Sunfire x4200 Solaris 6/06 install/patch update problem - corrupts OS!

Hi
this is frusterating, I have a x4200, which when installing 'end user' solaris 10, boots/works just fine.
As part of best practice, I use sun's 'update manager' and it goes and downloads and installs. As normal a 'reboot' is required to finish installing some updates, and when it does this, after it installs and tries to reboot, i get a nasty error:
panic: cannot mount boot archive
I've done NOTHING besides load the base OS and patch, no other customization.
Why is this doing this?
I've tried to rebuild the boot archive info via:
bootadm update-archive -R /a
but this still fails, and my only option is to reboot.
anyone else seen/encountered this?

I initially tried the bootadm update-archive -R /a you tried, and it didn't work.
When I tried the 2nd time I used:
bootadm update-archive -f -R /a
and that worked. It restored the bootarchive from a 72k file to a 28M file and I could boot the machine properly after that.

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Fresh solaris 10 x86 install patch update problems 119060-17 ...

Just yesterday, i installed a fresh Solaris 10 x86 onto some pc hardware. After getting solaris installed and issues with my network card, i downloaded and installed the free version of the update manager 1.0.x. Next, i proceeded to update all the general patches for the solaris 10 system. I started with the command 'pprosvc -i' from a terminal. It then proceeded to download and validate a bunch of patches successfully until it hit the following 3 patches:
119060-17 ---- X11 6.6.2_x86: Xsun patch
122213-10 ---- GNOME 2.6.0_x86: GNOME Desktop Patch
122912-02 ---- SunOS 5.10_x86: Apache 1.3 Patch
All 3 failed some kind of validation and then crashed the pprosvc program, at which point it exited with the following error:
122912-02 cannot be validated
119060-17 cannot be validated
122912-02 cannot be validated
Unexpected Failure: java.lang.Throwable: ERROR: Failed to validate the digital signature(s).
I also tried to use the GUI Update Manager to update, hoping the problem was isolated to pprosvc, but that problem was also in the GUI with a similar error message:
Error occurred...The detailed error message is: Unexpected Failure: java.lang.Throwable: ERROR: Failed to validate the digitial signature(s)
Anyone know why Sun's update patch process is so troublesome?
Getting Tired of Solaris Updates...
I should mention that this is the free solaris 10 x86 install and i don't have a service contract with Sun. If this problem persists, i don't think i'll get one, as i see only further problems after buying one.
tired and confused

Hi,
There is an issue with this that is currently being investigated. There is another thread that may shed some light on what is happening here;
http://forum.sun.com/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=316
Thread title is : Sun UC, Digitally Signed Patches Using New Verisign Certificates
In the short-term please ensure that the patch mentioned in it is installed.
To quote part of mentioned thread above:
"Once the Sun Update Connection client software is upgraded with patch 121118-06 (SPARC) or 121119-06 (x86/x64) or later revisions normal behavior will resume. "
If this fails to resolve your problem, would you be kind enough to post the output of the following command for analysis please;
# showrev -p | egrep -e '121454|121119|120336|121082|121564|122232|119789'
Sincerely,
Moderator.
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Photoshop CC2014.2 won't install patch updater. Error code U44M2P7

This is super frustrating. Creative Cloud just sent out a updates to all my software. Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Flash, etc... but it will not install the updates to any of them. I get errors on all of them.
Here's what I've tried
• Uninstalling and reinstalling. The install goes fine till I get to the Patch updater. That's when I get an error on all the software.
• I've logged in as root user and that doesn't work.
• I extracted the update to run manually and still get an errors.
If I try to do the update from the CC app, I get this error:
"Unable to extract the downloaded Files." (U44M1|210)
The error log doesn't really help me. This is the summary
- 1 fatal error(s), 0 error(s)
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | OSX version: 10.9.5
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 |
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | ----------- Payload: Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 Core_15.2_AdobePhotoshop15-Core 15.2.0.0 {3CC59EEB-0FCB-4C92-B432-9B03E0318F28} -----------
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | FATAL: DS003: Installer package might be corrupt. Re-download the installer and try again. (Cannot extract '/Volumes/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 2/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014/payloads/AdobePhotoshop15-Core-260914050059/AdobePhotoshop15-Core-260914050059.zip' to '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/adobeTemp/{3CC59EEB-0FCB-4C92-B432-9B03E0318F28}'. Error: )
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 |
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | Please search the above error string(s) to find when the error occurred.
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | These errors resulted in installer Exit Code mentioned below.
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 |
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | Exit Code: 7 - Unable to complete Silent workflow.
10/08/14 09:44:47:083 | [INFO] | | OOBE | DE | | | | 1857468 | Please see specific errors for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DS003 ...
Any insight to help complete this update would be greatly appreciated.

