Operational model the easiest way to understand the advantages of oracle solaris live upgrade is to summarize how it works. My issue is were running solaris 10 on a hp dl380 g5 and i suspect the non native hardware is confusing things. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs is really simple compared to some of the messes you could get into with svm mirrored root disks. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. For you information,from solaris 11 onward, zfs will be the default root filesystem. New in solaris 10 update 8 zfs support in flash archives. Find answers to how to upgrade from ufs to zfs in solaris 10.
For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. In my opinion, there is one new feature that will really help propel root zfs installations into the enterprises where there was resistance before. This is having zfs filesystem and 10 sparseroot zones are there. I want to install solaris10 recommended patch cluster on it, but not sure, how to go ahead with procedure. Also, solaris live upgrade works the same as in previous releases when you use zfs. This pool name called zone was originally defined and config in this same machine, and it is on the san.
Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Learn solaris 11 zfs data deduplication, shadow migration and splitting a mirrored zpool including a root pool. With the release of the oracle solaris 10 10 08 operating system, oracle solaris live upgrade is integrated with the oracle solaris zfs. We have performed patching for solaris os under zfs with zones using live.
In addition zfs snapshot and rollback is the best way to return to a stable setting of deployments, applications, productions and qa systems after any modifications on the system. Solaris convert a single root ufs to a root zfs mirror 18 feb 2011 scenario. Helios sun solaris 10 zfs offers blazing filesystem. Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference.
At the heart of the filesystem are zfs pools which group disks together. A bit of history this pool was built under solaris 10 update 7, i think i did an zfs upgrade to version 22 then i did something a few weeks later to corrupt usrlib, so i decided to do an upgrade install into solaris update 9. The problem is on the client i cant change ownership of files, which is used by e. Solaris 10 zfs essentials is the perfect guide for learning how to deploy and manage zfs file systems. How to figure out which network interface is used by nfs on solaris 10. Solaris 11 new features zfs file system enhancements part 2 of 2. How to mount the zfs rpool while booted from cd sparc. Use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots in at least the solaris 10 509 release. But we have to make sure backup everything include create zfs snapshot and splitting zfs mirror for rollback plan. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots. I have worked on many volume manages like svmsolaris volume manager,vxvm veritas volume manager and lvm. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 1008 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs. Solaris 11 new features zfs file system enhancements. The problem is that is eats 5gb of memory i want to have, which means i have an arc max size of 8gb and a zfs file data of gb reported by memstat.
Using an s keystore for zfs encryption oracle what. This process is tested on oracle solaris 10 and 11. Solaris filesystem configuration ufs, zfs, disk partitioning, raid. Zfs snapshot and rollback with local zones introduction. This article describes some new features of zfs and its usage in real production environment. These lus have to be on a spare disk if you have more then. Zfs root, install the additional patches listed in. Zfs snapshot and rollback with local zones white paper. Oracle took a brave decision by making zfs as default root filesystem in solaris 11 onwards. Use liveupgrade to migrate from ufs to zfs with minimal. To utilize all available solaris live upgrade functionality such as support for non global zones and. Even though zfs, the zetabyte file system made its appearance during the life of solaris 10.
Continuing on from the article on how to use liveupgrade to upgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10, we now migrate our solaris 10 ufs file systems to zfs. I had no problems installing and patching solaris 10u6 on x86 platform. This document is intended to assist field engineers and customers assisting configure solaris 10 zfs. Been running nas4free since it split from freenas and been quite happy. This article gives a detailed overview, how we migrate our servers from ufs to zfs boot 2way mirros, how they are upgraded to solaris 10u6 aka 1008 with var on a separate zfs and finally how to accomplish daytoday patching. Mounting zpool solaris server and freebsd client ask question asked 3 years, 11 months ago. I want to install solaris 10 recommended patch cluster on it, but not sure, how to go ahead with pr the unix and linux forums. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones by ramdev published october 26, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 for servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if nonglobal zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. I worked for sun at the time, and it was clear that zfs was a revolution in file systems but it was also very clear that it was. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. I feel a bit like a kid at the ice cream shop do i want chocolate, vanilla, mint chocolate chip, something else. Solaris convert a single root ufs to a root zfs mirror. Mounting zpool solaris server and freebsd client unix.
