roush wrote: > Hi Enda, > > Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland) wrote: >> Ellard Roush wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Solaris 10 update 4 introduced the BrandZ feature set. >>> Solaris 10 update 5 will introduce more zone features. >>> Today Sun Cluster requires the the Solaris 10 release be at >>> least up to the Solaris 10 update 3 level. >>> >>> We are proposing to ship a new feature in Sun Cluster >>> that will use the BrandZ feature set and support >>> the new zone features in Solaris 10 update 5. >>> Naturally, this new feature will only be operational >>> when the customer installs Solaris 10 update 5. >>> >>> There are at least 2 ways to load new software. >>> >>> 1) Install the Solaris 10 update 5 release >>> >>> In this case we know that everything works fine. >>> >>> 2) Install patches for Solaris 10 update 5. >>> This approach loads all of the bug fixes, >>> and does not load the new packages. >>> >>> If a customer installs patches, >>> will BrandZ and all the new zone features >>> of Solaris 10 update 5 work ? >>> Or will the customer just get the bug fixes ? >> they'll get everything in this case. >> 127127-11/127128-11 is the u5 kernel patch that will deliver all this. >> What features are you interested in. >> > We are using the BrandZ framework to support a "cluster" Brand zone that > is the same as the "native" Brand zone with hooks added > for our software. For > example, we use the callbacks to learn when zones change state "up" vs > "down", while we still execute the original "native" brand functionality > in these cases. > > We are going support a Zone Cluster, which is a virtual cluster, > where each virtual node is a "cluster" brand zone. This will enable > us to support cluster applications inside a zone environment. > > This means that we need S10u4 in order to get the BrandZ feature set. > We also would like to support the new zone features of S10u5, > which will probably include hard caps on CPU's. yep. the patch 127127-11/127128-11 (SPARC/x86 ) will deliver this then.
Enda > >> As for installing patcehs on zones systems there are a few things >> they need to be aware of. >> 1 install latest patch utils first (119254/119255) >> 2 always run patchadd -a <patch-id> first before installing the patch. >> >> the -a does a dryrun and especially in the case of zones, will catch >> issues like zones dependency issues/unbootable zones etc. No files >> get modified, so it allows you to identify certain types of issues ( >> not all issues mind you ). >> The patchadd -a output is pretty hard to parse, but make sure to >> examine closely for any issues relating to zones etc. >> >> Enda >> >>> > > Thanks for the information. > Ellard > >>> >>> --- >>> Our people in the field say that customers are >>> much more willing to install patch >>> as opposed to installing an update. >>> >>> Some aspects of patching are murky. >>> So your help is appreciated. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ellard >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zones-discuss mailing list >>> zones-discuss@opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
