zfs discuss - Jul 2008 - zfs patches in latest sol10 u2 patch bundle

Hi ZFS gurus  --  I have a v240 with solaris10 u2 release  and ZFs - could you
please tell me if by applying the latest patch bundle of update 2 -- I will get
the all the ZFS patches installed as well ?

Thanks much for your support 

~Balu
 
 
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S10U2 has zfs version=1. Any patches are just bug fixes (I''m not sure
if
there are any). If your intention is to get to a newer, later, greater ZFS,
you''ll need to upgrade. S10U5 has, for example, version=4. Differences
in
the versions of zfs can be found at
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/version/4/ (change the 4 to any
number 1-11 for details).

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Manyam <balu.manyam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi ZFS gurus  --  I have a v240 with solaris10 u2 release  and ZFs - could
> you please tell me if by applying the latest patch bundle of update 2 -- I
> will get the all the ZFS patches installed as well ?
>
> Thanks much for your support
>
> ~Balu
>
>
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Manyam wrote:
> Hi ZFS gurus  --  I have a v240 with solaris10 u2 release  and ZFs - could
you please tell me if by applying the latest patch bundle of update 2 -- I will
get the all the ZFS patches installed as well ?
>
>   
It is possible to patch your way up to the U5 kernel and related 
patches, which should give you all the latest ZFS bits (available in 
Solaris anyways). I have done this from U3, but I believe coming from U2 
wouldn''t be much different. I assume that the required patches are in 
the latest bundle, but I believe ''smpatch update'' is the
prescribed
method these days. Be aware that there is at least one obsolete patch 
that must be installed by hand in order to satisfy a dependency. I
don''t
recall the patch number, but I know the dependant patch will print out a 
notice as such if the required patch is not installed. You will have to 
go through several patch-reboot iterations (one for each kernel patch, 
U2-U5) in order to get all the way there. Once your done patching, you 
should be able to do a ''zpool upgrade'' to the current version
(4).

Depending on your situation though, it may just be easier to do an 
upgrade :)

-Brian

> It is possible to patch your way up to the U5 kernel
> and related 
> patches, which should give you all the latest ZFS
> bits (available in 
> Solaris anyways). I have done this from U3, but I
> believe coming from U2 
> wouldn''t be much different. I assume that the
> required patches are in 
> the latest bundle, but I believe ''smpatch update'' is
> the prescribed 
> method these days. Be aware that there is at least
> one obsolete patch 
> that must be installed by hand in order to satisfy a
> dependency. I don''t 
> recall the patch number, but I know the dependant
> patch will print out a 
> notice as such if the required patch is not
> installed. You will have to 
> go through several patch-reboot iterations (one for
> each kernel patch, 
> U2-U5) in order to get all the way there. Once your
> done patching, you 
> should be able to do a ''zpool upgrade'' to the current
> version (4).
> 
> Depending on your situation though, it may just be
> easier to do an 
> upgrade :)
> 
> -Brian
Thanks! Bryan -- that helps
 
 
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Brian H. Nelson wrote:
> Manyam wrote:
>   
>> Hi ZFS gurus  --  I have a v240 with solaris10 u2 release  and ZFs -
could you please tell me if by applying the latest patch bundle of update 2 -- I
will get the all the ZFS patches installed as well ?
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> It is possible to patch your way up to the U5 kernel and related 
> patches, which should give you all the latest ZFS bits (available in 
> Solaris anyways). I have done this from U3, but I believe coming from U2 
> wouldn''t be much different. I assume that the required patches are
in
> the latest bundle, but I believe ''smpatch update'' is the
prescribed
> method these days. 
There is a (very large) pre-packaged update 5 patch bundle on the
sunsolve patch page to handle this situation.

Ian