Multipathing solaris 9 patches

Over 7 years of experience in unix systems administration and application support. Our solaris 9 boxes have been using netapp san brocade switch we have purchased hds san systems the virtual storage platform which also use brocade 5100 switch have tested on test server by switching from the old netapp san to the new hds san and see the disks okay. For the solaris 10 os, have available the at solaris fibre channel storage configuration and multipathing administration guide. The solaris patch manager tool, a fullfeatured patch management tool, also provides details regarding patches. Solaris multipathing how to verify if alua mode is. For solaris 7,8, 9 luxadm is the only available command to check path status. Ipmp load spreading outgoing network traffic is able to utilize several network interfaces network trunking multiple physical network interfaces are treated as one. Solaris ipmp in a test subnet oracle juergen schleichs blog.

Path administration utility for a solaris multipathing device category. On solaris 8 and 9 san foundation software sfs can be downloaded free of charge sfs 4. For the solaris 9 os, install on each node sun storedge traffic manager software and any necessary patches. Another tool, sun patch check, can be run to obtain a listing of available patches, but provides little diagnostic capabilities. This patch, with this download size and checksum, also applies to other products and will be listed. For the solaris 9 os, change the value of the mpxiodisable parameter to no. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. The following solaris 8 os patches 10852819 or later 11178904 or later 10988509 or later 11046026 or later 11084211 or later z 64bit solaris 9 operating system 403 or later version and esf2. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. For the solaris 10 os, you enable the solaris multipathing feature, which is installed by default as part of the solaris 10 software. How to install sun multipathing software sun cluster. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. Perform the following steps to enable multipathing on all multipath capable devices on sparc or x86 based systems. Ive recently setup a bunch of machines for ip multipathing i.

The solaris enterprise authentication mechanism server and client is included in the solaris 9 os to provide single signon capabilities for servers and applications. Solaris 10 supports solaris network multipathing via. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the patches for solaris site. Perform the following steps to enable multipathing on all multipathcapable devices on sparc or x86 based systems. Hp 3par solaris implementation guide abstract this implementation guide provides information for establishing communications between an hp 3par storeserv storage system and a solaris 8, 9, 10, or 11 host running on the sparc, x64, and x86 platforms. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. I thought i would share a simpler step by step approach.

The information for asm with oracle 10g rac is not explained in either the solaris 10 or hitachi san documentation. Chapter 9, persistent binding for tape devicesdescribes how you can specify tape binding in. The solaris software now includes the following enhancements for system administration. According to this source, all patches created for solaris 9 while it was in.

In solaris 10, we have the setting devrdskcwtxdysz to denote the controller, target, disklun number and slicepartition. Sun microsystems will next month launch a utility to make it easier to manage security patches issued for its solaris 9 operating system. Zeusiops multipathing failed solaris 11 hi, just installed solaris 11. Using oracle zfs storage appliance fibre channel and iscsi. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide doc. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun cluster. For solaris 8, solaris 9 and solaris 10u4 or earlier. There are 5 spaces between emc and symmetrix after devicetypescsioptionslist string. According to this source, all patches created for solaris 9 while it was in extended support will now be available with a regular mos account. Solaris ip multipathing made easy auburn university. This document provide steps to verify that a storage array has alua mode correctly set, looking at the tpgs bits returned in the standard scsi command inquiry. For the solaris 8 or solaris 9 os, you install and configure sun storedge traffic manager software. Solaris 9 is exiting extended support and entering sustaining support, as reported in this blog post by gerry haskins.

If you want to enable multipathing only on specific fc or sas hba ports, refer to enabling or disabling multipathing on a perport basis the multipathing software automatically recognizes oracle s supported devices. How to install sun multipathing software sun cluster software. Using oracle zfs storage appliance fibre channel and iscsi with symantec storage foundation dmp 3 overview the purpose of this guide is to provide a quick overview on how to configure the oracle zfs storage appliance to provide fibre channel and iscsi storage for use with symantec storage foundation dynamic multipathing dmp. Enabling and disabling multipathing oracle solaris. For the solaris 9 os, have available your software packages, patches, and documentation for sun storedge traffic manager software and sun.

Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. If the patch already exists, and rerun this, will it be any harm 3. System administration tools whats new in the solaris 9. Solaris 10 update 9 with patch 14648905 is the miniimum version that has been qualified. Senior solarislinux administrator resume hire it people. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. System administration features from prior releases include the following.

All the above are for solaris 9, and newer versions may be available when youre reading this. This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. The j4200 release notes, on page 4, indicates specific versions of cam and patches that you must use if you configure multipathing and use the common array manager cam software. Solaris 9 is exiting extended support and entering sustaining support, as reported in this. Multipathing software manages multiple io paths to the shared cluster storage. Entries that use a sign will work with or without spaces around the sign. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage. Signed packages and patches and nistoldap transition service are new features in the solaris 9 1203 release. Hp storageworks mpxio for sun solaris application notes. Sun blade 100150 flash prom update 11129217 obsoleted by. Storage foundation ha on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. For a list of required patches for sun storedge traffic manager software, see the sun storedge traffic manager software release notes at sun storedge traffic manager software release notes.

Patch manager is aimed at easing problems faced by users. Kerberosenabled versions of telnet, r commands, and more are available as a free download from the sun download center. March 2012, traditional license, includes multipath io, solstice disksuite, ipmp. How to enable solaris multipathing mpxio or stms for emc. For solaris 10,11 mpathadm is the other available command to check path status but can also be used to administer path state force failover, disableenable path, etc. With solaris 8 or 9, the occupant status will be displayed as above in a san environment.

So you could clean the save directory for 10966704 when 109667 hits say rev 07. Overview of drdynamic reconfiguration 3 the following solaris 8 oe patches 10852819 or later 11178904 or later 10988509 or later 11046026 or later 11084211 or later z 64bit solaris 9 403 operating environment solaris 9 403 oe or later version and esf2. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. Patchreport is written in perl, and does require the addition of several perl modules, libnet, datadumper, md5, libperl, and io. Page 5 table 2 solaris 8 and solaris 9 fca support sparc server multipathing vendor model mpxio driver version sgxpcinfcqf2 sfs 4. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Solaris admin reference solaris storage multipathing. Summary configuring j4200 with sas multipathing and zfs. Also worked and supported on sun solaris 910, ibmaix, and multiserver environments involved in installation, configuration, upgrading, patching and administration of rhel 4. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or stms. Postinstallation patches for the sun solaris 10 update 6 os.

The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio. But the old san have been using mpxio for the multipathing so could someone outline the procedure to enable multipathing for. Say something like clean up save folders for patch rev obsolete patches after patch is two revisions ahead. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple. Support of alua was introduced in solaris 9 in patch 918 and is natively available in solaris 10 and above. Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. Beforeyoustart,makesurethatyouareusingthelatestversion ofthisguide. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. The problem that we are facing is that we are running in a solaris ip multipathing network configuration, eri0 and qfe0 being the physical interfaces, and qfe0.