This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. How to display information about solaris patches system. Use the following procedure to change or rename a systems host name. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. How to determine the ip address of a solaris system closed. You can either edit it though vi editor else use winscp to edit it remotely. Upgrading to solaris 10 engineering computer network. How to change hostname in solaris 8, 9 and 10 the geek diary. The solaris 10 patchadd command correctly orders patches for you, but solaris 9 and earlier.
Before upgrading the system, do the following ah commands. How to configure a physical interface after system installation. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Solaris 10 u9 with patches two physical nics on management vlan via 2 switches two physical nics on vdi vlan via 2 switches vdi 3. Shows all the usr patches that have been applied to an os server. The advantage of winscp over file zilla is it opens the file. Nov, 2018 msdos and windows command line hostname command updated. Id also recommend using the following command to check the configuration. Shows all patches that have been applied to the system. Shows all patches that have been applied to the package identified by pkgid, for example, sunwadmap. A special set of system accounts will be needed in order to work with solaris 10. The uname system call and command appeared for the first time in pwbunix. The showrev p command provides a list of all patches that were applied to the installed system, regardless of how they were applied.
To check if your operating system has the required oracle solaris 10 patches for installation, run the following command. You need to use the following commands to set or view current hostname, domain name andor fqdn fully qualified domain name. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64. You can do this by checking the hosts file entry in the nf file as follows. Msdos and windows command line hostname command updated. To get the full command line and prevent this issue, run pargs a and parse the result. Unless you transition to oracle solaris 10 extended support, you will not be able. If you wish to install solaris 10 on vmware heres the link. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. The supported way of doing this is to run the sysunconfig command, then reconfigure the host.
You can also change the hostname or ip address without the using the sys unconfig command. Solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. The following commands provide useful information about patches that are already applied to a system. A systems host name is specified in several different locations. Google search doesnt return much of a useful information. How do i permanently change the hostname on solaris 10. Determine the ipv4 addresses that you want to use for the additional. This can cause multiple applications to be merged into one ci. Before you install the solaris patch, make sure that you have backed up the files listed in preinstallation considerations.
You can also change the hostname or ip address without the using the sysunconfig command. Use the svccfg command changes or modifications to the configuration of network services are done using the inetadm or svccfg commands the default etcnf file now contains only a few entries, unlike in previous versions of solaris where all of the network services were listed. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd the unix and linux forums. One step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Handy solaris commands hw config, swap, patches etc. I recently installed solaris 10 on my sun workstation. Hostname is the program that is used to either set or display the current host, domain or node name of the system.
May 10, 20 solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. Typing hostname f sets the short name to be f, and the manpage for hostname is pitiful. All the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont. This information is sourced in part from sun infodoc 21252, how to change the hostname andor ip address without running the sysunconfig command. Dec 11, 20 verify that the etchosts file is used for name resolution. May 22, 2012 the showrev command shows machine, software revision and patch revision information. Remember to update your name service database to reflect the new host name. The easy way to do it is to run sysunconfig command to unconfigure the. Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of.
If you dont have a solaris setup to work,just install solaris as guest operating system on vmware workstations and get a hands on experience. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems. How can i change server hostname on centos linux version 5 or 6. I configure my command search path and precedence depend on my personal. With no arguments, showrev shows the system revision information including hostname. Verify that the etchosts file is used for name resolution.
So heres a very simple procedure for updating the hostname of your solaris 10. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. How to display hostname in command prompt solaris 10. The hostname command should return an fqdn, that is, fully qualified domain name. Note that this one is the command line version of the usrbinupdatemanager program. Tweet if you are linux user like myself, and you give solaris a go you will probably be scratching your head how to find out which ips are assign to which interfaces. Feb, 2011 one step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10. The solaris 10 is ready and i would like to test it. Find answers to how to display hostname in command prompt solaris 10. The showrev command shows machine, software revision and patch revision information. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured.
