Solaris view topic how to change hostid on solaris. Stop any competing server software or change their listen port. Jonathan, keep in mind that the hints given in that squirrel. One year ago, ive published a post about how to install java jdk 7 on solaris systems. Normally the locale name is specified by the lang variable. Both oracle linux and oracle solaris 11 use software repositories to manage installation and updates of the operating system software. How can i fix netscape communicator to render fonts correctly on s x86. How to change the solaris host name on fly unixarena. If you reinstall solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host id will change.
Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. Change directory to cassandra installation location. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and b efore choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. A process is a program running or being executed on the computer. Use the hostid command to display your systems host id. When installing on solaris version 8, 9 or 10 running on the sparc architecture, use the following packages. Oracle has not certified oracle solaris on emulated environments neither sparc nor x86 emulation. How to quickly install the solaris 10 os on x86 systems. In this post,we will see that how to change the hostname of the solaris machine. Oct 05, 2006 this article is also available as a techrepublic download solaris 10 is suns popular unix offering. Please let me know the step wise process to claim it back.
Product solaris 10 operating system for x86 platforms bug id 6222966 date of resolved release 25sep2006 impact. Solaris 8 0600 companion cd do not includes stuff like gnome but the software provided should work in a release that is the same solaris version with some patches and enhancements. How i created local software repositories for oracle solaris. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbupes 7. For a given os hardware platform, there are multiple ways to determine the hostid. How to install and configure sudo in solaris 10 sparc and. All my solaris boxes have the same hostid since cloning them, and it seems you need to reinstall the os to get it to generate a new one cheers, steve. How to change a servers host id from the expert community at experts exchange. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post solaris x86 questions to the alt. Such tests verify whether an operating system change is required for. Solaris 10 305 dvd assembly instructions, multilanguage sol 10 ga x86 st, 798 bytes download now.
How do i permanently change the hostname on solaris 10. Host id emulation creating and using oracle solaris 10 zones. The kernels and packages listed in this section are supported for this release on x86 64 64bit systems for oracle database and oracle grid infrastructure 12 c the platformspecific hardware and software requirements included in this guide were current when this guide was published. Oracle doesnt certify oracle solaris in emulated environments. The new license allows solaris 10 and solaris 11 to be downloaded free of. When applications are migrated from a standalone oracle solaris system into a zone on a new system, the hostid changes to be the hostid of the new machine in some cases, applications depend on the original hostid, and it is not possible to update the application configuration. In this article, i show how to set up local repositories for oracle linux 6 and oracle solaris 11 by downloading and configuring the repository on a server and then.
Solaris 10 x86 boot menu configuration 807557 jun 23, 2005 6. This information is sourced in part from sun infodoc 21252, how to change the hostname andor ip address without running the sysunconfig command. Changes to etchosts 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. In the previous versions of the solaris operating system, you need to edit the etchosts file and addedit the entry for the ip address and the hostname. Oracle solaris 10 in the oracle cloud infrastructure oracle.
However, popular packages are updated frequently and by subscriber request, more up to date packages may be also be present for other versions of solaris. Changing a host name or ip address on the solaris os. When the time comes that you migrate to the next, newer system, itll likely have an obp design of 4. Preinstallation what information should i have before an install. I installed oracle database 11gr2 on oracle solaris11 box using vm virtual machine, so i d like to share my work with you. Can host id be changed on solaris 10 oracle community. I was able to setmodify the hostname of the unix and linux forums. Windows vista, windows 7, windows 8, and windows 10 guests. So if you have valid oracle csi, you can manually download and install required solaris patches using this howto. Host ids are used to generate matlab license files, which are machinespecific. Installing the tsm client for solaris it services help site. On september 4, 1991, sun announced that it would replace its existing. Security vulnerability in the solaris 10 tcp fusion code may. If serialization information is tampered or sysinit fails to load, the host id will be 0.
Solaris 10 x64 systems configured to use internet protocol version 6 ip67p may panic when processing certain ipv6 packets. You must have root privileges to perform this operation. When installing on solaris version 10 running on the sparc architecture, use the following packages. Machinereadable cce to 80053 data stream supporting resources. How to install solaris 10 u11 on oracle vm virtual box posted on march 25, 20 april 2, 20 by sangramkeshari solaris 10 64 bit installation on oracle vm virtualbox step by. Download and install the mozilla firefox web browser. My licensed software fails because the host id is 0. Some of the details in this paper may change without notice. Aziz on december 29, 2009 the network time protocol ntp is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packetswitched, variablelatency data networks. For every major platform, this article provides two methods for obtaining a valid hostid for synopsys licensing. Here are the important details from that document on oracle solaris support in emulated environments. If the software is not installed, install the software from the download center at. Z when installing on solaris version 11 running on the sparc architecture, use the following packages. Hp, 32 bit hostid, uname i and convert to hex, or prefix with.
