Re: [pca] Solaris 9 transitioning to Extended Support

2011-11-04 Thread Dennis Clarke

 Just a reminder - Solaris 9 has entered vintage support now. The new
 kernel
 patch 122300-61/122301-60 is the first one that requires Vintage Solaris
 support for download and is therefore not available via a standard Solaris
 support contract.

 Those of you which still run Solaris 9 systems might want to keep a copy
 of the
 patchdiag.xref from Oct/31/11.

Very nice of the Oracle folks to release a kernel patch update immediately
after the thing requires vintage support. Personally I have yet to meet a
single IT manager or site admin that cares about Solaris anymore. Heck,
you can not even get compiler patches so why bother to do dev work for
Solaris.

Dennis



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Re: [pca] Solaris 9 transitioning to Extended Support

2011-11-04 Thread Don O'Malley

  
  
Hi,

The latest Solaris 9 KUs will not require an Extended Support
contract.

We have put an exception in place for these KUs as they were in the
our pipeline before Solaris 9 entered Extended support.

The only other patch that will be treated similarly is 115553-31,
due to be released later today.

Best,
-Don


On 04/11/11 07:23, Martin Paul wrote:
Just
  a reminder - Solaris 9 has entered vintage support now. The new
  kernel patch 122300-61/122301-60 is the first one that requires
  "Vintage Solaris" support for download and is therefore not
  available via a standard Solaris support contract.
  
  
  Those of you which still run Solaris 9 systems might want to keep
  a copy of the patchdiag.xref from Oct/31/11.
  
  
  Martin.
  
  
  Martin Paul wrote:
  
  Solaris 9 will transition to "Vintage"
Support at the end of October. This means that any Solaris 9
patches (or patch revisions) released from Nov 1st onwards will
require "Vintage" support level. Details on Gerry Haskins' blog:



http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/solaris_9_transitioning_to_extended

  
  


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  Don O'Malley
  
Manager,Patch System Test
Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware 
East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 8199764 
Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test...@oracle.com
   
  



Re: [pca] Solaris 9 transitioning to Extended Support

2011-11-04 Thread Don O'Malley

  
  


On 04/11/11 16:24, Don O'Malley wrote:

  
  Hi,
  
  The latest Solaris 9 KUs will not require an Extended Support
  contract.


Let me rephrase...

The latest Solaris 9 KUs should not require an Extended
Support contract.

We hit a minor bug with our entitlement code, which we've now
corrected. These patches will become available under standard
Solaris support overnight.

Apologies for the confusion.

Best,
-Don

 
  We have put an exception in place for these KUs as they were in
  the our pipeline before Solaris 9 entered Extended support.
  
  The only other patch that will be treated similarly is 115553-31,
  due to be released later today.
  
  Best,
  -Don
  
  
  On 04/11/11 07:23, Martin Paul wrote:
  Just

a reminder - Solaris 9 has entered vintage support now. The new
kernel patch 122300-61/122301-60 is the first one that requires
"Vintage Solaris" support for download and is therefore not
available via a standard Solaris support contract. 

Those of you which still run Solaris 9 systems might want to
keep a copy of the patchdiag.xref from Oct/31/11. 

Martin. 

Martin Paul wrote: 
Solaris 9 will transition to "Vintage"
  Support at the end of October. This means that any Solaris 9
  patches (or patch revisions) released from Nov 1st onwards
  will require "Vintage" support level. Details on Gerry
  Haskins' blog: 
  
   http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/solaris_9_transitioning_to_extended
  


  
  
  -- 
  
Don O'Malley

  Manager,Patch System Test
  Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware 
  East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
  Phone: +353 1 8199764 
  Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test...@oracle.com
 


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  Don O'Malley
  
Manager,Patch System Test
Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware 
East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 8199764 
Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test...@oracle.com