Then please restart your machine and try installing this update again from the Root user account. (http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-u44m1i210-installing-updates-ccm.html)
Please ensure that you have admin priviliges for following folder:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers
If you still face this problem then please provide us with PS 15.2 installer logs file at
For Mac:
"Library/Logs/Adobe",
This would help us in resolving the issue.
Please mail it to [email protected]
Thanks,
Ashutosh

Patch Update Problem

HI all
On applying patch updates , we are facing problem
in patch 20. The error is
"1 duplicate key error during insert into table TABDIRDEVC occured".
Regards
JOhn

Hi John,
first of all, this might be the wrong sub-forum to post your question.
And then, you did not supply any details on which software you applying the patch on ...
Please give the right information in the right forum, that way others can help you.

Server autoreboot after installing patch update

Wanna ask, today one of my servers was auto rebooted after installing one of the patch. Strange thing is I haven't deployed the patch but it seems to auto install on the server. From the WUAHandler I can see that Reboot Required = Yes. My question
is, which log file that I can see to know which deployment that causes this, that is currently deploying to my servers?

So, taking a step back here, as a point of reference, deployments don't "cause" reboots. The line you have highlighted above is an indication of the update itself requiring/requesting a reboot regardless of any deployment settings or system policies. It
does not in any way indicate that a reboot will happen.
The actual reboot will then be enforced by ConfigMgr based upon the setting of the deployment or it could be enforced by the Windows Update Agent (completely independent of ConfigMgr) if you have not disabled this activity.
So, first, you need to discover what enforced the reboot which could possibly have been caused by something completely different.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

SunFire 480R - Solaris 10 New Install

Immediatly after the probing of all the NIC cards I get:
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
message overflow on /dev/log minor #6 -- is syslogd(1M) running?
It never ends..
I've flashed to the latest OBP.
I'm installing from 1-06 DVD.
Thoughts?

What type of DVD are you using ?
could it be ODD-DVD SD-C2732 ? If so you should have its FIRMWARE version to 1055. Patch 120364-03

Solaris Developer Edition Install / Other (many problems, need help!).

I've tried installing Solaris on two different desktops (1GB ram, 3-year old processors), one Dell PowerEdge 2650 server (1GB Ram, 2800 MHZ processor), and a brand new, three month old Dell laptop (Pentium Dual-Core, 2 GB RAM).
The server install appears to have worked fine at first. However.... it will often just freeze up after having been running awhile. I've never seen it do this while I am actively working with it, but if I leave it on overnight, it will always be unresponsive the next morning. Besides the inability to get a monitor output, even a SSH terminal remoted into it will stop taking commands (no error message). This has quite stumped me. It should not be an issue with memory to my knowledge - on a custom install for it, I gave it 14 GB for swap space.
The two older desktops I tried it on had negative results. The first I don't have to worry about it dying overnight - it does that quite well throughout the day. Basically.... GNOME keeps throwing exceptions throughout the day using the desktop, and I am theorizing the system is not powerful enough to run the operating system.
The second..... doesn't even get it installed. It can run the latest Ubuntu without problem (what it was running previously), but the install fails on the machine. The first sign of something being wrong is that it hits 69% installation complete in two hours.... then slows to a snail's pace. Two days later, it finishes the install and states that it failed and cannot run in default configuration. Looking over the log from the details button didn't really show me what happened, and it would not load upon reboot.
The laptop fairs even worse. I select to install "Solaris Express", it does the dot loading screen, prints out "Solaris OS 5.11 Version snv_70b <clipped> Use is subject to license terms.", and then..... stops. It won't go any further in the installation process.
While this is a great deal to read, I am hoping for help with a best plan of action (ie. I'd be happy if one of the four would work). Basically..... any suggestions on how to solve any of the problems listed above, or any theories as to what the problem might be. Thanks in advance!

