zfs discuss - Jan 2012 - patching a solaris server with zones on zfs file systems

Hi All,

Please let me know the procedure how to patch a server which is having 5
zones on zfs file systems.

Root file system exists on internal disk and zones are existed on SAN.

Thank you all,
Bhanu
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which version of solaris?
s10u? live upgrade, zfs snap, halt zone, backup zone, zoneadm detach zone,
zoneadm attach -U zone after os upgrade by  zfs snap and liveupgrade of just
upgrade from dvd
or s11? beadm for new root, upgrade os, treat zone as above
regards



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On Jan 21, 2012, at 5:46, bhanu prakash <bhanu.sysadm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Please let me know the procedure how to patch a server which is having 5
zones on zfs file systems.
> 
> Root file system exists on internal disk and zones are existed on SAN.
> 
> Thank you all,
> Bhanu
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Hi
Need more info here, what exactly is the root FS, ie zfs?
what kernel rev is current ( uname -a )
is there a specific patch that is being installed.

if so then Live upgrade is best bet, combined with perhaps recommended 
patch cluster.

apply latest rev of 119254 and 121430 ( SPARC ) or ( 121431 and 119254 
), then use lucreate to create new BE and the installpatchset script in 
recommended cluster to patch the ABE.

If Live upgrade is not an option, then I suggest going with recommended 
patch cluster still, it is well tested and the install script is very 
robust. Depending on what current kernel level is, zones might have to 
be halted if patching the live BE.

If doing tis manually, then apply latest rev of 119254/119255 ( 
SPARC/x86 ) patch utils patch first.


Enda
On 21/01/2012 10:46, bhanu prakash wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Please let me know the procedure how to patch a server which is having 5
> zones on zfs file systems.
>
> Root file system exists on internal disk and zones are existed on SAN.
>
> Thank you all,
> Bhanu
>
>
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