Best advice I can give is to stop all those non-essential processes on both the global host and zones. SUNWJass does a good job of this.
While you are doing the upgrade, see where the bottleneck is. Check the db, check the server, look at the logs, see where the cpu cycles are going... On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Peter Romain < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Hi Axton, > > > > The problem I have is that I’m no Solaris expert. > > The Solaris admin tells me that everything is normal with the zones. > > I have halted all other zones so that the server zone is alone. > > > > I was just wondering if there was any ‘obvious’ setting I can look for that > might be reigning the zone back. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Axton > *Sent:* 12 August 2010 15:58 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Slow Upgrades in Solaris Zones > > > > ** What type of resource constraints do you have on the zone? > > How many zones are on the global host and what are the other zones doing? > > > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592 > > > > Axton Grams > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Peter Romain < > [email protected]> wrote: > > ** > > Hi All, > > > > We are seeing slow upgrade times taking a small system (CMDB and AM only, > 15,000 CIs, 1GB Oracle DB) from AM 7.03 P9 to AM 7.6 P1 on a zone on a > T2000. > > > > By slow I mean it takes ~ 60 hours! > > > > On a T5400 zone it takes ~ 24 hours. > > > > The DBA reckons the database is fine and the network connectivity seems ok > too. > > > > The Solaris admins say all is OK with the zones. > > > > We’re still not sure where the problem lies but the finger is pointing at > Solaris at the moment. > > > > Are there any Solaris zone settings we might try to speed the upgrade > performance? > > > > On a Windows/SQL Server system the same upgrade took ~ 6 hours. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter > > > > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
