Hi, anyone is aware if scom 2012 monitors the hardware issues generated in messages file. I use a real case happened on sun fire 4540 server, c0t0, one of the system disk failed. Installing a solaris 10 update patch bundle to a system will update. Hi people, hoping someone has maybe done this before. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. A solaris recommended patchset to bind them all oracle. When you specify the a option all resource information cached by the fault manager is listed including faults which have already been corrected or where no recovery action is needed see fmadm man page. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Ensure that the latest solaris kernel and predictive selfhealing psh patches are installed. Take the output of the server before starting the activit. 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. Fault management daemon services by ramdev published march 7, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 the most important aspect of fma to.
As of today, sunsolve is handing out a broken patchdiag. However, the fmdump command is also dump is often used to display a historical log of problems on the system, and fmadm faulty is used to display the active problems. Getting to know the solaris fault management architecture. I installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9. How to clear oracle x86 servers ilom faulty message. There are some basic commands to take the health checkup of the server. Using the fault manager oracle solaris administration. Check for faults with the fmadm faulty command sparc t3. Use the fmadm clear command to notify the fault manager that the specified alert event should be cleared. Displaying information about faults or defects oracle. The fmadm clear command requires one of the following arguments. I have started aka in 2009 as my own personal reference blog, and later sometime i have realized that my leanings might be helpful for other unixadmins if i manage my knowledgebase in more user friendly format. Otherwise schedule a repair procedure to replace the affected devices.
Migration of native solaris zone ngz to kernel zone kzlogical domain ldom part 3. The fmadm faulty command was invoked from within the ilom faultmgmt shell. Ive been used to use script to capture the screen output during the disk replacement, quite useful. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container.
This book is for anyone who is responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris operating system os. A necessary procedure for system administrators is when and how to update the production environment in use at a company. Patchset recommended os patchset solaris 9 sparc last updated 04nov. Sluggish or long login time takes 20 seconds run quota during a login if logging into a server with rlogin, telnet or ssh taking a long time, try to perform a prstat during the login. Howto reregister a solaris system with sconadm without serialnumber, to downloadinstall patches with smpatch doc id 47266. The fmadm faulty command displays the list of faults detected by psh. If you installed the oracle solaris 10 1009 os and the solaris 10 910 patch.
Solaris 9 x86 package version and patches installed. My question is is there any way to bring my exiting installed softeare to the latest level, instaed of install the whole new package al over again. Note that the two examples show the same uuid value. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are. The preferred method to display fault or defect information and determine the. Hi everyone, i wanted to ask a question about fmadm. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. The ips repository needs to be updated to include the versionservice repository update sru that is installed on the client. Xcp 1071 or later solaris 10 807 or later, with required patches.
When you run the fmadm faulty command you may see the output similar to below, and it is the long hex number that is the uuid state resource uuid degraded dev. Ive long been of the opinion that there should be a single generic set of solaris recommended patches which customers are consistently recommended to install. Solaris changing hostname, parallel compression, pnfs. Shutdown with i6 does work properly on sun t5220 but reboot. The following is an example of the fmadm faulty command reporting on the same power supply fault as shown in the show faulty example. Live patching for the solaris 9 operating system experts. Dec 26, 2011 here are the step by step of clearing the fma faults on most of oraclesun server. Troubleshooting nic hba errors in solaris 10 showing 114 of 14 messages. This section describes issues related to the oracle solaris os in this release. Solaris 10 just sharing some solutions to problems i have faced. Red hat enterprise linux to oracle solaris 11 comparison. This problem was found in solaris 10 when installing solaris. How to clear fmadm log or fma faults log azizs blog.
Using smpatch to apply solaris cluster patches and other. Im trying to run fmadm from the xcsf prompt on an m4000 and it wont run, complaining about insufficient privileges, even though the user has supposedly been setup with fieldeng privileges. I had installed solaris 9 x86 on my intel pc almost 9 10 months ago. Hi, did you check if you have configured ldoms if all memory in the show component output equals 32 gb and you dont have any faulty memory reported by either solaris or sc, most likely is that either ldom is configured and resources allocated to it. Aug 29, 2011 it is now possible again to use the inbuilt solaris 10 patch automation utility, smpatch update manager, to download patches for products such as oracle solaris cluster and oracle solaris studio, as well as oracle solaris operating system patches. I used the live upgrade tools in the solaris os to successfully apply the latest patch cluster to a machine running the solaris 9 os, without bringing the machine into singleuser mode. Oct 16, 20 how to resolve a faulty zfs device using fmadm in solaris 11 by ramdev published october 16, 20 updated august 6, 2016 other learning articles that you may like to read. Display the list of suspected faulty devices using the fmdump command. The most reliable method for determining the release of the solaris os. Its an old workaround, but somehow we still need to do it today. Note the characters spt at the beginning of the message id indicate that the fault was detected by oracle ilom. The process may take up to several hours depending on the system. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary.
Commands vary with solaris version and server model. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu patchsets. A supported release means that someone will answer the phone, and that patches for problems are available. Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. How to clear fma faults from solaris and sc system. Operating systems solaris hardware faulty, but which.
