Cpu shares, capped cpu, dedicated cpu assignment resource management in solaris zones. Sep 12, 20 weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. But in solaris 10, we can easily manage shell limits using simple prctl command. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria.
I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. However, patches cannot be backed out of the solaris 10 release. In solaris 10, you are not required to make changes to the etcsystem file to implement the system v tpc. Set resource controls using projects instead of ulimit1 many applications, like oracle 11g, need larger than default process values for things like stack size and file descriptors and normally document it in their installation guides. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. Solaris patch information for the ibm informix database server install the. How to create a user and associate it to a group u. Were the obsolete parameters in solaris 10 changed for something else another type of parameter maybe or something.
Solaris kernel and ulimit parameters for oracle orahow. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. This document is based on the first customer release of solaris 10. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. Using the prctl command system administration guide. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. Make sure you have the recommended disk space and memory and all patches loaded. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. Oracle 11g in a solaris 10 is environment and the instructions for setting the values for the kernel parameters in the system file are confusing me. These patches fix a problem cr 6911915 where basic and. It is possible to change resource controls using the prctl command. In solaris 10 you are not required to make changes in etcsystem and set kernel parameters example 4gb share max. I have been involved with getting oracle 10g application packages loaded on a couple of solaris 10 serversan enterprise 420 and an ultra 10.
How to configure shared memory parameters in solaris 10,11 the. How to add swap space to solaris zone without reboot unknown. If you research this on oracle metalink, the note says to set the appropriate parameters in etcsystem. This dynamic approach to administration offers more flexibility than was available in earlier oracle solaris releases. This document describes the various methods available in solaris 10 and solaris 11 for setting the limit for the maximum number of. Oracle white paperhow to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. To extract the oracle patch files, enter the following command. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Many kernel parameters have been replaced by so called resource controls in solaris 10. Solaris 10 kernel patch install instructionislamic. Resource controls can be observed on a systemwide basis and possible to update resource control values on a running system. Supports solaris 8 branded zones and solaris 9 branded zones but does require purchasing an additional license.
Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 zones, and resource management is for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems that run an oracle solaris release. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd the unix and linux forums. 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. About packages and patches on an oracle solaris system with zones installed overview. When a system is upgraded from an old solaris version, the etcsystem settings may still be present, so it is important to. Dynamic resource pools resource management in solaris zones. Read the release bulletins for the latest information on the products adaptive server, monitor server, and so on that you are installing. Oct 20, 2014 install and configure oracle 11gr2 with asm on solaris 10. Please list command and specific directory that patches should. Operating system parameters not replaced by resource controls continue to affect performance and security on solaris 10.
Shows all the usr patches that have been applied to an os server. We can modify the number of cpus using prctl command. How to add swap space to solaris zone without reboot. How to display information about solaris patches system. How to find shared memory limits and semaphore limits in solaris,hpux and aix. See special installation instructions in the release bulletin. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using.
As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. Examples of adding vxfs, zfs, svm, ufs, lofs, raw volumes and disk devices to nonglobal zones. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. Solaris 10s resource management and shell limitulimit. However, oracle recommends that you set both resource control and etcsystem parameters. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Part 2 monitoring tools, network, packages patches, run levels, broadcast messages, services, noteable files, vi tricks. Solaris 10 has int r oduced the solaris service management facility to start stop services. How to configure shared memory parameters in solaris 10,11. Your prctl command is trying to assign it to a project, not a process.
Set resource controls using projects instead of ulimit. While i cant speak authoritatively about solaris, on other os, this is allocated per thread and when set to large values, it can cause odd distortions visible in the vsz in the top command. Using the prctl command oracle solaris administration. This procedure must be used on a system on which no resource controls have been set. 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. But you can see values that have been set using the projmod command. On solaris 10, verify that the kernel parameters shown in the following table are set to values greater than or equal to the recommended value shown.
The solaris 10 software includes a known and tested level of patches. How to view the kernel shmmax paramiter value in solaris 10. The default value for the resource control names related to above four ipc tunables on solaris 10 are. Mar 11, 2008 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. Command to make it permanentby updating etcproject file. Experienced solaris users may remember the old maintenance updates mu which we shipped for solaris 8 and older releases. This workshop is intended for solaris administrators who wish to quickly get up to speed with the new features of solaris 10. Note that bug fixes for some thirdparty or communitybased software delivered as part of oracle solaris may be provided through package upgrades rather than patches. It is recommended to install patches before database installation.