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The server install appears to have worked fine at first. However.... it will often just freeze up after having been running awhile. I've never seen it do this while I am actively working with it, but if I leave it on overnight, it will always be unresponsive the next morning. Besides the inability to get a monitor output, even a SSH terminal remoted into it will stop taking commands (no error message). This has quite stumped me. It should not be an issue with memory to my knowledge - on a custom install for it, I gave it 14 GB for swap space.On rebooting, is there anything in the logs in /var/sdm or /var/log?
The two older desktops I tried it on had negative results. The first I don't have to worry about it dying overnight - it does that quite well throughout the day. Basically.... GNOME keeps throwing exceptions throughout the day using the desktop, and I am theorizing the system is not powerful enough to run the operating system. Again, anything in the logs? (Including /var/dt/Xerrors this time.)
The second..... doesn't even get it installed. It can run the latest Ubuntu without problem (what it was running previously), but the install fails on the machine. The first sign of something being wrong is that it hits 69% installation complete in two hours.... then slows to a snail's pace. Two days later, it finishes the install and states that it failed and cannot run in default configuration. Looking over the log from the details button didn't really show me what happened, and it would not load upon reboot.Have you tried a command line installation? If so, does that give any clues?
The laptop fairs even worse. I select to install "Solaris Express", it does the dot loading screen, prints out "Solaris OS 5.11 Version snv_70b <clipped> Use is subject to license terms.", and then..... stops. It won't go any further in the installation process.There's the harware compatibility checker on the Sun web site somewhere. Have you tried that? This is likely to be a BIOS and/or driver issue.
Paul

Apps updating problems after ios6 installed, apps updating problems after ios6 installed

is anyone else having problems updating apps on your iphone after upgrading to ios 6?

I am having the same problem since updating to iOS 6. So far I've lost five apps as they are stuck on waiting for update/install.

Fresh install and update patch problems 119060-17 , 122213-10 , 122912-02

Just yesterday, i installed a fresh Solaris 10 x86 onto some pc hardware. After getting solaris installed and issues with my network card, i downloaded and installed the free version of the update manager 1.0.x. Next, i proceeded to update all the general patches for the solaris 10 system. I started with the command 'pprosvc -i' from a terminal. It then proceeded to download and validate a bunch of patches successfully until it hit the following 3 patches:
119060-17 ---- X11 6.6.2_x86: Xsun patch
122213-10 ---- GNOME 2.6.0_x86: GNOME Desktop Patch
122912-02 ---- SunOS 5.10_x86: Apache 1.3 Patch
All 3 failed some kind of validation and then crashed the pprosvc program, at which point it exited with the following error:
122912-02 cannot be validated
119060-17 cannot be validated
122912-02 cannot be validated
Unexpected Failure: java.lang.Throwable: ERROR: Failed to validate the digital signature(s).
I also tried to use the GUI Update Manager to update, hoping the problem was isolated to pprosvc, but that problem was also in the GUI with a similar error message:
Error occurred...The detailed error message is: Unexpected Failure: java.lang.Throwable: ERROR: Failed to validate the digitial signature(s)
Anyone know why Sun's update patch process is so troublesome?
Getting Tired of Solaris Updates...
I should mention that this is the free solaris 10 x86 install and i don't have a service contract with Sun. If this problem persists, i don't think i'll get one, as i see only further problems after buying one.
tired and confused

Hi,
There is an issue with this that is currently being investigated. There is another thread that may shed some light on what is happening here;
http://forum.sun.com/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=316
Thread title is : Sun UC, Digitally Signed Patches Using New Verisign Certificates
In the short-term please ensure that the patch mentioned in it is installed.
To quote part of mentioned thread above:
"Once the Sun Update Connection client software is upgraded with patch 121118-06 (SPARC) or 121119-06 (x86/x64) or later revisions normal behavior will resume. "
If this fails to resolve your problem, would you be kind enough to post the output of the following command for analysis please;
# showrev -p | egrep -e '121454|121119|120336|121082|121564|122232|119789'
Sincerely,
Moderator.
Message was edited by:
ForumModerator

Static library not accessed properly after Solaris Kernel patch update !

