Patchadd alternate boot environment

Prior to revision 66, patchadd would patch all applicable nonglobal zones sequentially, that is one after another. Applying patches to the new boot environment with the luupgrade command. Managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command. But there are few difference while administrating idrs with patchaddpatchrm. With zones parallel patching, a sysadmin can now set the number of zones to patch in parallel in a new configuration file for patchadd called etcpatchnf. Oracle solaris treats the storage as a pool, and as long as you have space in the pool for the oracle solaris snapshot, you can use oracle solaris os and oracle solaris. However, to avoid a potential problem, or if you are not sure whether there are any installed nonglobal zones used as the alternate root path, restrict the use of the r option in all instances. You can remove a boot environment after the running boot environment is stable. R removes a patch from alternate root directory structure. Setting bootdevice with luxadm command from booted os. So now our alternate boot environment is mounted as. Setting asynchronous flag on abe mount point file system. Use the spare disk to create an alternate boot environment.

Pca can be used in combination with live upgrade to analyze or install patches in an inactive boot environment. Patching a live solaris 10 system with lu, zfs, and pca probably. Os boot disks are part of vxvm encapsulated root disk hence i. Restrictions on using patchadd r to create an alternate root path on systems that are running an oracle solaris release that is not zones aware, using the patchadd command, or any command that accepts the r option to specify an alternate root path for a global zone that has nonglobal zones installed, does not work. Upgrade any systems that are not running at least the solaris 10 106 os to the solaris 10 106 release. Dependency order of patches, the solaris 10 patchadd command correctly. Vrtssfmh patch 14687901 was not live upgrade compliant. The r option works if the alternate boot environment has configured nonglobal zones, but no installed nonglobal zones. How to use vxvm to install patches for an alternate boot. Removing an inactive boot environment with the ludelete command. When prompted for the alternate root diskgroup, enter the new disk group name for the alternate boot environment. This blog explains the steps to create a new boot environment in a oracle solaris 10 branded zone on oracle solaris 11. Managing boot environments transitioning from oracle. These sets of partitions are known as boot environments, or bes.

Restrictions on using patchadd r to create an alternate. Managing patches by using the patchadd command task map. Created alternate boot environment using live upgrade and patchedupgraded abe to solaris update 9. Now we will create an alternate boot environment abe. Comparing source boot environment file systems with the file. You can use the package manager to activate, rename, and delete bes. Sets the new be as the default boot choice the next time the system is booted. You can use of the r option to add and remove software packages and patches, if the alternate boot environment has configured nonglobal zones, but no. If you are running the solaris 10 os, you can alternately choose one of the following methods. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Using the luactivate command to activate the new boot environment or fallback to the original boot environment. The current be remains as an alternate boot choice. Live upgrade patch installation before os patching unixarena. In the original boot environment be the legacy script have been removed.