To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which. For solaris 10 edit the below files and replace the old hostname andor ip address wherever applicable. Jan 10, 2006 when i installed solaris 10 x86, my computer thought its hostname was unknown. Dec 29, 2012 jumpstart server configuration solaris 10. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command.
This will test both the dns client configuration and the name service switch configuration, whereas nslookup will only test the dns client configuration. Thats how i learned a new to me option of the uname command, which seems to be specific to solaris. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Use one of the following patchadd command lines to display information about patches that have been applied to your system. Before applying patches, you might want to know more about patches that have been previously applied. So make sure you edit this file and change the hostname. I cannot ping using hostname from another computer on the same network. If you are using the solaris 10 305 release, use the procedure how to add a physical interface after installation in solaris 10 305 only. Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of a network. These names are used by many of the networking programs to identify the machine. What is the solaris equivalent of the linux hostname f command. With no arguments, showrev shows the system revision information including hostname, hostid. I always liked unix for its tradition of simple commands which can be used in.
The solution is to edit etcnodename and put the fqdn in there. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. You must also rename the varcrashostname file and update the etcnf file and change the hostname. Step by step oracle 10g r2 installation on solaris 10 zakki. The commands listed here will answer these questions. But some application installers may fail due to this. Having installed oracle 10g and various other releases as a part of project implementationsupgrade on various environments thought itd be a good idea to spread the knowledge. The ip address of the system is placed under etchosts. Jul 18, 2014 id also recommend using the following command to check the configuration. But if you want to modify your login terminal, please follow below steps. Unknown hostname for solaris 10 dhcp client markwilson. In solaris 11, the loopback interface entry acts as the servers own entry in solaris 10 it was the primary interface ip and thus there is no need to add the hostname entry to the etchosts file.
On solaris at least up to 10, hostname fqdn sets the hostname to. How to find your ip address on solaris broadcast crucial. Changing hostname without running sysunconfig command. On solaris 11 the ifconfig command is considered legacy and. Changing a host name or ip address on the solaris os. Using the uname s hostname command set the hostname for me but this information didnt persist continue reading unknown hostname for solaris 10 dhcp client. However, patches cannot be backed out of the solaris 10 release.
Add option to specify directory location of patchdiag. Jumpstart server configuration solaris 10 the moron. How to change hostname in solaris 11 the geek diary. Use the svccfg command changes or modifications to the configuration of network services are done using the inetadm or svccfg commands the default etcnf file now contains only a few entries, unlike in previous versions of solaris where all. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Solaris 10 is adhering to the first unix generation 1970 mid nineties command. When i installed solaris 10 x86, my computer thought its hostname was unknown. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find upd. So heres a very simple procedure for updating the hostname of your solaris 10 server. With no arguments, showrev shows the system revision information including hostname, hostid, release, kernel architecture, application architecture, hardware provider, domain and kernel version. And no, putting stuff into etchosts doesnt solve the issue. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun java. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os.
This script tries to determine the local hosts fullyqualified host name. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris machine. Verifying operating system patches on oracle solaris 10. Find answers to how to change the hostname is solaris 10 from the expert community at. Replace with the name which you like to give your server this command will change your servers hostname temporarily. It is possible to change the ip address of a solaris 10 host by modifying couple of files. Thist post is about installation of oracle 10g r2 on solaris 10. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris.
You need to enter the client through above command at the boot server also. Sep 11, 2008 the hostname command should return an fqdn, that is, fully qualified domain name. The output of this command should contain an entry for files. I had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just. I had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into etcinit. Aside from being annoying, this seemed to be causing a few issues, so i set about trying to set it to a name of my choice. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. On solaris, when i type hostname, i receive the short name but i need to get the fqdn. May 20, 2009 i had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into etcinit. The solaris 10 software includes a known and tested level of patches. How to get the hostname along with the domain name.
Also i can ping other systems using the unix and linux forums. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64 platforms. This file actually is symbolically linked to etcinethosts in solaris 10.
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