And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. How to configure maximum number of open files per process in solaris 10 and solaris 11. When you use the prctl command resource control to change system parameters, you do not have to restart the system for these parameter changes to take effect. I know about the command prctl, and how if you are a different user when you issue it you will get different output. The showrev p command provides a list of all patches that were applied to the installed system, regardless of how they were applied. I got a request to increase ulimit for a specific user on that zone from 1024 to 8192. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Apr 16, 2008 the solaris 10 508 patch bundle, which is now available on sunsolve ill add a blog entry about it later, provides the equivalent set of patches to the solaris 10 508 release image, but does \not\ include new packages. Before oracle solaris 10, an oracle database could not be started without changes to. So maybe you can help me out with the following two questions. Oracle 11g release 2 installation on solaris 10 32bit create the oinstall, dba, oper groups and oracle users. Solaris 10 kernel patchid sequence oracle solaris blog. When configuring a new system, it is recommended that they be used, even though the etcsystem settings are still available.
You could use projmod to set the value in etcprojects against the user. Dynamic sga tuning of oracle database on oracle solaris. 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. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Short guide to install oracle 10 on sun solaris 10. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. For all installations on solaris 10, the following patches are required. Since this is sparse zone, so it doesnt have etcsystem and. The book covers the topics resource management, oracle solaris zones, and oracle solaris 10 zones solaris10 branded zones. To list the applied patches or to dertermine the presence of a specific patch, use the showrev command. The grmpdautoconf command cannot choose a path routed through multiple fc. Solaris 10 zones are part of the base offering and fully supported as a part of oracles premier support for operating systems. So its just a matter of running the appropriate projmod1 command to set. The table also contains the resource controls that replace the etcsystem file for a specific kernel parameter.
Is there a way to find out the current parameter values in solaris 10, so that i can compare the current parameter values that i have from the old solaris 8. Installing updates on solaris 10 from the command line. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. How to view the kernel shmmaxparamiter value in solaris 10. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Add the sunwi1cs and sunwi15cs packages using the pkgadd command. Use the following command to check the settings of the parameters in this table that are currently set in the system.
Install and configure oracle 11gr2 with asm on solaris 10. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. A patch is a collection of files intended to update or fix problems with installed software. Set resource controls using projects instead of ulimit1. I know about the command prctl, and how if you are a different user when you. In older system we need to deal with ulimit command and most of the time we use to set in etcprofile file to take effect for all users. Im using the following commands to find shared memory limits and semaphore limits in linux. Shows all patches that have been applied to the package identified by pkgid, for example, sunwadmap. How can i set shmmax shmmni semsml semmni semopm on solaris 10. Where can i set semsml semmni semopm kernel parametes on solaris 10. Solaris 10 uses the resource control facility for its implementation. See the prctl 1 man page for more information how to use the prctl command to display default resource control values.
Newer versions of solaris use resource control settings to configure shared memory. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. Use the prctl command to make runtime interrogations of and modifications to the resource controls associated with an active process, task, or project on the system. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. How to find shared memory limits and semaphore limits in. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. The other option is to create a default project for the oracle user.
I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. How to use the prctl command to display default resource control values. Out of memory problems on oracle 10 solaris 10 akadia. With solaris 10 you set this by modifying a resource control value. Run the lucreate command to create a copy of the active boot environment. Show applied patches or check for a specific patch in solaris. Some applications require a specific set of patches in order to function properly. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date.
Solaris 10 106, so you must get the oracle solaris live upgrade packages from the oracle solaris 10. Hi, the following command fails on solaris 10 update 11 platform. For example, a patch might be required to fix a problem with a system command or address a security issue. Oracle solaris 10 and 11 zones are supported with no addition licensing requirements.
Use one of the following patchadd command lines to display information about patches that. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. You need to update zonecfg to make persist across the local zone reboot. The hard limit can be set by the system administrator and be decreased by any user, whereas the soft limit can be set by any user, up to the hard limit.
Solaris 10 projects dont seem to be well implemented, and you need to go back to using some of the etcsystem settings such as shmmax. How can i set shmmax shmmni semsml semmni semopm on. An alternative is to use the projmod command to modify the attribute value for project. Oracle 11g release 2 installation on solaris 10 32bit. The solaris 10 patchadd command correctly orders patches for you, but solaris 9 and earlier. To list all patches applied to the system, run the following. 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.
Apr 19, 2017 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. The prctl utility allows the examination and modification of the resource. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. The book covers the topics oracle solaris resource management, zones also known as containers on oracle solaris 10, and lx branded zones. It is best to use only 1 method to configure shared memory. On a solaris 10 or later system, it can be verified as shown below. Oracle technical paperoracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy 3 apply updates for thirdparty and homegrown software and hardware. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. System v ipc parameters on solaris 10, all system v ipc facilities are either automatically. After registering your solaris system you might want to install updates from the command line. However, the changed parameters do not persist after a system restart. I am not an oracle dba or admin, but a solaris admin. It covers all the major new facilities, in a workshop environment, providing extensive handson practicals.
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