[pca] 123246-07 another wrongly label patch ?

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Dennis,

Am 19.03.2012 um 01:24 schrieb Dennis Clarke:
> Patch     Synopsis
> --------- -------------------------------------------------------
> 123246-07 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 4.0: Patch for Solaris 10
> 
>   ... seems to be unavailable under a typical Solaris support contract.
> 
> So what SVR4 package does this thing patch? The server has
> none of the patched files on it to begin with.

This is for the products Instant Image ("II") and the Sun Network Data
Replicator ("SNDR") later renamed as Availibility Suite. Both worked
as a blocklevel Nexus drivers able to intercept blocklevel traffic
between discs and the block driver for snapshotting and replication
via IP much like the Veritas Volume Replicator. For some features see
  http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+avs/
Most interestingly the old SBus Fast Write Cache Cards used the same
technique to reroute block I/O to battery backed ram.

In the past you needed special (=expensive) licenses for each of the
products, so maybe the patches are now also more restricted than basic
Solaris.


Best regards

  -- Dago