Applying patches to the new boot environment with the luupgrade command. I noticed through the update manager that there were at least 125 patches available. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs. The newfs command is a convenient frontend to the mkfs command, which actually creates the new file system. How to create fat32 usb drive on linux redips spider net. Both forms will work, but well use the modern style in this article. Cluster file systems are mounted using the mount g command. But eventually all good things must continue reading how to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. The mkfs command calls the mke2fs command and passes it the options youve specified.
Solaris live upgrade is the recommended program to add patches. Exam preparation 310200 chapter 1 managing file systems 21 chapter 2 installing the solaris 10 operating environment 171 chapter 3 perform system boot and shutdown procedures 257. Our machine, salsa, is running solaris 10u2 on an x86 host with root. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches.
Create a flash archive from that boot environment, using the mount point from lumount as the root path for the flarcreate command. I had solaris 10 x86 u4 loaded on an old pc gateway performance 800. Similar to yum or aptget, ips repositories host packages which replace older packages during updates. This section describes the solaris tm system administration and maintenance. It is invoked automatically by mkfs 8 when it is given the t xfs option. Which command can analyze the patch requirements of a system and. But it doesnt seem to work, just like vold should detect an insert, but doesnt. Log in to your red hat account red hat customer portal. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Administrators now can analyze the patch state ofa system and automatically download the recommended patches. Solaris 10 system administration exam prep 2 pearson it. The options you choose are passed to the mkfs command to build the file system.
Linux mkfs, mke2fs command examples create ext2, ext3, ext4. Ive installed a new 250gb sata hard disk on our office centos linux server. This guide shows you how to install xfs and create an xfs file system on debianubuntu linux based system. In its simplest and most commonly used form, the size of the filesystem is determined from the disk driver. Now, you can use the mkfs command to format the partitions for use. Solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Solaris patch manager offers the most comprehensive patch management features for the solaris os. Solaris live upgrade upgrading and patching you solaris 10 system with minimal downtime. All patches delivered via solaris patch manager are digitally signed, helping ensure that the patches are from sun and have not been altered in transmission. For most linux systems, the ext4 filesystem is what you want, so you can run the following set of commands to set up your partitions. The solaris 10 system administrator certification exam prep 2 is the ideal book for both new and seasoned system administrators.
The patches are provided with the install order necessary to accommodate patch dependencies and can use the tools on local and remote systems. How to create and mount nfs share that is restricted to. Mount the root file system on the fallback boot environment. How to use solaris live upgrade to install patches oracle. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. The following tables contrast the structure of these operating systems. How do i format a hard disk under linux operating system from a shell prompt. Linux supports a large number of different file system types, including most of the windows file system types. Sep 22, 2008 solaris 10 system administration exam prep. This assumes that youre working on devsda and that you set up separate home and root partitions. If the 4th token is 0 zero, the mkfs command uses the default. The newfs command automatically determines all the necessary parameters to pass to mkfs to construct new file systems.
This figure describes the commands for the solaris live upgrade process. This book will give you the insight you need into the newest certification exams for system administrators, the 310200 and the 310202. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. If fssize is omitted, mke2fs will create the file system based on the device size. These release notes also include endofsoftware support statements, documentation issues, and a list of integrated patches. If the print book includes a cdrom, this content is not included within the ebook version. Dependency order of patches, the solaris 10 patchadd command correctly orders. Solaris to aix use this reference to contrast the aix version 4.
The above example would create an ext2 file system on a floppy diskette in the first floppy drive. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. If omitted, mke2fs automagically figures the file system size. Enhancements to the mkfs command have dramatically reduced the time it takes to create a unix file system. Installing updates on solaris 10 from the command line. The command is part of unix and unixlike operating systems. Docker users targeted with crypto malware via exposed apis meet tara garson flower, head of asia. How to display information about solaris patches system. I have solaris 10 and cannot work out how to view partitions with fdisk. As the output from the mkfs m dev rdskc0t0d0s7 shows nbpi8235, if you cut that number in half when running the newfs command with the nbpi option i 4117 it will double your inodes on that file system. Hi everyone, we need to have the mkfs command to be more interactive upon execution. Formatting a msdos fat32 disk partition under solaris 10.
Newfs was added in solaris to make the creation of new file systems easier. Solaris 10, solaris install, solaris partitions, solaris ufs. Xfs feature includes scalable and highperformance design. Then after doing a newfs and increasing their inodes you. Which command mounts the devdskc0t0d0s7 file system on the mnt mount point as. Create and extend xfs filesystem based on lvm by pradeep kumar updated august 25, 2019 xfs is a file system which is designed for high performance,scalability and capacity point of view. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. In unix, a block storage device must be formatted with a file system before it can be mounted and accessed through the operating systems filesystem hierarchy. Which command displays the last five times the solaris 10 operating system was. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena.
A there are total 4 steps involved for hard disk upgrade and installation procedure. Jun 06, 2018 solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Using the luactivate command to activate the new boot environment or fallback to the original boot environment. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. How to increase the inodes on ufs file system with newfs command. In older versions of solaris 10, the etchosts file was the definitive data store for. I work upstream from the sysnet and services groups who produce most of suns patch automation tools, so i and my team mostly patch from first principles using the basic solaris patch utilities, patchadd and patchrm. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support tales. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are listed below. Filesystem management 1 linux interview questions faqs. Shows all patches that have been applied to the system. A compilation of linux man pages for all commands in html.
