Solarais version and patch level?

itsjustme · 10-24-2003, 11:31 AM

(Dadgum unchangeable titles! Solarais = Solaris)

I'm ssh'ed into a Sun Blade 100 Worstation at the root prompt, # .

I can uname -a and get:
SunOS machinename 5.8 Generic_108528-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100

(machinename changed to protect the innocent.)

How do I determine what version/level of Solaris this is?
How can I determine what patch level the thing is at? I assume the uname output above is indicating that the latest patch was 108528-19, but in /var/sadm/patch there are about 200 patch numbers listed with some 109nnn numbers.

Moderators: I posted this in General before I realized that there was a Solaris forum.

itsjustme · 10-24-2003, 11:50 AM

OK, it looks like this means I have SunOS 5.8. But how does that relate to Solaris?

And are patch levels related to SunOS or to Solaris.

Thanks for any input.

dumbguy

trickykid · 10-24-2003, 12:37 PM

Come on man.. you know we mods can move threads, there was no need to create this one again, double posting..

I answered this in General, in which I'm going to have closed now.

Regards.

My answer there was:

Its Solaris 8

Found this page: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/

itsjustme · 10-24-2003, 12:59 PM

OK, yeah sorry about that. I am at work and not thinking as clearly

. Especially since the work is non-paying, but certainly experience generating. A friend of mine gave me this opportunity to work on a couple of non-production systems that they have. One of the tasks is to identify the status of the Sun Blade 100 Workstation and update the patches. They know I have no experience with this, but I'm learning.

Thanks for the link. I thought it might be 8, but wasn't sure.

I'm looking around at sunsolve, but if anyone else has any more bits of wisdom about dealing with patch levels I would appreciate it.

Thanks...

mmars · 10-24-2003, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by itsjustme
(Dadgum unchangeable titles! Solarais = Solaris)

I
SunOS machinename 5.8 Generic_108528-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100

108528-19 is the rev of the kernel you have. `showrev -p` will show you all patches installed.

HTH,
--Matt

itsjustme · 10-24-2003, 02:40 PM

showrev -p -- looks like that is a descriptive account of the /var/sadm/patch directory.

So, apparently the patches are not necessarily applied in a cumulative or chronological order based on patch number.
So, then, there isn't necessarily a patch level that the machine is at.
You just have to search through the patches and look for anything that affects the particular thing you are concerned about, such as the current status of ssh and any patches that affect it.

Is that about right?

Also, are you familiar with the sunsolve site? Is there a way I can look for any patches that affect, say, ssh specifically on the platform I have?

Thanks for the input...

stickman · 10-24-2003, 03:05 PM

The first six digits of the patch indicate the patch number. The two digits after the dash indicate the patch revision number.

Sun makes several patch tools available that generate nice summary reports. Patchdiag is somewhat simplistic, but it does give you a nice text report that is sorted by recommended/security/etc.

cwolf · 10-30-2003, 04:21 AM

I suggest to install the Solaris 8 Patch Cluster if you want to get your machine up to date.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show...s/patch-access

itsjustme · 10-30-2003, 03:35 PM

I'm having a heck of a time trying to do this upgrade, so I might have to go that patch cluster route.

Thanks for the link.

chozzie · 11-12-2003, 05:57 AM

sunsolve has a ftp site which you can ftp into.
unfortunately the login and password for annon login escapes me atm.
however, once you get in there there will be a 'recommended' patch for your version of solaris.
e.g. Solaris 9 will have '9_recommended' or something similar - it's been a while
anywaaays. that will have the up to date cluster of patches for your version of Solaris.

if you run showrev -p it will show the patches which are currently installed on your system, but it'll be tedious to go through them one at a time in order to detemines which ones need upgrading.
showrev -p is good for patch verification for patches which you wish to check whether you have the current rev, or whether you need to upgrade (as the name of the command suggest

) however to patch your box using it will take a zillion years (and them some).

hth

itsjustme · 11-13-2003, 11:08 AM

Hey... I almost forgot about this thread.

I got the Blade machine upgraded from Solaris 8 to 9. Here is what I just posted over in a Sun forum:

Quote:

To apply new patches to my newly installed Solaris 9:
SunOS systemname 5.9 Generic_112233-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100,
do I simply go here:
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show...s/patch-access
- select '9(98.6M)', (Is that 98.6M the size of the download file?)
- go down and select 'Download HTTP' or 'Download FTP',
- and then follow the install instructions in the readme.

(If that's not the best idea, then maybe someone could point me in the right direction.)

Is there any way to tell how much space that would require for installation?
My c0t0d0s0 is at about 82% capacity with about 1.1G free. There is also a c0t0d0s3 slice that has about 7.5G free, but it has a mount point named /space and will probably be repopulated with stuff moved out of it for the upgrade..

That's the same location that cwolf recommended for the Solaris 8 patches, so I reckon I'm at the right place. Is it as simple as I've inquired above? As long as I have room on the disk...

Thanks for the replies.

cwolf · 11-13-2003, 12:01 PM

Yes, it is...

1. Download the Patch-Cluster (9_Recommended.zip)
2. Unpack it (needs about 250MB IRC)
3. Change to the directory 9_Recommended
4. ...and start the installer Script ./install_cluster (or something like that)

itsjustme · 11-13-2003, 03:01 PM

Cool, thanks....