Updates, patches, and late breaking news lbn for veritas. The following tables contrast the structure of these operating systems. A solaris recommended patchset to bind them all oracle. Solaris 10 x86 kernel patching with vxvm mohamed musthaq. Transformation of solaris disks into veritas volumes. Oracle san driver bundled in oracle solaris 10 os oracle solaris cluster interoperability matrix. It is now under a free licence, so you can install onto solaris. To start with prepare a solaris 10 virtual machine with sufficient number of disks atleast 4. Hello all, i will be upgrading a solaris 10 1106 u3 server to 09 10 u9. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs.
Hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. The vxvm commands on a vvr diskgroup doesnt complete until all the outstanding ios in that diskgroup are drained completely. Manage your logical volumes with veritas volume manager vxvm. Note you can also install this onto vmware workstation running solaris 10, so long as you are running a 64bit processor. Start the vxvmboot service on the nodes where it is inactive by using the following command. Beginners lesson veritas volume manager for solaris. How to remove a solaris patch while booted from a network or cdrom. When you want extra modules on your system, the modules need to be compiled on the system and the process isnt simple to be honest.
How to kill user session through database and unix. How to remove a solaris patch while booted from a network or. How to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4 1 install in. Description solaris 10 patches 14172103 or 14144409 sparc and 14172203 or 14144509 x86 may cause live upgrade lucreate1m to fail on a system configured with zfs root and a separate var file system. Vxvm is a storage management subsystem that lets you manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. 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. The veritas volume manager vvm or vxvm is a proprietary logical volume manager from veritas which was part of symantec until january 2016. Installing and configuring vxvm software oracle solaris. Installing updates on solaris 10 from the command line. Solaris 10 has a new feature boot m verbose which allows you to customize boot console output. The clzonecluster command supports all zone cluster administrative activity, from.
Unlike other packages installation,we have installer available in storage foundation bundle to minimize the complex. Vxvm invokes powerpath command powermt display unmanaged to. Since it is in hang state, no vxvm veritas volume manager commands are able to respond. On redhat i use commands like vgcreate, lvcreate, vgdisplay, etc. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. I am aware of all the patching necessary and the live upgrade procedure for this. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for. The vxvm commands on a vvr diskgroup doesnt complete until all. But if i want to put the os on veritas volume manager rootdg, how can i perform during the installation.
If any vxvm patches were installed, they must be removed. What i only know is that need to make use of live upgrade and be careful with vxvm running on it. The lucreate command is used to create the new, inactive boot environment. They are only valid on sparc hardware that uses the openboot rmware.
Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Nov 24, 2009 lee, sorry for the typo, i just rebooted the server and no disk reseating was done, this cleared all underlying problems, i am sure this problem will occur again and will give it a try thro vxdiskadm, and also i didnt notice this problem in other sun models like t5120, fuji primepower, sun 240, etc running solaris 10, looks like this could be a uniq to sun m series boxes, letss see how. If you do not use one of these commands, the system will not boot using the target be. On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are. Solarisvxvmrecover failed disk when vxreattach fails. Gerry haskins director security and release management.
Upgrading storage foundation only both encapsulated and unencapsulated root disk upgrading solaris os only both encapsulated and unencapsulated root disk. It is available for windows, aix, solaris, linux, and hpux. Any whitepapers on this upgrade, documentation or pitfalls such as additional patches for solaris after either upgrade. But now i want to transition to solaris volume manager due to various reasons.
How to use vxvm and solaris live upgrade to install patches on encapsulated root disk. This is a continuation post for our previous post beginners lesson veritas volume manager for solaris learning vxvm administration will be much easier by understanding below three things 1. In my solaris 10 servers the root file system will be mirrored in svm. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. But on the company i work i was required to create a file system on a solaris system. After installation of veritasconfigure of san filesystem under veritas i want to install sun cluster 3. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. When ibc procedure runs into the commands finish state. Solaris exampleunless the device is accessible via the os device handle, vxvm will not be in a position to reattach the disk. Apr 02, 2017 product veritas volume managervxvm storage foundation vxprint command will displays the volumes,plexs and sub disks record information.
This document is based upon sparc solaris 10 obp all the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os. I have gone thru how to install solaris 10 on ufszfs interactive mode. 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. Vxvm startup script set the variable to true before calling powermt command. In my opinion, given soalris 10 is now over 6 years old vxvm for solaris is a strictly legacy product only. How veritas volume manager treats operating system native disks into veritas volumes 2. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Apr 15, 2009 1 what two commands will display installed patches choose 2. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be.
A vxvm volume appears to applications and the operating system as a physical disk on which file systems, databases, and other managed data objects can be configured. So now, the solaris os patches in the eis patch baselines will be the recommended patchset for solaris with input from the explominer and other teams included, and will be tested with oras. This page provides the latest information on patching. Veritas volume manager administrators guide solaris. Solaris 8 patch 11093410 and solaris 9 patch 171 prevent the installation of vcs. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. Veritas storage foundation release notes, solaris, 5. In detail like how to setup diff raids with commands.
