application SUNWlucfg Live Upgrade Configuration application SUNWlur Live Upgrade (root) application SUNWluu Live Upgrade (usr)
X86: Solaris 10
bash myglobal> showrev -p |grep -i 121431 Patch: 121431-54 Obsoletes: 121436-05, 121438-02 Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWlucfg, SUNWlur, SUNWluu Patch: 121429-13 Obsoletes: Requires: 120236-01, 121431-16 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWluzone
SPARC: Solaris 10:
root@SPARC:~# showrev -p |grep 121430 Patch: 121430-85 Obsoletes: 121435-04, 121437-02 Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWluu, SUNWlucfg, SUNWlur Patch: 121430-93 Obsoletes: 121435-04, 121437-02 Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWluu, SUNWlucfg, SUNWlur Patch: 121428-15 Obsoletes: Requires: 120235-01, 121430-16 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWluzone root@SPARC:~#
Identify the Latest LU(Live Upgrade) Patches: Solaris 10
1.Login to oracle Support.
2. Navigate to Patches & updates. In Patch search , select the desired architecture. (X86 or SPARC)
3.Search for LU Patch number. (see the note below to know the LU patch numbers)
[box type=”note” align=”” class=”” width=””]Note: Solaris 10 5/08 (Update 5) or later: SPARC 121430-LR SunOS 5.8 5.9 5.10: Live Upgrade Patch X86 121431-LR SunOS 5.8_x86 5.9_x86 5.10_x86: Live Upgrade Patch Note: LR – latest Release.[/box]
Patching Might fail with below error message if the directory is not readable by others. Make sure that patches are kept in /var/tmp which is readable to other users. (755). Patch installation require users like adm , others to read the patching files.
This appears to be an attempt to install the same architecture and
version of a package which is already installed. This installation
will attempt to overwrite this package.
/root/121431-74/SUNWlucfg/install/checkinstall: /root/121431-74/SUNWlucfg/install/checkinstall: cannot open
pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully
Dryrun complete.
No changes were made to the system.
Live Upgrade Patch Installation:
bash myglobal> patchadd 121431-74 Validating patches... Loading patches installed on the system... Done! Loading patches requested to install. Done! Checking patches that you specified for installation. Done! Approved patches will be installed in this order: 121431-74 Preparing checklist for non-global zone check... Checking non-global zones... Restoring state for non-global zone JBPAPP1... Restoring state for non-global zone JSPAPP1... Restoring state for non-global zone JSPAPP2... Restoring state for non-global zone JSPDB... Restoring state for non-global zone RAJDB... Restoring state for non-global zone SANDB... This patch passes the non-global zone check. 121431-74 Summary for zones: Zone BSAghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone BSJghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone AESghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone IMSghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone IPSghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone JSSghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone ASSghqa Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 121431-74 Zone JBPAPP1 Rejected patches: None. Restoring state for non-global zone SANDB...
We have successfully installed the Liveupgrade patch .
Verify the Patch:
bash myglobal> showrev -p |grep 121431 Patch: 121431-54 Obsoletes: 121436-05, 121438-02 Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWlucfg, SUNWlur, SUNWluu. Patch: 121431-74 Obsoletes: 121436-05, 121438-02 Requires: Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWlucfg, SUNWlur, SUNWluu. Patch: 121429-13 Obsoletes: Requires: 120236-01, 121431-16 Incompatibles: Packages: SUNWluzone.
Here is the Live-upgrade Sequence:
- Install the latest LU Patches to the current Boot Environment. (We just did that)
- Install the prerequisite patches to the current Boot Environment.
- Create the new Boot environment.
- Install the recommend OS Patch bundle on new Boot Environment.
- Activate the new Boot environment
- Reboot the system using init 6.
Thank you for reading this article.
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