Hi,
We are facing a sever issue in our application after our customer updated the Solaris 10 kernel patch u9 to u10.
We have two static libraries libdlib.a and libDLIB.a, with exactly same code base, but these two libraries are scattered across the code base and linked by many shared objects in our application.
However, one of the shared objects that links to "libdlib.a" library tries to access a function from "libDLIB.a". This behavior is causing a crash at a later point, since that shared object is supposed to access the function from "libdlib.a". Moreover, we found this is happening through the use of dbx.
I'm unable to understand why this problem surfaced after kernel patch update, though still the shared object works fine on Solaris 10 u9 patch.
Flow is something like this :
1. syslogrecorder.so gets loaded by one of the processes.
2. syslogrecorder.so is linked to "libdlib.a" at compile time, so it uses "libdlib.a" function DLIB_LoadLibrary and gets a handle to all the function pointers of the loaded library ( The purpose of DLIB_LoadLibrary is to load a shared library dynamically using dlopen )
3. syslogrecorder.so tries to do a "dlsym" and to do that it needs access to the library handle which we got in previous call DLIB_LoadLibrary. So syslogrecorder.so calls another function from DLIB_ProcAddress, which actually gives back the access to the loaded shared library.
Here is a catch in step 3, it is supposed to call DLIB_ProcAddress from the libdlib.a but as we observed from dbx output it does so by calling DLIB_ProcAddress from libDLIB.a and hence fails to give back the access to loaded shared library, causing crash at a later point in code.
Can someone put some light here that why this could happen ??
Thanks
Kuldeep

To clarify: You did not modify or rebuild any of your binaries, but after installing a kernel patch, the application stopped working. Most likely, something about your application depended on a accidental behavior of the runtime loader. That accidental behavior changed due to the patch, and your application failed.
For example, if there is a circular dependency among shared libraries, the loader will break the cycle at an arbitrary point to establish an initialization order. By accident, that order might work, in the sense of not causing a problem. A change to the loader could cause the cycle to be broken at a different point, and the resulting initialization order could cause a now-uninitialized object to be accessed. I'm not saying this is what is wrong, but this is an example of a dependency on accidental loader behavior.
Finding your actual problem will require tracing the sequence of operations leading up to the failure. You are more likely to find help in a Solaris linker forum. AFAIK, there are currently no Oracle forums for Solaris, and the old OpenSolaris forums have been converted to mailing lists. You can try the "tools-linking" list found on this page:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo
I also suggest you review the paper on best practices for using shared libraries written by Darryl Gove and myself:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/linkinglibraries-396782.html
If you have a service contract with Oracle, you can use your support channel to get more help.
Edited by: Steve_Clamage on May 18, 2012 3:21 PM

Kernel patch updation for solaris 10 x86

I have Solaris 10 06/06 installed on x86 machine which is using svm and clustered with another node. The kernel revision is 118855-19 from the uname -a output. I am looking for the kernel patch updation and I heard 118855-36 is the latest one. Shall I go ahead with this patch and what r the dependency patches for this.
If anyone done this please guide me..

Patch 118855-36 is the latest kernel patch for Solaris 10 on x86 and its dependencies are:
113000-01 117435-02 118344-14 119043-09 119255-14 121264-01 122035-01 123840-01 (or greater)
Whether you should go ahead and install the patch is up to you, if possible try it out on a test box first. For better advice on this matter, I would suggest posting in the Solaris 10 forum as this forum is for the Sun Update Connection, Patch Manager & PatchPro toolsets.

Kernel patch update for solaris 10 x86

I have Solaris 10 06/06 installed on x86 machine which is using svm and clustered with another node. The kernel revision is 118855-19 from the uname -a output. I am looking for the kernel patch updation and I heard 118855-36 is the latest one. Shall I go ahead with this patch and what r the dependency patches for this.
If anyone done this please suggest and guide me..

For Solaris 10 x86 the latest offered with smpatch is 125101-07 and yes it may be recommended to patch. Then again you said clustered with sun cluster? You may want to check the documentation and if your machines aren't facing the internet you may wait for 7/07 to hit the street and do an upgrade.