Just make sure that you either use the latest version of solaris or run the install precheck first to check patch requirements. You then need to mirror the encapsulated root disk using further vxvm commands. After the solaris 8 1001 oe is booted, upgrade to vxvm 3. Check whether vxvm boot is in the active state by using the following commands sequentially. Ditto with linux redhetsuse and veritas volume manager vxvm and veritas cluster server vcs. How would i add a kernel patch to a jumpstart image. Let us see how you can install vxvm in a solaris 10 virtual machine.
My problem is that the 80 needs to be upgraded to solaris 10 so i have a few questions. Is it true that ill need to upgrade to solaris 10 then upgrade to vxvm 4. Solaris installing perl modules on solaris 10 sanspire. This is video showing how to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps.
Start the vxvm boot service on the nodes where it is inactive by using the following command. If replication is active, the outstanding ios include network ios the ios to be sent from primary to secondary. Solaris to aix use this reference to contrast the aix version 4. When you use live upgrade while upgrading and running veritas vxvm, the system panics on reboot unless you upgrade by using the following procedure. Oracle solaris cluster configure standby oracle database dataguard part 2. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards.
How to upgrade when running veritas vxvm oracle solaris 10. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. How to remove a solaris patch while booted from a network. Vxvm vvr vradmin error v552802 cannot start command execution on secondary. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. After registering your solaris system you might want to install updates from the command line.
Here is step by step guide for vxvm installation with putty output. The eeprom command can be used from the os to view or set openboot rmware variables. Aug 24, 2012 this is video showing how to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4. Boot process failed and system goes back to ok prompt. May 25, 2011 solaris, vxvm, cluster l1l2 and l3 also interview questions. Mar 25, 2016 solaris 10 x86 kernel patching with vxvm mohamed musthaq. Before i could achieve competence in all the good it had to offer such as dtrace, zfs, zones etc, i drifted into storage administration. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. How do you replace a failed boot disk under meta in solaris. Solaris 9 svm name changes now solaris volume manager, soft partitions introduced, backported to 4. Vxvm vxprint command syntax with examples unixarena.
This section provides information and procedures to install and configure vxvm software on an oracle solaris cluster configuration. Jan 16, 2016 in the event that the paths to a given device suffer a transient failure with the san array, the vxvm device will be reported as failed was by vxdisk list. To start with prepare a solaris 10 virtual machine with sufficient number of disks atleast 4 to 6, 1 gb disks and two 16 gb disks for root mirroring. How to use vxvm and solaris live upgrade to install. Timeouts using lbolt can be too short 106379 vxdg adddisk allows. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. The node is sending private region ios through the network to. Apr 15, 2009 solaris quicksheet compatibility note.
The following table lists the tasks to perform to install and configure vxvm software for oracle. See the how to and resources tabs for all our patching documentation for solaris users with various levels of patching experience. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. For this and all the future tutorials i will be using a test box created in vmware workstation. A modified version is bundled with hpux as its builtin volume manager. 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. Solaris, vxvm, cluster l1l2 and l3 also interview questions. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are listed below. Solaris 10 comes with preinstalled perl with a fixed set of perl modules. Managing the sun os became easier with solaris 10 compared to its predecessors. Volume manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. After the solaris 8 10 01 oe is booted, upgrade to vxvm 3. List all patches on the system showrev p or patchadd p 11.
Veritas volume manager vxvm and veritas file system vxfs are tools for. If disks are visible with format command but not visible with vxdisk list command, run below. Solaris 11 network configuration with ipadm duration. The problem occurs if packages do not conform to oracle solaris advanced packaging guidelines. Hello, i was assigned some solaris machines and need to patch them to n1, where n is the latest os realease, which means, upgrade till one version before the latest one. Veritas volume manager administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Hello all, i try to allocate the same lun to two server or more in the future i use solaris 10, vxvm vxfs for data and solaris zones and emc dmx4, i try to migrate solaris zones between servers in case of problem. This document is based upon sparc solaris 10 all the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os.
How to use vxvm and solaris live upgrade to install patches. The following table lists the tasks to perform to install and configure vxvm software for oracle solaris cluster configurations. Unix my first love check veritas volume manager version. Aug 10, 2011 this is a continuation post for our previous post beginners lesson veritas volume manager for solaris learning vxvm administration will be much easier by understanding below three things 1.
Like how to add deletemodify user credential info,how to see passwd status,how to update etcpasswd and etcshadow file,how to check passwd consistency,change file permission,rbacimp troubleshootings on sol, vxvm,vcs and some basic commands. So no need to use pkgadd commands unless until there is an issue with the installer. How to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4 1 install. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. Hi, im working on large application and currently im using veritas volume manager as a storage management solution. Check whether vxvmboot is in the active state by using the following commands sequentially. Vxvm commands get hung waiting for these network ios to drain or rlink to be. Hi experts, i want to install veritas foundation suite 5.
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