Explorer package can be downloaded and installed separate from oracle download web site or installed from eis enterprise installation service dvd media. Install it as required pkgadd d cdromsuntoolsexplorer sunwexplo. Installupgradesolaris patches as per procedure given by sun. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. I had installed solaris 9 x86 on my intel pc almost 9 10 months ago. Solaris 9 transitioning to extended support oracle.
How to apply solaris patches on encapsulated root disk. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. Jun 09, 2017 posted on june 9, 2017 april 19, 2018 by evangelist applying oracle solaris 11. Alternatively, for oracle solaris cluster systems, a rolling upgrade of the cluster nodes may be performed. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10.
Internet explorer for unix is a discontinued graphical web browser that was available free of charge and produced by microsoft for use in the x window system on solaris or hpux. Solaris 9 x86 package version and patches installed. Managing solaris patches by using the sun patch manager browser interface task map. Each marketing release of solaris has its own set of patches. It does not necessarily apply to some applications embedded in solaris, such as staroffice. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Hello, for the last couple of months, all of my solaris 9 systems have been reporting no patches required. Does anyone know of a command that would show the list of patches installed and the date it was installed. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the. To install oracle explorer data collector using limited interaction.
The man pages are located in the optsunwexploman directory for solaris 8, 9. More information about the vulnerability and the patches are available in the sun. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Solaris 9 patches released from november 1, 2011, will have vintageextended access entitlement by default, which means that only customers with an extended support contract for solaris will be able to access them. Applying critical patch update of april 2017 on solaris 11.
Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. 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. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Oracle sun solaris explorer is always installed on global zone using root user which are running only sun sparc system and solaris x86 systems as well as we are gathers information related to drivers, patches, recent system event history, and log file entries from the oracle explorer data collector output. Jun 18, 2017 oracle sun solaris explorer is always installed on global zone using root user which are running only sun sparc system and solaris x86 systems as well as we are gathers information related to drivers, patches, recent system event history, and log file entries from the oracle explorer data collector output. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. The linux patches for suse linux enterprise server 9 will be supported as long as the patches are supported and originate from suse linux without any modification to the latest kernelglibc version. Solaris 8, 9, and 10 windows server 2000, 2003, and 2008 aix 5. Explorer uses a configuration directory for its input files and its defaults file.
For downloading the critical patch update use below mentioned link. In the patch search pane, click the product or family advanced search link. How to install the solaris based sunwsan related packages. The following applies to core solaris packages and patches. After installationupgrade the pkg info supportexplorer will not show the version included in the stb bundle, but shows the previous existing version. A solaris recommended patchset to bind them all oracle. Regarding the comment about selecting recommended above, yes, you can certainly do that, but i deliberately left it out so that the search returns all the available solaris patchsets, including the solaris update patch bundles and solaris critical patch updates cpu.
Depending on the size of your system, the patch process can take over an hour to complete. Oracle technical paperoracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy 3 apply updates for thirdparty and homegrown software and hardware. My understanding is that showrev p would show patches but not the date they were installed. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express. Note that bug fixes for some thirdparty or communitybased software delivered as part of oracle solaris may be provided through package upgrades rather than patches. Email, im, chatbased teamwork, antivirus, antispam, disaster recovery, and more. Sun solaris patches for xsun1 and xprt1 vulnerability. Posted on june 9, 2017 april 19, 2018 by evangelist applying oracle solaris 11. Another tool, sun patch check, can be run to obtain a listing of available patches, but provides little diagnostic capabilities. The documentation from oracle is your best friend when it comes to solaris questions the short answer is that pkg update or pkg update accept will update solaris to the most recent packages available from the ips repositories you have enabled on your system the long answer.
Download the fast and fluid browser recommended for windows 7. Because the oracle explorer data collector uses the remote diagnostic agent rda tool to collect part of its information and because rda is part of the stb, it is highly advised to install the entire stb bundle. You can save the defaults file and use it as input when you run the explorer g command to create or update the defaults file. The oracle explorer data collector is a collection of shell scripts and a few binary executable that gathers information and creates a detailed snapshot of a systems configuration and state. 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. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Its distribution methods and windows integration were involved in the united states v.
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. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Solaris sunwexplo explorer options solutions experts. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 7. Solaris patch manager offers the most comprehensive patch management features for the solaris os. It provides command line tools and guis for managing users, resources, and disk storage. Patch organizer patch converter jd800 jd990 free patches 61 bank total jd800 factory patches converted to jd990. Oracle explorer must be installed in the global zone if you are installing it on the solaris 10 operating system solaris os.
List of patches and date installed my understanding is that showrev p would show patches but not the date they were installed. Thanked 19 times in 16 posts question for sun explorer. Use the solaris live upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on solaris 9 and 10 computers. Internet explorer 5 macintosh edition had been released a few months earlier on march 27, 2000, and was the last version of internet explorer to be released on a nonwindows platform. The solaris 9 os provides a wide range of administration tools that assist both user and system administration tasks. After installationupgrade the pkg info support explorer will not show the version included in the stb bundle, but shows the previous existing version. Updates to the recommended solaris 9 os patchset will cease at that time. The oracle solaris 10 patch utility patches are 119254% sparc and 119255% x86x64. Does anyone know the easiestquickest way to search all the available solaris 9 patches to find out if they update a certain library or not. Netbackup supports minor versions, service packs, and patches of database software unless otherwise noted, with the exception of microsoft exchange, microsoft sharepoint, and microsoft sql server. How to install oracle explorer manually oracle explorer. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. The patch manager product will be replaced by the new sun update manager product.
The da transport is proposed as the default transport since explorer 8. Sun has released the patch for versions 8, 9 and 10 of solaris, but the patch for version 7 is still pending. The file must be located in the directory that other hosts are able to access. Chapter 6 managing solaris patches by using the sun patch. For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. This update addresses issues discussed in microsoft knowledge base article 976749. If you are using the solaris 9 or solaris 8 401 min releases, you can download and install the latest sfs package san 4. The browser interface that was originally released with the sun patch manager 2.
Mar 08, 2017 oracle sun solaris explorer is always installed on global zone using root user which are running only sun sparc system and solaris x86 systems as well as we are gathers information related to drivers, patches, recent system event history, and log file entries from the oracle explorer data collector output. Solaris 9 on sparc or solaris 11 on x86verbose will make the stb installer more verbose. How to apply solaris patches on encapsulated root disk solution. Provides secure email, calendaring, and task management for todays mobile world. Sun blade 100150 flash prom update 11129217 obsoleted by. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Frequently asked questions to better understand bigfix patch for solaris, read the following questions and answers. Internet explorer 11 makes the web blazing fast on windows 7. Solaris sunwexplo explorer options solutions experts exchange. 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. The solaris patch manager tool, a fullfeatured patch management tool, also provides details regarding patches. How to run oracle explorer on sun solaris 11 simple way. Development ended with a version of internet explorer 5 in 2001 and support for it was completely discontinued in 2002. I am running sun explorer to collect data, but proc is very big in size so it is takin time to get completed.
I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. For a li st of the required patches for sgm, see the solaris patch. Microsoft internet explorer 5 ie5 is a graphical web browser and one of the main participants of the first browser war. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. As we are a contract customer, we are running a local patch server, and use that as our primary source of patches.