The release of solaris 10 1009 update 8 has come and gone, and without too much fanfare from my point of view. I want to patch one side of the mirror and keep intact another side safe in case of. About this task for copybased transitions, you perform these steps after completing the storage cutover operation in the. I thought it was about time i took another look, since a lot of the updates in opensolaris were looking good. Solaris zfs of solaris 10 operating system function fujitsu global. For solaris 10 hosts booted off of zfs root pools, the system will be. When you say zfs file data isnt arc i understand since i cleary see it on my server using kstat. To be able to troubleshoot booting issues, sometimes we have to boot the system in single user mode using the cdrom.
This involves moving the pool from zfs version 31 down to zfs version 28. Regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch. There is a new readonly property keychangedate that shows that date and time of the last wrapping key change basically the last time zfs key c was run on the dataset, this is similar to the rekeydate property that shows the last time we added a new data encryption key. The keys for encrypted zfs file system are only required when they are first accessed. If you are new to solaris or are using zfs for the first time, you will find it very easy to get zfs up and running on your home system or your business it infrastructure by. Hi steve i keep bumping into this thread so ill just step in and ask. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os docdeveloppement. So to simulate a reboot i unload the keys for all the file system in the zone. Zfs mirror maintains a copy of all data on a different location from the original. Its been almost 10 years to the day since sun microsystems first released zfs as a part of the solaris 10 606 release. Use liveupgrade to migrate from ufs to zfs with minimal downtime. Solaris zfs solaris zfs is designed to overcome the limitations of existing. I am in the process of moving my current zfs pool from solaris express 11 to openindiana, primarily because i can not get patches etc without a support contract from oracle.
Liveupgrade handles the migration of the critical filesystems, well manually migrate three other. So zfs knowledge is must for all of the solaris administrator who is going to work on solaris 11. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone. I am kind of lost on how to export directories from the solaris os which has zfs via nfs. The zfs mirror data repair function, replaces any corrupted data with correct data. Solaris 11 creating and maintaining zfs pools the urban. I want to build a file server, with a large raidz2 zfs pool, using 6. Here is the comparison of features and commands for both solaris 10 and 11. How to mount the zfs rpool while booted from cd sparc by admin. These updates can either be a system upgrade or the application of patches. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 10 08 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs.
This is required to access the root file system and find out the issue causing the boot problem. Ive seen plenty of docs for adding zfs filesystems to zones. Single user mode doesnt really work for patching solaris 10 with zones. I am using solaris zones, and dont want to reboot my system. Remove zfs filesystem from zone in solaris 10 source. Can zfs snapshots on a nas accessed via windows previous versions be made more flexible in regard to renaming files. Below is a simple live upgrade be creation and patching example.
After transitioning solaris host luns with zfs file systems from data ontap operating in 7mode to clustered data ontap, you must mount the luns. Will check tomorrow and get back to you singlespeedbeard dec 10 14 at. Sun have done some work in recent times with liveupgrade the last time i looked at it, a few years back now, it was rubbish. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots on zfs solaris 10 1008. How to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots at least solaris 10 509 use this procedure when you need to upgrade or patch a zfs root file system with zone roots in at least the solaris 10 509 release. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Mounting solaris host luns with zfs file systems after. I want to install solaris10 recommended patch cluster on it. Sifting through some documentation, i couldnt find a little walkthrough of how to remove a zfs filesystem from a zone. Browse other questions tagged solaris zfs filesharing servermessageblock snapshot or ask your own question. I want to share a separate zfs fs datapool3 on a sol11 server s5 to clients, which uses solaris 10 or linux.