I''m currently running:
OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111b X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 07 May 2009
Or uname shows "SunOS fsfs 5.11 snv_111b i86pc i386 i86pc".
I''m totally confused about versions of this thing, by the way, and
releases.
This is a home NAS server, running (currently) 4 data disks in two
mirrored pairs in the data pool. Disks are SATA hot-swap on the on-board
controllers on an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, in case that matters
for what version is suitable. I''m adding a Supermicro UIO MegaRAID
AOC-USAS-L8i controller, in case THAT matters for what version is
suitable. I''m using CIFS. The data pool is currently 800GB, about to
become 1.2TB when I add a third pair of disks. That''s about it.
So, what''s the best easy-to-install opensolaris upgrade for me to go
to?
And how could I have figured this out for myself (like a list of what''s
in
the repository and what it''s called maybe)? And how do I go about
updating to it? I currently have opensolaris-1 and opensolaris-2 boot
environments on my rpool, which confirms my memory that I''ve used pkg
to
update in the past. Since the hardware is either already working, or
something widely said to work well in Solaris, I think the primary concern
in picking a version is the state of the ZFS code, hence asking here.
To put it differently:
If I wanted to upgrade to build 124, say, or 130, how would I do that?
What would I type?
And the other half of the question, what''s the best stable built around
this week?
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As the contents of /etc/release indicates, you''re using the 2009.06 release of OpenSolaris, which is the current latest "stable" release. It was based on Build 111b of the source base (as shown by the ''snv_111b'' moniker in both ''uname -a'' and /etc/release ) There will be some updates to this release, as the updatemanager GUI (or pkg CLI) will show you when you run it. However, these updates aren''t much more than a small section of critical bugfixes. If you''d like to live on the bleeding edge, and have access to the latest Development builds, got to http://pkg.opensolaris.org and click on the ''dev'' link for instructions as to how to change your update repository from the ''stable'' branch to the ''development'' repository. As that link may be a bit hard to see, you can use this direct link: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/en/index.shtml Under the heading of "if it ain''t broke, don''t fix it", I wouldn''t bother to change to the dev branch at this point. The next stable "named" release is due out in a month or so (tentatively for late March, though April is likely). This will be automatically available via your current pkg repository. This release should be based on b133 or thereabouts. -Erik David Dyer-Bennet wrote:> I''m currently running: > > OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111b X86 > Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > Use is subject to license terms. > Assembled 07 May 2009 > > Or uname shows "SunOS fsfs 5.11 snv_111b i86pc i386 i86pc". > > I''m totally confused about versions of this thing, by the way, and releases. > > This is a home NAS server, running (currently) 4 data disks in two > mirrored pairs in the data pool. Disks are SATA hot-swap on the on-board > controllers on an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, in case that matters > for what version is suitable. I''m adding a Supermicro UIO MegaRAID > AOC-USAS-L8i controller, in case THAT matters for what version is > suitable. I''m using CIFS. The data pool is currently 800GB, about to > become 1.2TB when I add a third pair of disks. That''s about it. > > So, what''s the best easy-to-install opensolaris upgrade for me to go to? > And how could I have figured this out for myself (like a list of what''s in > the repository and what it''s called maybe)? And how do I go about > updating to it? I currently have opensolaris-1 and opensolaris-2 boot > environments on my rpool, which confirms my memory that I''ve used pkg to > update in the past. Since the hardware is either already working, or > something widely said to work well in Solaris, I think the primary concern > in picking a version is the state of the ZFS code, hence asking here. > > To put it differently: > > If I wanted to upgrade to build 124, say, or 130, how would I do that? > What would I type? > > And the other half of the question, what''s the best stable built around > this week? > >-- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-123 Phone: x17195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800)
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Erik Trimble <Erik.Trimble at sun.com> wrote:> As the contents of /etc/release indicates, you''re using the 2009.06 release > of OpenSolaris, which is the current latest "stable" release. It was based > on Build 111b of the source base (as shown by the ''snv_111b'' moniker in both > ''uname -a'' and /etc/release ) > > There will be some updates to this release, as the updatemanager GUI (or > pkg CLI) will show you when you run it. However, these updates aren''t much > more than a small section of critical bugfixes. > > If you''d like to live on the bleeding edge, and have access to the latest > Development builds, got to http://pkg.opensolaris.org and click on the > ''dev'' link for instructions as to how to change your update repository from > the ''stable'' branch to the ''development'' repository. > > As that link may be a bit hard to see, you can use this direct link: > > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/en/index.shtml > > > > Under the heading of "if it ain''t broke, don''t fix it", I wouldn''t bother > to change to the dev branch at this point. The next stable "named" release > is due out in a month or so (tentatively for late March, though April is > likely). This will be automatically available via your current pkg > repository. This release should be based on b133 or thereabouts. > > -Erik > > >As an aside, is the stable branch being regularly patched now with security and bug fixes? --Tim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20100202/54d76ba6/attachment.html>
On 2/2/2010 8:16 PM, Erik Trimble wrote:> As the contents of /etc/release indicates, you''re using the 2009.06 > release of OpenSolaris, which is the current latest "stable" release. > It was based on Build 111b of the source base (as shown by the > ''snv_111b'' moniker in both ''uname -a'' and /etc/release ) > > There will be some updates to this release, as the updatemanager GUI > (or pkg CLI) will show you when you run it. However, these updates > aren''t much more than a small section of critical bugfixes.Ah, but we are now getting critical fixes, at least?> > If you''d like to live on the bleeding edge, and have access to the > latest Development builds, got to http://pkg.opensolaris.org and click > on the ''dev'' link for instructions as to how to change your update > repository from the ''stable'' branch to the ''development'' repository. > > As that link may be a bit hard to see, you can use this direct link: > > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/en/index.shtmlOkay, so those are really the alternatives? I can''t choose to install build 124 now, since it''s nowhere near the latest? I figured I must be missing something that would let me do that.> > Under the heading of "if it ain''t broke, don''t fix it", I wouldn''t > bother to change to the dev branch at this point. The next stable > "named" release is due out in a month or so (tentatively for late > March, though April is likely). This will be automatically available > via your current pkg repository. This release should be based on b133 > or thereabouts. >Always an interesting question. I''m VERY interested in a fix in 122 (it''s been preventing my backups from working decently for a YEAR; have to do a full, can''t do incrementals). I suspect I''ll go to bleeding edge, find one that works (which I hope will be the first week I try!), and then stay there until the next stable is out, and flip back to stable. Shouldn''t need new features for a while :-). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Tim Cook wrote:> > As an aside, is the stable branch being regularly patched now with security and bug fixes?From the horse''s mouth: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolaris -- richard
On Wed, February 3, 2010 12:06, Richard Elling wrote:> On Feb 2, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Tim Cook wrote: >> >> As an aside, is the stable branch being regularly patched now with >> security and bug fixes? > > From the horse''s mouth: > http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolarisWhen I follow that through, it only offers me extras and HA Cluster; nothing about ordinary OpenSolaris updates that I can find. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info