Then after doing a newfs and increasing their inodes you restore the file system from the backup you created prior to starting this process. Presently, linux allows 32 swap areas this was 8 before linux 2. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. The syntax of mkfs has been updated, and the old format has been. Since update manager doesnt appear to work at least for me i decided to just download solaris 10 x86 u5 and do a complete reinstall.
As the output from the mkfs m devrdskc0t0d0s7 shows nbpi8235, if you cut that number in half when running the newfs command with the nbpi option i 4117 it will double your inodes on that file system. Run the below command to share the nfs to specific nfs clients only. On unixlike operating systems, the mkfs command creates and builds a file system. In computer operating systems, mkfs is a command used to format a block storage device with a specific file system. Volume management products, like solaris volume manager, create more sophisticated volumes, that expand beyond single slice or single disk boundaries. Next step is to create the filesystem with the newfs command.
Solaris 10 system administration exam prep 2 informit. The post describes the simple procedure to find out the number of inodes used and free inodes for an ufs file system. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. The solaris 10 patchadd command correctly orders patches for you, but solaris 9 and earlier. Poor old mke2fs does all of the work but gets none of the glory. Your red hat account gives you access to your profile, preferences, and services, depending on your status.
On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been qualified. 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. If the 2nd token is 0, the mkfs command creates the file system to fill the entire logical volume. In the current solaris 10 version, solaris implementation of nfsv4 access control lists acl is now compliant with rfc 3530 specifications. For some time now on most linux distributions mkfs has been a wrapper for mke2fs. My primary bf partition is on partition 2, df reveals. Bios hangs on reboot after using zfs on sun ultra 20 or sun fire x2100 6363449. First of all, let me say that my personnel experience of suns patch automation tools is limited.
Creating a ufs file system system administration guide. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. We have performed patching for solaris os under zfs with zones using live upgrade. 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. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. The mkfs command is actually a frontend for a whole set of mkfs commands, each different one selected by the t option to mkfs. Interestingly it echoes each command and parameter typed in. Zones provides a means of virtualizing operating system services, allowing one or more processes to run in isolation from other activity on the system. Linux mkswap command help and information with mkswap examples, syntax and related commands. The above example would create an ext2 file system on a floppy diskette in the first floppy drive related commands. The pkg command is the generalpurpose client utility for ips repos.
This document provides stepbystep instructions to install the solaris patch set 4. Creating a new boot environment with the lucreate command. Updates to solaris 10 release solaris 10 release notes. The mkfs command is part of the util linux package and is available from ftp. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade pdf. This token is not used by a jfs but must be provided to preserve the position.
The below parted command picks the devsda disk automatically, because this is the first hard drive in this system. As of today, if a user specifies the device name incorrectly, mkfs would not validates the input given and executes successfully without asking for any prompt to the user. Mount the mirror root disk and replace the svm related entries in the etcvfstab and etcsystem to prevent svm to start on boot. Preparing the new hard disk and connected physically on linux system check the disk on linux os creating partition with fdisk command creating. How to manage disk partitions using parted command. Engage with our red hat product security team, access security updates, and ensure your environments are not exposed to any known security vulnerabilities. The newfs command reads parameter defaults, such as tracks per cylinder and sectors per track, from the disk label that will contain the new file system. The following commands provide useful information about patches that are already applied to a system. The newfs utility replaces the more obtuse mkfs 8 program. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os docdeveloppement. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Creating and formatting partitions with fdisk and mkfs.
For example, our harddisk device name is devsda and assume that we have partitions numbered from 1 to 5. With oracle solaris 10 807, and subsequent releases, patching oracle solaris containers with. The number of inodes are closesly related to the file system size. Calkins, solaris 10 system administration exam prep 2 pearson. 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. After registering your solaris system you might want to install updates from the command line. Response when this action comes to an issue, specify a proper parameter value and reexecute the command. Before applying patches, you might want to know more about patches that have been previously applied.
Killandrestartvold seems to be the best way, even in sol10 x86 solaris 10 and usb sticks. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. These clients cannot create files in the nfsv4 servers that are using the current solaris 10 release. A zone is a sandbox within which one or more applications can run without affecting or interacting with the res. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site.
Linux mkfs command help and examples computer hope. You can use the following commands in sequence to mount the be. Live upgrade solaris with mirrored disks general it. The syntax of mkfs has been updated, and the old format has been deprecated.
Xfs is not the default file system for debian or ubuntu linux based system. Assigned all the space to slice 0 because i only need one large slice. You can use mkfs to create a file system to optimize the way data being stored in a partition. Reference index of cve ids and solaris patches doc id 1448883. When i was researching it last night, appeared one of the cves was for hpux, another for x86, so only one of the cves might apply. Linux mkswap command help and examples computer hope. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Docker users targeted with crypto malware via exposed apis meet tara garson flower, head of asia pacific customer solution management team, at aws. It seems now mkfs working, because i run mkfs m from another server, and modified the raw device name, and the block size.