Hi Nedzad, list, - 117461-04 not installed, obsoleted by 118833-36. CA checked back with sun and opened an MR/ER and will correct the docu (but did not say when this will be done ;-) ) - 119963-10 - 118833-36 - 119578-30 - 138217-01 (Obsoletes: 119042-11) - 119059-46
Hope this helps. Regards, Marcel On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Nedzad Joldic <[email protected]> wrote: > Marcel - would you share what is your current revision for all patches below > since you imply no issues with OC/SRM with latest patches installed? > > > I got this CA response when asked about Solaris10 patch requirement few > months ago: > > "... Again, this information in 5136.pdf, from what I am told is wrong ... > on page 12 of "Spectrum r9.0 Installation Guide" > ?117461-04 Linker > ?119963-04 SunOS 5.10: Shared library patch for C++ > ?118833-36 SunOS 5.10: Kernel patch > ?119578-30 SunOS 5.10: FMA patch (required by 118833-36) > ?119042-09 SunOS 5.10: usr/sbin/svccfg patch (required by 118833-36) > > Patch 119059 is not required by SPECTRUM. However, if you have > installed it, and you are also installing SRM, verify that the patch > version does not exceed 119059-20. If you have installed a higher > version, you must re-install Solaris 10 with a version that does not > exceed 119059-20 in order for SRM to be able to run reports. > > This note was added during 9.0 beta, but the issue should have been resolved > with the GA release of SPECTRUM 9.0... " > > > Thanks, > Nedzad > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Schulte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:41 AM > To: spectrum > Cc: spectrum > Subject: Re: [spectrum] [Spectrum] Latest patches for installation in Solaris > 10 > > Hi Edgar, list, > > we've had the same questions asked when we were to install Spectrum 9.0 (see > my mail "Patch restrictions for installation 9.0 on Solaris 10?" Jan,22nd). > > Unfortunately we had no answer since today :-(Patch restrictions for > installation 9.0 on Solaris 10? > > But - some kind of masochistic from time to time regarding Spectrum and the > recommendations - I installed latest Solaris10 (U6 from Oktober 2008) and the > current (at time of installation) Recommended Patch Cluster (2009/01/09). No > OS issues till now regarding SS/OC/SRM. > > Hope this helps, > Marcel > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:40 PM, edgar parra <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear all, regards, >> >> I was wondering the following regarding some patches CA recommends to >> have installed with the OS (Solaris) previous to install Spectrum. >> >> One of my providers is configuring 2 Solaris Servers and there are >> patches recommended by CA, that are obsoletes and are replaced by new >> ones from the provider (SUN), read below the patch description. >> >> Patches in RED: recommended by CA >> >> Patches in BLUE: latest patches from SUN >> >> - 117461-04 Linker --> is from July 2005 and was replaced by patch >> 118833-36 >> >> - 119963-04 SunOS 5.10: Shared library patch for C++ --> is from >> November >> 2005 and it was replaced by patch 119963-12 (Nov.2008) >> >> - 119042-09 SunOS 5.10: usr/sbin/svccfg patch (required by 118833-36) >> >> - 119059 verify that patch version do not exceed 119059-20. >> If a superior version than 119059-20 is installed, Solaris 10 must be >> reinstalled without the version that exceeds patch level 119059-20 in >> order to execute and generate SRM Reports. >> >> --> The patch 119059-20 is from January 2007 and the patch 119059-21 >> --> is from >> February 2007 >> all versions of Solaris 10 since 2007 come with the latest update for >> this patch (119059). >> Latest version of this patch is 119059-46 from December 2008. >> >> My question is: is it safe to install these latest patches, instead >> of the ones recommended by CA? or is a must to install these obsolete >> patches? >> >> Any ideas, or feedback from someone that have installed Solaris using >> the latest OS patches are welcome. >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> Eng. Edgar Parra >> >> MCSE, MCSA, MCP, CA's Spectrum Solutions Engineer >> >> --To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] with >> the >> body: unsubscribe spectrum [email protected] > > --- > To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] with the body: > unsubscribe spectrum [email protected] > --- To unsubscribe from spectrum, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe spectrum [email protected]
