I'd recommend reading the pages of RFEs and bug fixed in the LDoms s\ware listed
in the release notes of 1.1->1.3

Staying on 1.0.3 is generally not good advice...

Rob



On 02/17/10 16:19, Steve Goldthorpe wrote:
> If the aim is for as short a down-time as possible, don't upgrade the LDM 
> software.  You'd need to match it with the relevant hypervisor firmware and 
> to flash this you'd need to turn all the LDoms off for an extended duration.
> 
> Of course should you already be on a suitable hypervisor level (check the 
> relevant release notes and patches), then you can ignore this.
> 
> -Steve
> 
> --- On Wed, 17/2/10, Terry Smith <Terry.Smith at Sun.COM> wrote:
> 
>> From: Terry Smith <Terry.Smith at Sun.COM>
>> Subject: Re: [ldoms-discuss] update the primary domain without shutting down 
>> the other LDoms
>> To: "Glen Gunselman" <ggunselm at emporia.edu>
>> Cc: ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org
>> Date: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010, 15:55
>> Glen
>>
>> I really would advise you to move to a much more recent
>> version of the 
>> LDM software - 1.3 was recently released.  1.0.3 is
>> now over 2 years old 
>> and there are a lot of fixes in either 1.2 or 1.3
>> software.
>>
>> T
>>
>>
>> On 17/02/2010 15:38, Glen Gunselman wrote:
>>> Terry,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> I prefer to use Live Upgrade.
>>>
>>> Here's the hypervisor details that I should have
>> included as well:
>>> Logical Domain Manager (v 1.0.3)
>>>          Hypervisor control
>> protocol v 1.1
>>>          Using Hypervisor MD
>> v 1.0
>>> System PROM:
>>>          Hypervisor 
>>     v. 1.6.7.   
>>    @(#)Hypervisor 1.6.7.a 2008/08/30
>> 05:18\015
>>>          OpenBoot 
>>       v. 4.29.0.      @(#)OBP
>> 4.29.0.a 2008/09/15 12:01
>>>
>>> One of the LDoms is running a test Oracle DB but
>> others are a mix of production and test web servers (some
>> are Oracle Application Servers, some are Apache).
>>> I having a problem with the LDoms hanging. 
>> Support has indicated the problem is:
>>> 6661097 I/Os stuck in VDC/VDS layer causing hang
>>>
>>> and is resolved by kernel patch 139555-08.
>>>
>>> I've patched some of the LDoms to 141444-09 but I'm
>> still seeing the problem.
>>> Support did not say anything about needing to patch
>> the control domain but I'm thinking I should.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for the advice,
>>> Glen
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