allow quick, easy migration of solaris containers between differing systems. Solaris operating system which are hosted by global zone is called non global zones or local zone. Upgrading with nonglobal zones oracle solaris 10 811. In unix system administration, we may need to perform os patching often.
I am planning to go for parallel patching of global non global zones. Oracle solaris patch update oracle content marketing. Though i have enough space in root filesystem of both zones, everytime i run installcluster, it fails with complaining less. Boot the non global zone in single user mode from the global zone. A solaris zone is a partitioned virtual os environment working in a solaris os space. September 20, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment. When the patch is initially added to the global zone, since the non global zones share the operating system directories, they will immediately be accessing patched files. I have upgraded the patch leavel by stoping the non global zone and detached it. Oracle solaris zones is an os virtualization feature in oracle solaris with a long.
Non global zones manage their process demands through a process called zsched. The solaris os recommended patch cluster provides all the latest. Jul 04, 2012 we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Details heat patch agent for linuxunixmac on solaris 10 information solaris zoning is the practice of installing solaris on a server, and then installing additional instances of solaris within the base installation of solaris. Does the zoneadm attach u option will update the patches in nonglobal zone in solaris 11. Use the solaris patch rollback wizard to remove a patch package and restore previously saved files in a global or non global zone, or both. Here the global zone is part of veritas cluster and couple of zones are controlled by vcs and one zone is noncluster. The former approach means that the newly created non global zone s root filesystem will only partially consist of actually copied into it packages and files, the rest will be inherited from the global zone. What are the types of zones whole root zone, sparse root zone, global zone, non global zone, big zone, small zone. Jun 01, 2011 just incase you are patching a global zone with more than 3 local zones.
Administering solaris zones oraccertprs8oca oracle solaris 11 system administration exam gde exam1z0821 ernest 1775749 this complexity of control is due in part to the non global zone scheduling design. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and non global whole root zones patching. Applying patches on a solaris system with zones installed. How to patch the solaris global zone with vxfs root local. Apply a patch to the global zone and all non global zones. Solaris zone of solaris 10 operating system function. But for other environments, solaris live upgrade provides a good method to. In this case i would like to know while applying any patches on solaris 1. A container is a combination of a non global zone and resource controls. My question is, 1should i halt all non global zone before beginning the installation or i should leave them running and perform the install.
Patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. After the oracle solaris os is installed, you can install and configure non global zones. How can i patch a non global zone without patching the global zone. If your global zones root filesystem is zfs,then you have to choose live upgrade in order to perform os patching. Oct 26, 2011 for servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if non global zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. Set the number of non global zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etcpatchnf. Since the solaris 10 508 operating system, system administrators have had the ability to detach and attach zones, that is, detach a zone from one system and attach it to another. This feature improves zones patching performance by patching nonglobal zones in. Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints.
How to find out global zone name from non global zone. This feature improves zones patching performance by patching non global zones in parallel. The idea of upgrading and patching has prompted me to make sure i can do this on a live system. Let us get started and see how we can create a zone in solaris.
How to check the parent zone global zone name of non global. This task identifies the type of zone in which a client is running. Apply patches, including kernel patch 7709, to the global zone. Applying a patch to a solaris system with zones installed. Patch zone non global on solaris 10 oracle community.
I have solaris 10 sparc box with zfs filesystem, which is running two non global zones. For solaris 10 and lower, make sure to install the sunwcry package. The approach you take to patching and upgrading your cluster will vary depending on your data center standards. This feature improves zones patching performance by patching nonglobal. Migrating a nonglobal zone to a different machine manas. Users can now also migrate a non global zone from a sun4v system to a sun4u system or from a sun4u system to a sun4v system. Solaris 8 and solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue. In this post, i am going to show how to configure and install a branded zone. How to patch the solaris global zone with vxfs root local zones. The patchadd command will still iterate over all the non global zones it needs to, to update other patch related files in var.
Some data centers apply only the bare minimum of changes, such as critical security patches, operating on the principle of if it aint broke, dont fix it. If you would like to go with lu, please halt the non global zones. The global zone has its own management network and all non global zones share their. I have solaris 10 sparc server with two non global zone one is whole zone and the other is sparse zone.
Over time, solaris zones have grown in popularity, thirdparty support has increased, and the technology has been enhanced continually to support new and different kinds of features and con. Sep 10, 2015 system patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator. I need some one to explain this steps as i am new to this. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. One or more non global zones ngz fail boot to multiuser mode following patching the global zone gz after the patching is completed and the system is rebooted, one can observe the affected ngz with the following. Data protection of data residing on global and non global zones is supported. How can i patch a global zone without patching non global zones. Applicability, which is the operating system type, operating system version, and architecture. So prior to os patching we need to make sure,you have the valid backout plan. Folks there is a way, i will show you the complete steps how to find out the gz name from nzg. A project will be created to cap memory, workproj1, and the solaris management framework smf will be configured to run apache within this project. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the.
