Solaris 10 patching zfs tutorial

Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. These updates can either be a system upgrade or the application of patches. Brandz provides the framework to create branded zones, which are used to runapplications that cannot be run in an oracle solaris 11 environment. In this example, a zfs be zfsbe, which was created on a solaris 10 10 09 system with a zfs root file system and zone root in a non root pool, is upgraded to the oracle solaris 10 9 10 release. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 1008. Before kick starting the solaris study lets be aware of few important keywords and facts about the solaris os. Because you can create a new boot environment, patch and upgrade the new one while your server is still running, then. In otherwords, if the systems root filesystem is zfs,then you have to use liveupgrade and no other way to do it. Live upgrade patches 12143065 sparc and 12143166 x86. I have worked on many volume manages like svm solaris volume manager,vxvm veritas volume manager and lvm logical volume manager but zfs is onestep ahead compare to other volume. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration.

With the release of oracle solaris 10 10 08, it is possible to configure the system to boot from oracle solaris zfs which simplifies this requirement. I had no problems installing and patching solaris 10u6 on x86 platform. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Solaris 10 install dvd drive boots, but not recoginized by install process. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The branddescribed here is the solaris10brand, oracle solaris 10 zones. Note creating boot environments with live upgrade is new in the solaris 10 10 08 release. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 10 08 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs. Solaris 10 1008 u6 is due to be released within the next month of so i dont have an. 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. So zfs knowledge is must for all of the solaris administrator who is going to work on solaris 11. Home live upgrade solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade. For solaris 10 hosts booted off of zfs root pools, the system will be.

For you information,from solaris 11 onward, zfs will be the default root filesystem. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. In case of a zfs root, we need not have a separate partition. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be. With live upgrade, a feature of oracle solaris, you can migrate your ufs file systems to a zfs root pool and create zfs root file systems from an existing zfs root pool.

In case you have local dataset added to zones this might cause. Live upgrade and zfs overview oracle solaris 10 811. You wrote want the right tutorial, but for doing what precisely. A process is a program running or being executed on the computer. Getting started with solaris 10 must to know keywords. Introduction to oracle solaris 10 zones oracle solaris.

Use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root. Since virtually all production systems mirror their disks, this means ordering 3 disks. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot. Read carefully patch read me to ensure there is enough free space under root and var as per document otherwise. Solaris tips and tricks general it documentation dbsse wiki.

How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone. With the release of oracle solaris 10 1008, it is possible to configure the system to boot from oracle solaris zfs which simplifies this requirement. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. We have performed patching for solaris os under zfs with zones using live upgrade. Every process has a unique identifier number known as process id.