Solaris 8 cluster patches

[KenCunningham]

Good morning folks. I have what I hope is a fairly simple question, but I'd like to get it clear in my mind that I won't run into problems when I do the necessary work on Sunday. Basically, can anyone confirm or deny that the Solaris sparc 8_Recommended cluster available from Sunsolve is the most up-to-date version of the cluster and is cumulative in the sense that any level of Solaris 8 can be patched with it? I'm a little nervous because I go on holiday next week and I don't want to spend it on the mobile sorting out problems!! TIA.

 

[daFranze]

Ken, may I suggest to patch the host AFTER the holidays?! ;-)

In Germany we say "ich habe schon Pferde kotzen sehen" (meaning "I have seen the impossible thing" - word by word "I saw horses spitting"): the Clusters available via

http://sunsolve.sun.*

are always the up to date versions (released) and can be installed on any HW Release (minor release - I don't need to tell you that the x86 patches aren't SPARC patches, but some other's may read this, so I write it...)

Have a nice trip! Where do you go to?

Best Regards, Franz
--
Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years in the domain of the OS, Backup and Storage

 

[KenCunningham]

Franz, many thanks for that. I wish I had the option to do the patching after my holidays, but needs must or rather management must!

We're heading for Menorca a week today so hopefully all will be well by then and I can soak up some sun in peace. Many thanks for your best wishes, I'll have a beer for you!!

 

[coffeysm]

I installed the latest cluster patch 117350-25 on a few machines that were 117350-02, and had no problems. But the version before this one did break my Sunray servers. I also installed on a couple of machines that were in the 108528 kernel level and all seemed to go well. I guess the main thing is what kind of programs are on the machine you are patching?

 

[KenCunningham]

Thanks for the input coffeysm. It's an Oracle (8.1.7.4) database server specifically a Sunfire V480R with three A1000 arrays attached. Nothing special as far as the OS is concerned. Given past problems with A1000s I thought it best to ask. I'm also applying the latest cluster patch to J2SE, so wish me luck.

 

[coffeysm]

Ahh I see I will wish you luck then, may the force be with you!! You can always back out of the cluster patch (hopefully) to in case something does go wrong.

 

[KenCunningham]

Thanks for the good wishes. Seems like The Force was with me. All went well, so I'm now in wind-down mode! Thanks again.