The following sections describe how you can upgrade a system that contains non global zones. We can add different types of file systems, raw devices and disk devices as well to a nonglobal zone. In my case i am taking my solaris 11 host as global zone and installing solaris 10 in it. How to check the parent zone global zone name of non global zone from non global zone as many unix folks are discussing and believing that their is no way to find out the parent zone globle zone, gz from non global zone ngz. This issue only impacts systems which have non global zones configured with the readonly lofs root filesystem using the root filesystem of the global zone as the underlying filesystem. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs and non global zones fail the goal was to consolidate 40 or so physical servers onto a m4000. Solaris globalzones patching the unix and linux forums hq. Oracle solaris zone function expanded kernel zone see chapter 6. Lynne thompson, february 2008 updated february 2009this article provides answers to many questions regarding patching a system running the solaris operating system.
Error during non global zone ngz attach or flash archive. Cluster name, os architecture, payload size mb, release date, is recommended, installable name, is security, single user mode, reboot mode, is obsolete, is global zone, is non global zone. Keep the global and non global zones secured by patching them with the fixlets in the patches for solaris site. Remove applied patches patchrm command switch to original boot.
Using solaris live upgrade for patching oracle solaris blog. Can i have different sru levels in non global zones. Mar 16, 2016 adding file system or disk devices to a nonglobal zone is an integral part of creating a zone. Solaris zone patching bigfix ibm endpoint manager forum. If this is the case, we should detach all of the zones from the container before patching. The patch does not affect any area of the zone that is shared from the global zone. Solaris globalzones patching unix and linux forums. As you probably know, there are two such models in solaris 10. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. This name will change depending on the system configuration. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. And when we are doing it online, it involves much more than just running patchadd commands.
Whilst zone s can be used on t series servers, this is not the recommended option. I recommend setting at least couple of hours aside for this upgrade as various factors such as the current solaris 11. Lets take a look at how this all works in solaris 10. Set the number of non global zones that will be patched in parallel in the patchadd configuration file etc patch nf. When a non global zone is installed, it is at the same patch level as the global zone. Solaris zones are being introduced as an alternative on servers that do not support ldoms. Global zone is the traditional os environment and is where solaris os is installed. Since the solaris 10 508 operating system, system administrators have had the ability to detach and attach zones, that is, detach a zone from one system and attach it. The procedure that follows is required only if you are applying a patch to the global zone and to non global zones. Removing patches in global and non global zones use the solaris patch rollback wizard to remove a patch package and restore previously saved files in a global or non global zone, or both. When you install the bigfix client on a computer in your network, you are, by default, installing it in the global zone. In oracle solaris 10, zones was introduced which gave us an ability to create isolated environments for applications that can run on a single machine.
The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and. Solaris operating system version 10 1 u11 and later information in this document applies to any platform. The following messages could occur when attempting to install a flash archive to a non global zone. Solaris zones parallel patching lildude solaris zonesparallel patching 20090619t17. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. What is the best method to run patch for live systesms. Patching and upgrading your cluster managing your oracle. How to check the parent zone global zone name of non. However, this patch fails to install due to the non global zone does not have the required patch 14714317. The global zone contains the core operating system os, and. When used in a non global zone by the zone administrator, patchadd can only be used to add patches to that zone. 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 zones are, this includes you. For a comprehensive list of supported components, see unix virtualization. We have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method.
When doing a standard upgrade, all native solaris non global zones are upgraded, that is, they receive any new packages and features that are being delivered as part of the upgrade, obsolete packages are removed, and the non global zones and the global zone will be at the same software level with respect to patches and package versions that are. Apatch can be added to a non global zone in the following cases. You can use the patchadd system utility described in the patchadd1m man page to perform the following tasks apply a patch to the global zone only. Make sure the computer satisfies the minimum requirements specified in the system requirements. Upgrading with nonglobal zones oracle solaris 10 1. Its a readytouse zone, all you have to do is to boot it. The zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained. The global zone is essentially the management zone, from which all non global zones can be installed, managed or uninstalled. 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. This guide uses the term non global zone to refer to a local zone. I would like to patch the server by installing the recommended patch cluster from oracle solaris 10. Patching the global zone and nonglobal zones sun cluster. Install oracle solaris 11 by using os media dvds or from a network boot using a repository server. Part of the solaris 10 operating system os, solaris zones are widely discussed across all corners of the web.
Zones can be whole root, that is selfsufficient operating systems with all their own binaries, or sparse zone where all binaries are not loaded but the global. The zones update on attach feature and patching in. If you are applying a patch to only the global zone, follow the instructions in chapter 10, patching sun cluster software and firmware, in sun cluster system administration guide for solaris os. I have few queries in case of patch implementation in solaris 10 os with zone environment. I have the requirement to separate the management network for global and non global zones in a solaris 10 server. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the solaris 10 os. Dec 04, 2008 the non global zones will be automagically updated to the same patch level as the global zone. A security vulnerability in the solaris 10 loopback. Is it possible to apply patch at zone level instead of patching at global level. We need a branded zone c oncept when base machine or global zone is of different os version and if we are in need of another os ve rsion zone within it. There is a chance you might encounter some errors while reattaching resulting to an incomplete state of the zones.
I have tried to login to the non global zon the unix and linux forums. Solaris live upgrade support 41 running the enable solaris live upgrade task. The alreadyrunning os is the global zone, and any zones you add are non global. The global zone is still patched before the non global zones are patched. 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. Certain administrative functions can only be performed from the global zone, such as editing the zone. Solaris 11 has added a lot of new features to the zones technology. Let us get started and see how we can create a zone in solaris 11. It is possible to apply the recommended patch only on the zone that i want to update. Sep 20, 2012 in unix system administration, we may need to perform os patching often.
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