Steps for Kernel Patch Updation on Solaris 10 X4100 with 2disks mirrored

Hi all,
I have Solaris 10 10/06 (118855-19) installed on one of the X4100 server. This is the time for me to update the latest kernel patch (118855-36). We have two disks mirrored. My questions are,
1) Do i need to detach any of the disk from the mirror before doing any patching.
2) Is it possible to install the patches without detaching any disks from the mirror. (i.e. installeing patch on mirrored root filesystem)
3) how to boot from the second disk in case the patch installation creates problem while booting up.
Any suggestions or steps which you have already implemented for the above scenario.

This isn't really a question for this forum, you may be better to look at some of the sys-admin forums for a complete answer.
You should not need to break the mirror in order to apply the kernel patch, however doing so would allow for quicker recovery of the system should something go wrong during patching.
I would strongly advise that you read the special install instructions for the kernel patch prior to installing it.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118855-36-1
You may also wish to use a patch cluster rather than smpatch/updatemanager, these can be downloaded from SunSolve:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage

Smpatch update ALERT: Failed to install patch

I do not even know where to start. Since installing Solaris 10 0606 it
seems every time I try to patch the system I get failures of one type
or another. One problem today has to do with zones:
"To install the new instance of this package in all zones you must
first remove the existing instance of this package from the global
zone first (via pkgrm) and then install the new instance of this
package in all zones."
If sun already knows a pkgrm must be run why can't the smpatch command
just do it?
Another problem seems to be
For patch 121018-03, required patch 120759-04 does not exist
If sun knows a patch is required which is not on the system just Getit
and install it.
Also, what is up with having to reboot the box to install patches?
Why? Has this always been a required step? Do these reboots pertain only to kernel patches .etc?
I have seen other postings in this forum expressing unhappiness with
the patch system, some mentioning testing lab/group or certification
issues. I think smpatch should have an option to send smpatch results
back to sun for review. That way the Certification Group could have
real life situations to investigate. Or do they know the problems
already and just dont want to fix them? Just once I would love it if
smpatch came back with no failures and I was assured the system was
patched, up to date and secure.
Regards
# smpatch update
Update 120759-07 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Update 121018-03 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Update 121016-03 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Update 121020-02 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Update 121616-02 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Update 120762-02 will not be downloaded since it already exists in the
download directory.
Installing patches from /var/sadm/spool...
Failed to install patch 120759-07.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!Approved patches will
be installed in this order:120759-07 Preparing checklist for
non-global zone check...Checking non-global zones...The following
requested patches rejected on non-global zone.Entire installation is
possible but those patcheswill not be installed on non-global
zone.myzone: Packages from patch 120759-07 are not installed on the
system.myzone2: Packages from patch 120759-07 are not installed on the
system.This patch passes the non-global zone check.None.Summary for
zones:Zone myzoneRejected patches:120759-07 Patches that passed the
dependency check:None.Zone myzone2Rejected patches:120759-07 Patches
that passed the dependency check:None.Patching global zoneAdding
patches...Checking installed patches...Verifying sufficient filesystem
capacity (dry run method)...Patch 120759-07 failed to install due to a
failure produced by pkgadd.See /var/sadm/patch/120759-07/log for
detailsPatchadd is terminating. WARNING: patchadd returned <5> for
global zone
ALERT: Failed to install patch 120759-07.
Failed to install patch 121018-03.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!The following
requested patches will not be installed becauseno patches required by
the patch are installed on this system. 0 For patch 121018-03,
required patch 120759-04 does not exist.No patches to install.
ALERT: Failed to install patch 121018-03.
Failed to install patch 121016-03.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!The following
requested patches will not be installed becauseno patches required by
the patch are installed on this system. 0 For patch 121016-03,
required patch 120759-06 does not exist.No patches to install.
ALERT: Failed to install patch 121016-03.
Failed to install patch 121020-02.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!The following
requested patches will not be installed becauseno patches required by
the patch are installed on this system. 0 For patch 121020-02,
required patch 120759-01 does not exist.No patches to install.
ALERT: Failed to install patch 121020-02.
Failed to install patch 121616-02.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!Approved patches will
be installed in this order:121616-02 Preparing checklist for
non-global zone check...Checking non-global zones...The following
requested patches rejected on non-global zone.Entire installation is
possible but those patcheswill not be installed on non-global
zone.myzone: Packages from patch 121616-02 are not installed on the
system.myzone2: Packages from patch 121616-02 are not installed on the
system.This patch passes the non-global zone check.None.Summary for
zones:Zone myzoneRejected patches:121616-02 Patches that passed the
dependency check:None.Zone myzone2Rejected patches:121616-02 Patches
that passed the dependency check:None.Patching global zoneAdding
patches...Checking installed patches...Verifying sufficient filesystem
capacity (dry run method)...Patch 121616-02 failed to install due to a
failure produced by pkgadd.See /var/sadm/patch/121616-02/log for
detailsPatchadd is terminating. WARNING: patchadd returned <5> for
global zone
ALERT: Failed to install patch 121616-02.
Failed to install patch 120762-02.
patchadd utility failed. Reason code :0
Validating patches...Loading patches installed on the
system...Done!Loading patches requested to install.Done!Checking
patches that you specified for installation.Done!Approved patches will
be installed in this order:120762-02 Preparing checklist for
non-global zone check...Checking non-global zones...The following
requested patches rejected on non-global zone.Entire installation is
possible but those patcheswill not be installed on non-global
zone.myzone: Packages from patch 120762-02 are not installed on the
system.myzone2: Packages from patch 120762-02 are not installed on the
system.This patch passes the non-global zone check.None.Summary for
zones:Zone myzoneRejected patches:120762-02 Patches that passed the
dependency check:None.Zone myzone2Rejected patches:120762-02 Patches
that passed the dependency check:None.Patching global zoneAdding
patches...Checking installed patches...Verifying sufficient filesystem
capacity (dry run method)...Patch 120762-02 failed to install due to a
failure produced by pkgadd.See /var/sadm/patch/120762-02/log for
detailsPatchadd is terminating. WARNING: patchadd returned <5> for
global zone
ALERT: Failed to install patch 120762-02.
/var/sadm/spool/patchpro_dnld_2006.08.22@11:16:20:EDT.txt has been
moved to
/var/sadm/spool/patchproSequester/patchpro_dnld_2006.08.22@11:16:20:EDT.txt
#