It is also useful to know the diagnosis engines available on your system and how busy they have been, which is obtained via the fmstat command. Unfortunately i think i will have to abandon the idea of using solaris to achieve a target fc and fall back to purchase a qlogic qle2460 and use linux and lio, or, after a compiling a new kernel with a patch, a more complex to run, but faster, scst solution. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Use fmadm faulty to identify the device or contact sun for support. Or i must buy support to obtain updates, as in rhel. Solaris 10 update 9 during the installation of solaris 10 update 9, there may be several odd symptoms that might catch an installer by surprise. Solaris operating system version 10 305 to 10 910 u9 release 10. Kernel patch on your system looks to be a bit old, you may want to try updating it to latest along with the latest firmware for ilom which is currently 7. Displaying information about faults or defects oracle solaris. For the following examples, refer to the output from the fmadm listalert command in displaying information about alerts. Select the desired rsc release packages or patch 7.
Fault management daemon services by ramdev published march 7, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 the most important aspect of fma to understand is the distinction between errors and faults. The fmadm utility can be used by administrators and service personnel to view and modify system configuration parameters maintained by the solaris fault manager, fmd1m. If you had replaced one of the degraded disks instead of detaching it, then you might have recovered this pool. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. Patch manager is aimed at easing problems faced by users. Jan 12, 2011 solaris fault administration using fmadm command january 12, 2011 masoud kalali in this article we will study how we can use the fmadm command to get the list of faulty components along with the detailed information about the fault. How to resolve a faulty zfs device using fmadm in solaris 11. But no new event is showing neither in fmadm faulty nor fmdump command. Patch management might also involve removing unwanted or faulty patches. The resource is maintained in the daemons internal resource cache until the fault event is 30 days old, at which point it is purged. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Branded zones are solaris 8 or solaris 9 containers created in a solaris 10 global zone. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle.
Hi, im looking to run sun solaris 8 or 9, but have been running windows. When you specify the a option all resource information cached by the fault manager is listed, including faults, which have already been corrected or where no recovery action is needed see fmadm man page. 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. Name fmadm fault management configuration tool synopsis fmadm q config fmadm h description fmadm 8 can be used to view system configuration parameters related to fault management. The following example checks for the faulty frus from ilom faultmgmt shell, then clears it out. Below is a simple live upgrade be creation and patching example. When such detections occur, the fault manager daemon no longer displays the affected resource in fmadm faulty output. The book covers a broad range of solaris system administration topics such as managing user accounts, diskless clients, booting a system, using the service management facility smf, and managing software and patches. How to check solaris release and default kernel version the.
Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Use fmadm faulty to provide a more detailed view of this event. Oct 19, 2009 this is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. Tonight we are going to discuss the solaris fault management architecture, as well as several tools that can be used to notify you when hardware fails i plan to split my 60minutes into two parts. Removing patches is also called backing out patches. Howto reregister a solaris system with sconadm without. This greatly speeds up deployments in an environment where solaris vms need to be built quickly. Chapter 21 managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command tasks patch management involves applying solaris patches and software updates to a system. Solaris 10 get latest installed patches server fault. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11.
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. Login or register for dates, times and to reply thread tools. The preferred method to display fault or defect information and determine the frus involved is the fmadm faulty command. Solaris fault administration using fmadm command masoud. Solaris isletim sistemi, sunucu, disk unitesi ve diger. Solaris 9 is exiting extended support and entering sustaining support. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Here are the step by step of clearing the fma faults on most of oraclesun server. Is there any other replacement command in solaris 9 for this. I just cant see fmadm not being part of the base gerry haskins thursday, april 12, 2012. It is now also possible again to use smpatch update manager on 3rd party hardware. Operating systems solaris hardware faulty, but which hardware. Getting to know the solaris fault management architecture fma.
Similarly, fmadm will show the status of the diagnosis engines. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones. Mar 19, 2015 solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs is really simple compared to some of the messes you could get into with svm mirrored root disks. I realize since then sun has come out later release level for solaris 9, which i did downlaod as complete zip files.
As a first recommendation, ensure the latest firmware patches for fma are installed on the system. Solaris fault administration using fmadm command january 12, 2011 masoud kalali in this article we will study how we can use the fmadm command to get the list of faulty components along with the detailed information about the fault. By default any nonglobal zone shares the global zone kernel and has same characteristics as the global zone kernel. 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. View the set of diagnosis engines and agents that are currently participating in fault management view the list of system components that have been diagnosed as faulty. Loss of services provided by the device instances associated with this fault. I will glad if someone can help me resolve this issue. Solaris zfs based ldoms can be cloned either by command or even by script. How to resolve a faulty zfs device using fmadm in solaris 11 by ramdev published october 16, 20 updated august 6, 2016 other learning articles that you may like to read. Ensure that the latest drivers and patches are installed. Sun solaris 10 faultydevice retirement feature through.
Managing faults, defects, and alerts in oracle solaris 11. Use fmadm faulty to identify the devices or contact sun for support. May 30, 2012 fmadm faulty to identify the device or contact sun for support. Repair the faulty using description or using faulty id displayed on the screen. The packages for solaris 8 and 9 and later are both in the zip file. Patches are a separate software change control mechanism distinct from package versions in solaris.
Solaris express developer edition 108 release introduces a new device retirement mechanism to isolate a device as faulty by the fault. To view and clear the fma faults logged from solaris. How to resolve a faulty zfs device using fmadm in solaris. Are updates free and can be downloaded for solaris 10. Sun microsystems will next month launch a utility to make it easier to manage security patches issued for its solaris 9 operating system. Migration of native solaris zone ngz to kernel zone kzlogical domain part 1. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. Patches are packages, packages live in in a directory tree for each package which is here. Oracles formerly sun microsystems ldom virtualization technology can be automated and greatly simplified when combined with the zfs filesystem. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express.
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