[pca] Solaris 9 transitioning to Extended Support

[Don O'Malley]

On 04/11/11 16:24, Don O'Malley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The latest Solaris 9 KUs will not require an Extended Support contract.

Let me rephrase...

The latest Solaris 9 KUs /should/ not require an Extended Support contract.

We hit a minor bug with our entitlement code, which we've now corrected. 
These patches will become available under standard Solaris support 
overnight.

Apologies for the confusion.

Best,
-Don

>
> We have put an exception in place for these KUs as they were in the 
> our pipeline before Solaris 9 entered Extended support.
>
> The only other patch that will be treated similarly is 115553-31, due 
> to be released later today.
>
> Best,
> -Don
>
>
> On 04/11/11 07:23, Martin Paul wrote:
>> Just a reminder - Solaris 9 has entered vintage support now. The new 
>> kernel patch 122300-61/122301-60 is the first one that requires 
>> "Vintage Solaris" support for download and is therefore not available 
>> via a standard Solaris support contract.
>>
>> Those of you which still run Solaris 9 systems might want to keep a 
>> copy of the patchdiag.xref from Oct/31/11.
>>
>> Martin.
>>
>> Martin Paul wrote:
>>> Solaris 9 will transition to "Vintage" Support at the end of 
>>> October. This means that any Solaris 9 patches (or patch revisions) 
>>> released from Nov 1st onwards will require "Vintage" support level. 
>>> Details on Gerry Haskins' blog:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/solaris_9_transitioning_to_extended
>>
>
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> *Don O'Malley*
> Manager,Patch System Test
> Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
> East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
> Phone: +353 1 8199764
> Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test_ww at oracle.com 
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<http://www.oracle.com/>
*Don O'Malley*
Manager,Patch System Test
Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 8199764
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