You have to download supplemental encryption packages sunwcry. There are several ways to do so, including using a program to flush nvram which will change the hostid permanently. Then click ok from the above we have configured the vm to install solaris 10. I did following experiment to change the hostid in a solaris 10 machine temperately. The new localeadm command allows you to change the locales on your system. Recently while setting up a new server, i accidentally set the default language to espanol utf8 instead of the intended english utf8hey, it happens. Here is a quick starters guide for getting it running on oracle solaris. This is usually libsecurity on 32bit linux guests or lib64security on 64bit linux guests. How to change hostname in solaris 11 there are basically 2 ways to change the hostname in solaris 10 and below. The sysdef utility gives you system information, including hardware and system information. Before kick starting the solaris study lets be aware of few important keywords and facts about the solaris os.
Jul 05, 20 how to migrateupgrade from solaris10 to solaris11. Product solaris 10 operating system bug id 6348581 date of resolved release 17oct2006 impact. A security issue with solaris 10 x64 systems using ipv6. Change hostid of solaris 10 virtualguest machine installed by. I was able to setmodify the hostname of the solaris 10 virtualguest machine during installation as well as via the virtual box. Jul 02, 2010 trying to set or modify the randomly set hostid of a solaris 10 virtualguest machine that i installed on a windowsxp host machine using virtual box 4. Started with ibm websphere application server on solaris 10 and zones. How to install and configure sudo in solaris 10 sparc and x86 x64 by admin. What you dont want to do it change the hostid and use the same licenses on both machines.
So heres a very simple procedure for updating the hostname of your solaris 10 server. Opensolaris and solaris software packages for intelx86. Host id is a a specific piece of information which uniquely identifies a computer. Oracle solaris support in emulation oracle solaris blog. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Not only is this not legal, the two networker servers. Solaris 10 change ip address without reboot sun solaris. Configure the network host files oracle solaris 10 sun. This howto guide instructs users unfamiliar with solaris 10 operating system installation on how to install the solaris 10 os on a sunsupported x86 system including the family of 32bit x86 systems as well as 64bit amd64 and intel 64 systems. How to change the hostid in solaris teguh triharto learning center. When applications are migrated from a standalone oracle solaris system into a zone on a new system, the hostid changes to be the hostid of the new system. Source solaris 10 iso image to be read on boot up, this can be done by clicking. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena.
If you want to install them in the global zone only, use the g parameter of the pkgadd command. Install oracle solaris 10 over a network oracle sparc sun. May 20, 2009 i had to change the host name in one of solaris zones today, and just out of curiousity looked into etcinit. Operating system requirements for oracle solaris on x8664. Most of the time, the host id is the lowestenumerated mac address of the computer. This tech tip shows how to change the host name or ip address of a system running the solaris os. How to determine whether a system has 32bit or 64bit solaris capabilities enabled. A locale can be composed of a base language, country of use, and codeset ex. Its been around for a long time, and on the sparc platform has been big in powering many. The pkgtrans command can change the entire package from datastream to file system fomat if the i option is not used.
Smaller eeprom 300 bytes could store 10 sneep tagvalue pairs if the. Many x86x64 platforms provide hardware support for the serial number which. Ncp checklist solaris 10 sparc and x86 manual stig. Trying to set or modify the randomly set hostid of a solaris 10 virtualguest. How do you identify the hostname and host id for ibm rational license. Subtitle adjuster you must agree how annoying it is when you want to relax to a nice movie, but its not in your langu. Select the installation package according to your sun solaris version. This has been fixed and will be part of the next release. Every process has a unique identifier number known as process id. Feb, 2011 bash cron dhcp grep how to change hostname how to create solaris zones linux nfs pxe rhel rhel 5 installation rpm management sed and awk solaris solaris quick sheets solaris swap space solaris zones startup process svm solaris volume manager svm cheatsheet swap space system utilities tar user management virtual ip. Following command can be used from the host os in linux solaris to change the. Make sure no other secure shell software is using port 22 ssh tectia server default listen port.
