On Dec 24, 2008, at 4:07 PM, Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Hi, > >>> We now support setting the security keys (at least from OBP; Solaris > changes are needed to support doing so from Solaris). > > ok > > Another question: > > From reading the manuals it seems possible to install ldm 1.1 on older > Solaris Releases if the necessary patches are installed. But it' s not > clear for me if I then can use all new features and have all bug > fixes. > > > Can we install the Solaris patches on our existing Solaris > installations > (using mostly Solaris 10 8/07) and install ldm 1.1 to get all new > features or must we upgrade the installations to Solaris 10 10/8?
I believe you need to update to Solaris 10 10/08 to get features like NIU Hybrid I/O, VLAN support, vdisk multipathing, etc. I don't think these features are available via patches. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. :-) -Eric > > > regards > > Bernd > > Eric Sharakan wrote: >> On Dec 24, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Bernd Schemmer wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> just reading your blog : >>> >>>>> his release also includes a lot of other improvements and bug >>>>> fixes. >>> Among other: >>>>> >>>>> * WANboot Support >>> >>> What's new here? We already installed all our Primary and Guest >>> LDoms >>> using wanboot (without the security features) >> >> We now support setting the security keys (at least from OBP; Solaris >> changes are needed to support doing so from Solaris). >> >> -Eric >> >>> >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Bernd >>> >>> >>> Alexandre Chartre wrote: >>>> Yes, have a look here for some additional details: >>>> >>>> http://blogs.sun.com/achartre/ >>>> >>>> >>>> alex. >>>> >>>> >>>> John Falkenthal wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here's an updated list of 1.1 content. I know Alex, Octave, Eric >>>>> and a >>>>> few others will be posting blog entries with more interesting >>>>> details on >>>>> some of the major features... >>>>> >>>>> Major Features Introduced in LDoms 1.1 >>>>> >>>>> * Warm and Cold Migration >>>>> * Network NIU Hybrid IO >>>>> * VLAN Support for Virtual Network Interface and Virtual Switch >>>>> * Public XML Interface and XMPP Connection with the Domain >>>>> Manager >>>>> * Virtual IO DR >>>>> * Virtual Disk Multipathing and Failover >>>>> * Virtual Switch Support for Link Aggregated Interface >>>>> * iostat(1M) Support in Guest Domains >>>>> >>>>> Other Improvements Include: >>>>> >>>>> * Improved Interrupt Distribution (CR 6671853 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6671853>) >>>>> * Performance improvements for virtual IO (Several CR's: 6689871 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6689871>, >>>>> 6640564 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6640564>) >>>>> * Solaris Installation to Single Slice Disk (CR 6685162 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6685162>) >>>>> * Numerous Improvements and Extension to our Domain Services >>>>> Infrastructure (CR 6560890 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6560890>) >>>>> * Improved Console Behavior when not using Virtual Console (CR >>>>> 6581309 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6581309 >>>>> >) >>>>> * VDisk EFI Label Support for Disk Image (CR 6558966 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6558966>) >>>>> * VDisk Support for Disk Managed by Multi-pathing Software >>>>> (Veritas >>>>> DMP, EMC Powerpath) (CR 6694540 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6694540>, >>>>> 6637560 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6637560>) >>>>> * ldm list -l now displays MAC assigned to guest (CR 6586046 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6586046>) >>>>> * Improved Error Messages (CR's 6741733 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6741733>, >>>>> 6590124 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6590124>, >>>>> 6715063 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6715063>) >>>>> * ldm list -o provides fine-grained control of configuration >>>>> display >>>>> options (CR 6562222 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6562222>) >>>>> * More accurate utilization percentage reporting (CR's 6637955 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6637955>, >>>>> 6709020 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6709020>) >>>>> * Can now explicitly set a domain's hostid (CR 6670605 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6670605>) >>>>> * Improved persistence of VIO service and VDS volume names (CR's >>>>> 6729544 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6729544 >>>>> >, >>>>> 6771264 <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6771264 >>>>> >) >>>>> * More predictable behavior when deciding which cpus to DR out >>>>> of a >>>>> domain (CR 6567372 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6567372>) >>>>> * More accurate annotations in ldm ls-spconfig output (CR >>>>> 6744046 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6744046>) >>>>> * Better support for large, fragmented memory configs for a >>>>> domain >>>>> (CR 6749507 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6749507>) >>>>> * Supports setting persistent WANboot keys from OBP (CR 6510365 >>>>> <http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6510365>) >>>>> * Lots of Bug Fixes (over 100) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>>>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany >>> http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html >>> >>> M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . >>> Fidel Castro >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >> > > > -- > Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany > http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html > > M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . > Fidel Castro > > _______________________________________________ > ldoms-discuss mailing list > ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss
