How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. The same way you can deactivate the swap by removing it vfstab and rebooting. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments. These file systems usually dont appear in the global zone vfstab etcvfstab.
Apr 20, 2011 one possible cause of the nfs service being disabled is the solaris secure by default feature introduced in solaris 10 1106. How to add new swap in solaris 10 on fly unixarena. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price. The server and software company begins offering solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. Symptoms using the documented procedure for solaris to create an nfs file system that will mount at boot that etc vfstab field is yes results in failure to even attempt to mount the configured nfs filesystem upon boot. I am not using volume manager and installed solaris using cds by inserting one by.
Enter a program name, such as, gcc, or a keyword like editor. I have set the install to not reboot automatically. General, package management, solaris 10, sun x86 platform add comments jan 29 2008 in my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices. The virtual disk is a file exported as a full disk.
It is often very handy to place any nfs mount entries in here as well. Solaris 10 not mounting nfs via etcvfstab on reboot. Dec 11, 2015 couldnt find an answer to this one yet, but when listing nfs mounts in etc vfstab in an 11. I dont want to overlay the etcvfstab file from the prod box on the test box so i just copied the prod etcvfstab file over to the test server and put the file in the tmp directory. Solaris mount command and bash completion dont play nice together. I am setting up a test system and grabbed the etcvfstab file from the prod system. Sometimes due to applications,system may in to memory bottle neck. New installs of solaris default to limited which disables all network services except for ssh. If you are using solaris live upgrade packages from a previous release, you do not need to remove this package.
One limitation i ran into was the inability to mount the windows share at boot. Mounting a cifs share through vfstab in opensolaris server. Im new to solaris and unix in general and have run into a snag. One of favourite designs bigger customers have such an oracle 11gr2 installation burried deep down in an application stack of favourite designs contractual responsibility. I recently installed solaris 10 on my new t2000 and im trying to cleanup the unecessary crap. If you end up booting to full graphic installation, no problem, but ideally you want singleuser. Create a directory vartmplupatches and download the patches to that directory. Only the first cd needs to be downloaded and burned to complete a core install. Cdrom solaris intranet extension siehe auch solaris server intranet. This example explains how to upgrade an oracle solaris 10 305 system to the oracle solaris 10 106.
On solaris 10, ufs logging is a default setting and doesnt need to be specified. If you get the full desktop, just move all the windows to the side and open a terminal. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. There is no direct upgrade path from solaris 10, and solaris 10 is nearing its end. Use this procedure to mount nonzfs file systems at boot time unless legacy mount behavior is needed for some zfs file systems. Libraries dependencies 0 the following tables display the sub list of packages, from the reverse dependencies, that depends on the libs provided by top. Most of the times a disk on the shared storage device acts as the third quorum device. A comment to my recent post on startup programs got me thinking about alternative solutions.
Mounting file systems etcvfstab filethe etcvfstab field descriptions. With oracle solaris, the snapshot is created in a matter of seconds. Veritas netbackup bare metal restore administrators guide. It works very similarly to the unix fstab file, except in solaris it is vfstab. This document is a stepbystep guide howto install oracle 11gr2 on solaris 10.
In the virtual file system architecture, the etcvfstab file provides default file system parameters used by the generic commands for file system management. The domain has been allocated 32 cpus and 10gb ram. To do this, you create a quorum device when you install the cluster. Couldnt find an answer to this one yet, but when listing nfs mounts in etcvfstab in an 11. Today i am going to show you 2 things1 download patchset from oracle support and apply it on solaris 10 machine. The old solaris 8,9,10 way is still supported in solaris 11, but we need to add and entry to etcdfssharetab to make the nfs share persist across reboots. Cifs does work in etcvfstab on openindiana, ive just done it. Now, lets get installing and run sun vts in solaris 10. Solaris 10 problem with nfs mount in etcvfstab after. Upgrading systems to solaris 10 1106 or later does not change the network. Solaris 10 commad line guide configure tape and storage disk mirroring using solaris volume manager 5 responses to solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk. The solaris creates a default etcvfstab file during software installation, based on your. Hi all, if i deleted file vfstab as root user in solaris, how to recover it. Here i have installed solaris on two nodes using zfs filesystem.
Create a directory such as vartmplupatches and download the. Raxxal in linux, i found an easier way to acomplish the same thing like in solaris using vfstab. It looks like you have either spaces or one too many tabs at the end of the entry after the word no. Solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. Nfs mounts in etcvfstab with the mount at boot field set to yes are not mounted at boot time. Download an iso of solaris10, if you dont have one. This will return the vfstab to the original prevolumemanager version where raw partitions are mounted instead of.
Solaris 10, solaris install, solaris partitions, solaris ufs. For information about these commands, see generic file system commands in addition to the name change, the. I dont have the original os disks and the tape backup wont. The information is stored in a table with the following column headings. There are many times that i need a sample etcvfstab around just as a reference when configuring a new solaris machine. Below are the prechecks that need to be completed before we start the oracle rac installation. Solution whats best partitioning practices for solaris 10. File systems placed in this file will be mounted at boot time.
This is the only way other than restoring everything. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Solaris 10 problem with nfs mount in etcvfstab after reboot. Dec 18, 2008 solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. The latest update of the solaris os helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. The partition you will use for the copy must not appear in use in etcvfstabin. 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. Solaris 10 not mounting nfs via etcvfstab on reboot showing of 3 messages. How to add new swap in solaris 10 on fly july 11, 2012 by lingeswaran r 1 comment rarely we may pushed in a such a situation to add the additional swap space while system is in production.
Solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk azizs blog. The file etcvfstab describes defaults for each file system. Spezielle zusatzliche software notwendig dynapath, mpath dadurch. Sep 12, 2007 solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using. Symptoms using the documented procedure for solaris to create an nfs file system that will mount at boot that etcvfstab field is yes results in failure to even attempt to mount the configured nfs filesystem upon boot. Find answers to solaris 10 problem with nfs mount in etcvfstab after reboot from the expert community at experts exchange. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. The solaris provides several methods for automating file system mounts. Those of you still on solaris 10 may want to download the latest recommended patchset for solaris 10 which was published just last week, on 28th of january 2016.
One possible cause of the nfs service being disabled is the solaris secure by default feature introduced in solaris 10 1106. The following are vfstab entries for various file system types supported in the solaris operating. Those with a link attached to the program name are currently available. How to boot from solaris os cddvd when system fails to boot and the boot disk is encapsulated. Download an iso of solaris 10, if you dont have one. Logging is in most cases beneficial and id recommend against turning it off. How to add an entry to the etcvfstab file managing. To create a permanet swap are you need to add in the etc vfstab file. Solaris 10 is available as a free download from sun. An entry in the etc vfstab file has seven fields, which are described in the table below. Here ill describe a couple of ways to get solaris 11 installed. As a workaround,we will add additional swap space to avoid the system hungpanic.
Solaris 10 server patching linux administration blog. It looks like you have either spaces or one too many tabs at the end of the. Specifies the file systems configuration of the new boot environment in the vfstab. Which command will update the etcvfstab file as part of mirroring the file. For more information about mounting zfs file systems, see managing zfs file systems in oracle solaris 11. Below you can see the different options that the swap command permits summarize reports in kbytes. Which file on solaris 10 software cdrom 2 contains the software required to. Normally, the volume management software handles mounting of removable media. In order to transfer data back and forth a mount is manually performed on the unix box. The vfstab only wants tabs and should only have seven entries. Now i would like to make an entry in the etcvfstab, but without mount at boot. Mounting file systems etcvfstab file the etc vfstab field descriptions. An entry in the etcvfstab file has seven fields, which are described in the table below table 364 etcvfstab field descriptions. I signed up for that, but now i need an oracle support identifier.
On x86 systems only, use the fdisk command to create a solaris partition on the disk if one does not already exist. This document describes how to setup a software raid 1 on a solaris. Mar 11, 2019 solaris operating system version 10 305 and later information in this document applies to any platform. My system boots into readonly maintenance mode and wont let me mount anything. From the solaris man page, the etcvfstab is essentially a table of file system defaults. Solaris fdisk partitions must start at cylinder 1, not cylinder 0. In solaris 10 cluster, a third server could also be assigned as a quorum device. The mount at boot field is set to yes in etc vfstab for the file systems as well. Download the most recent stable version of sunwvts sunwvts6. Upgrading to a new release this example explains how to upgrade an oracle solaris 10 305 system to the oracle solaris 10 106 release.
This will change the line in etcvfstab for the root slice, and also add a. If you create a new fdisk partition, you must label the disk before continuing. From the solaris man page, the etc vfstab is essentially a table of file system defaults. Mounting a cifs share through vfstab in opensolaris. While fstab is still used for basic system configuration, for other uses it has been superseded by automatic mounting mechanisms. Solaris 10 install into ldom hangs oracle community.
Make sure that you know for sure which level of solaris you are using by looking at the etcrelease file on your system. It is the duty of the system administrator to properly create and maintain the fstab file. How to boot from solaris os cddvd when system fails to. A mountall f nfs at initial login fixes it, so its not an issue with the mounts. Solaris 10 install on sunfire v100 sheep guarding llama. Im trying to set up a cifs share that will mount automatically on my opensolaris server. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices. In this article, we will be doing prechecks for oracle 11gr2 rac installation on solaris 10. For zfs as nfs shares we do not need to add any entry to any file as smf services will take care of sharing it across reboots. Solaris operating system version 10 305 and later information in this document applies to any platform.
It seems like it would be simple enough, but theres something wrong in my syntax thats preventing it from. This was primarily due to incomplete extraction of slice 0 and 1. How to add an entry to the etcvfstab file managing file. There are many times that i need a sample etcvfstab around just as a reference when configuring a new solaris machine and here is one.
I have an nfs client which has an entry like the following in etc vfstab. I think on solaris nfs mounts should be placed in etcdfsdfstab. In the virtual file system architecture, the etcvfstab file provides. I presume im unable to mount the windows share at boot via the etc vfstab file because the smb client smf service that is required hasnt started yet. I presume im unable to mount the windows share at boot via the etcvfstab file because the. For example, if you were to patch a solaris 10 305 system with the latest recommended patch cluster, many of the patches relate to functionality introduced after solaris 10 305, and therefore, patches with the new functionality would fail to install. Many thanks, adrian the server is a t5240 solaris 10 with ldom 1. Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular quarter. Note the sumwlucfg package is new starting with the solaris 10 807 release. In solaris on this file you can, for example, make a partition read only, among many others features. It is only when changes are made to the files that the current active environment starts to differ from the snapshot. Sep 28, 2010 many thanks, adrian the server is a t5240 solaris 10 with ldom 1. This vfstab entry will not cause the cdrom device to be continually mounted but it will allow you to mount the cdrom in the future by simply using the following easy to remember command.
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