As of 2009, the following vendors support solaris for their x86 server systems. Adding or editing the ip address on a solaris 10 server is different from the previous versions of the os solaris 9, solaris 8 etc. Solaris view topic how to change hostid on solaris ultra 10. Mar 30, 2006 recently upgraded an ultra 10 from solaris 2. How to identify hostname and host id for license generation ibm. Trying to set or modify the randomly set hostid of a solaris 10 virtualguest machine that i installed on a windowsxp host machine using virtual box 4. This paper describes the boot architecture for the solaris 10 106 operating system on x86 platforms, as well as the user experience. Replace with the name which you like to give your server this command will change your servers hostname temporarily. Thats how i learned a new to me option of the uname command, which seems to be specific to solaris. In these cases, the zone can be configured to use the hostid of the original system. What magazine articles are available on solaris x86. This can be helpful if you want to see the actions that occur after the package is installed onto a system. Ibm supports this client to run on solaris 10 and solaris 11 sparc. To use this package, download the corresponding mysqlversionsolaris11platform.
How to configure ntp server and ntp client on solaris 10. Solaris 10 x86 boot menu configuration oracle community. When applications are migrated from a standalone oracle solaris system into a zone on a new system, the hostid changes to be the hostid of the new machine. Rename the unzip program as unzip and make it executable. The post describes both these methods and also how to change hostname or ip address in nonglobal zones. Locale is one provided by the implementation that is accessible to the application. Jul 31, 2012 how to change the solaris host name on fly july 31, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment all the hosts which are in same network should have unique hostname. However, not all methods are valid with the flexnet licensing scheme implemented by synopsys. Backing up solaris 10 x86 version since you downloaded it from your server, i d be curious what version that server is at. Locale utility writes a information about locale environment to the standard output.
Package names that are nonbold andor with no version number, are not currently available for this version of solaris. Suns default install will create a separate 10mb x86 boot fdisk partition. Installing codeblocks from source on solaris codeblocks. The server and software company begins offering solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. Dec 01, 2006 on solaris, the hostid is similar to the hostname. Edit virtual machine select cdrom click radio button use iso image give the location of the solaris 10 downloaded iso image. See download and install oracle services tools bundle for instructions to. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 7. Configuring the oracle vm virtualbox coredumper on oracle solaris hosts 9. Dec 29, 2009 how to configure ntp server and ntp client on solaris 10 posted by s. Oracle solaris 10 containers provides the framework to create zones within the overall oracle solaris 11 environment where such applications can run. Changing your system language settings via console abstract. If you have difficulties installing or using the product, please join the users mailing list to get a helping hand. Create an installation server that contains an image of the oracle solaris 10 cd.
To determine the hostid of a solaris box, there are a couple of options to follow. On solaris 11, the client components must are only installed in the zone where this command is run. Hp, 32bit hostid, uname i and convert to hex, or prefix with. How to change hostname in solaris 11 the geek diary.
So be careful about reinstalling solaris if you have licensed software that depends on your host id. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. For solaris 10 this is no longer truesolaris 10 uses id 0xbf, which does not. Preparing solaris systems for installation ibm knowledge center. Compare the cost of linux meaning gnulinux on x86 to the cost of unix meaning solaris on ultrasparc and you get a surprise. How to change hostname in solaris 8, 9 and 10 the geek diary. Download the selfextracting binary and check the file size to ensure that you have downloaded the full, uncorrupted software bundle. I download mysql5 cswmysq from blastwave and cant seem to get the. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Dec 11, 2010 i hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. You can read more about that in mos document id 2341146. Download unzip for solaris from here for sparc or here for intel x86. Step by step installation of solaris 10 on vmware server. The hostid utility is a shortcut command to quickly get.
On solaris 10, this command installs the backuparchive client components in the global zone and in all running nonglobal zones. I chose to download the oracle vm virtualbox template, which is preconfigured and installed with solaris 10 1, which is the last update release of solaris 10, you could equally install from the iso, just make sure you pick vmdk as the disk image format. If you want to install 32bit websphere application server on a 64bit operating system, you. Configure the network host files oracle solaris 10 use this procedure to configure the network host files dynamically on the command line. July 5, 20 by lingeswaran r 1 comment as you all know oracle solaris 11 is available for production and most of the customers are preferred to have solaris 11 on their datacenters. Getting started with solaris 10 must to know keywords. Chapter 5 displaying and changing system information tasks. One step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10.