Re: [zones-discuss] Patching a machine with local zones
Ron Halstead wrote: When patching a machine with local zones, should the local zones be halted or left running? I can't seem to find a definitive answer. apply latest patchadd patch 119254 SPARC 119255 x86 Once the latest patch is applies, then either halted or running will work. One other thing, make sure to run patchadd -a patchid-revision first, -a basically does a dryrun, boots any halted zones etc and does dependency checks. if there are any issues with a zone not being bootable the output should clearly indicate this ( examine the output carefully! ), and must be remedied prior to running the actual patchadd. Might also catch issues where a patch will not apply to one zone out of a list of zones, which might also need to be examined depending on the patch etc. Enda ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Patching a machine with local zones
On 9/6/07, Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing, make sure to run patchadd -a patchid-revision first, -a basically does a dryrun, boots any halted zones etc and does dependency checks. Hmmm, I've been looking for dryrun support. A quick look at the man page shows why I haven't found it yet. Is the fact that the -a option is not documented a bug or an indication that it is a private feature? I just need to know what to put in the bug report. if there are any issues with a zone not being bootable the output should clearly indicate this ( examine the output carefully! ), and must be Is any work being done on improving the output of patchadd? As it is today, the output is extremely tedious to read and worse to try to parse for automated checks. I've been silently gnawing on my tongue waiting for pdo.c to become available to see what can be done to improve it, but the wait is getting to be quite long. Mike -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Patching a machine with local zones
Mike Gerdts wrote: On 9/6/07, Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other thing, make sure to run patchadd -a patchid-revision first, -a basically does a dryrun, boots any halted zones etc and does dependency checks. Hmmm, I've been looking for dryrun support. A quick look at the man page shows why I haven't found it yet. Is the fact that the -a option is not documented a bug or an indication that it is a private feature? I just need to know what to put in the bug report. it's actually private, but is so useful in terms on zones patching, that I just tell all people too run it. Might log an RFE to get it converted to public as it's hard to get by in a zones system without dryrun really. if there are any issues with a zone not being bootable the output should clearly indicate this ( examine the output carefully! ), and must be Is any work being done on improving the output of patchadd? As it is today, the output is extremely tedious to read and worse to try to parse for automated checks. I've been silently gnawing on my tongue waiting for pdo.c to become available to see what can be done to improve it, but the wait is getting to be quite long. hmm, I agree, it should be improved, I logged quite a few bugs against pdo messaging, but overall this really should be improved. I can log another one and provide some suggested ideas any suggestions ( as I do not work in dev I cannot gaurantee what will or wil not get fixed by the way ) Enda Mike ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