Enterprise users have strict policies on change management so dependent patches are not automatically installed when using "smpatch add". Neither are packages blithly uninstalled for zones if currently only existing in the global zone.
For your needs using "smpatch update" should analyse, download and install dependant patches in order for patches specified on the command line or for a global update. Note that that is with the exception of patches not matching the currently defined patch policy such as those needing a reboot. See the smpatch man page for information on policies.
Patches requiring reboots or being installed in single user mode are primarily for kernel and driver patches.
Your problems installing the Sun Studio 11 patches have been encountered previously in regards to globally installed packages (and are covered in this forum) and is due to a combination of bug ID's 6337009, 6214678 and 6374972 for the patching utilities of which the last is still open.
You will currently have to manually install the patches using patchadd with the "-G" flag whilst in the global zone to install them in the global zone only.

Smpatch update ALERT: Failed to install patch 121616-02

I am getting various Failed to install patch alerts when doing smpatch update. Many patches are aparently applied successfuly, but others are not. I do not have Sun Support since it is my personal X86 box. Are other people getting these failures? If so, what is done to investigate / fix the problems? If I had support what would Sun recommend be done to correct the problem? Should smpatch always run clean with no errors? Regards.

I will post to the other forum as well, but I can't think of a more "general" Solaris discussion topic than how to / what to expect when applying patches. I am not sure I agree with your comment "it's best to only install the patches that are really needed". I thought smpatch update "decided" which patches are needed given the system it is run on.
Is your comment based upon best practices published somewhere? How do you as a sysAdmin decide which patches are really needed?
I would like to hear from the community how they patch their boxes and if smpatch is working for them, especially in a production environment. I have a stand alone system, but how are people in an environment with test systems patching? Are they using smpatch? In general, how are people keeping their systems updated, reliable, bug free and secure?
Regards,

Sunfire x4200 Solaris 6/06 install/patch update problem - corrupts OS!

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