Patching and backup process advice
Hello all ,
I have solaris 8 and I had a few questions about patching and backup.
1. Monthly I download the Sun 'Recommended and Security patchset", I then unzip and run patch_add.
When I review the terminal output while this is running I get quite a few :"unable to install patch exit code 8".
Should I be getting this?
Is there another way of applying patches(other than individually)?
2. What are good backup practices? Copy /etc and /var directories to a raid? Or is there a Sun tool for backups?
Thanks for any advice!
I believe this is a list of exit codes for patches. You'll most likely see a lot of return code 8 and 2. Not typically an issue.
# Exit Codes:
# 0 No error
# 1 Usage error
# 2 Attempt to apply a patch that's already been applied
# 3 Effective UID is not root
# 4 Attempt to save original files failed
# 5 pkgadd failed
# 6 Patch is obsoleted
# 7 Invalid package directory
# 8 Attempting to patch a package that is not installed
# 9 Cannot access /usr/sbin/pkgadd (client problem)
# 10 Package validation errors
# 11 Error adding patch to root template
# 12 Patch script terminated due to signal
# 13 Symbolic link included in patch
# 14 NOT USED
# 15 The prepatch script had a return code other than 0.
# 16 The postpatch script had a return code other than 0.
# 17 Mismatch of the -d option between a previous patch
# install and the current one.
# 18 Not enough space in the file systems that are targets
# of the patch.
# 19 $SOFTINFO/INST_RELEASE file not found
# 20 A direct instance patch was required but not found
# 21 The required patches have not been installed on the manager
# 22 A progressive instance patch was required but not found
# 23 A restricted patch is already applied to the package
# 24 An incompatible patch is applied
# 25 A required patch is not applied
# 26 The user specified backout data can't be found
# 27 The relative directory supplied can't be found
# 28 A pkginfo file is corrupt or missing
# 29 Bad patch ID format
# 30 Dryrun failure(s)
# 31 Path given for -C option is invalid
# 32 Must be running Solaris 2.6 or greater
# 33 Bad formatted patch file or patch file not found
# 34 The appropriate kernel jumbo patch needs to be installed
Back up your system before adding any patches (ufsdump). It's recommended that these patches are added in run level one.
There should be a script called something like "install_cluster" command in the 8_Recommended directory that you can use to add the patches.
By default the patches create backout info in /var, but I usually disable this (yeah, livin' on the edge) with the "-nosave" option.
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