[pca] Heads-up on patches 147440-16, 147440-17, 147441-16, 147441-17

[Don O'Malley]

Hi Folks,

These patches should be withdrawn now.

The accompanying SunAlert is 
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1461565.1

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Best,
-Don

On 05/25/12 15:45, Laurent Blume wrote:
> Hello Don,
>
> Are they? There *were* unavailable this morning CEST (MOS asked for a 
> password with no explanation), but they can be downloaded again now.
>
> Laurent
>
> Don O'Malley <don.omalley at oracle.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Quick update.
>>
>> Patches 147440-16, 147440-17, 147441-16 & 147441-17 are in the 
>> process of being withdrawn from MOS.
>>
>> I will share the accompanying SunAlert for the issue as soon as I get 
>> it.
>>
>>
>> On 05/24/12 18:46, Don O'Malley wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A small number of customers have reported panics in recent days with 
>>> Solaris 10 Kernel patches 147440/1 revs -16 and -17.
>>>
>>> The issue appears to be triggered by heavy network stress and also 
>>> appears to be have been caused by the fixfor CR 7054587. 
>>> Investigations are ongoing. It's not yet clear how pervasive the 
>>> issue is, or under what exact circumstances the issue occurs.
>>>
>>> 117440-15 (SPARC) and 117441-15 (x86) are the last known good 
>>> revisions.
>> This should read:
>> 147440-15 (SPARC) and 147441-15 (x86) are the last known good revisions.
>>
>> (Thanks Thomas!)
>>
>> Best,
>> -Don
>>
>>>  Affected customers should backoff the affected KU's revert to these 
>>> revisions.
>>>
>>> I've removed download capability of the affected Kernel patch 
>>> revisions temporarily to avoid more customers being impacted until 
>>> we can determine whether they need to be withdrawn permanently. You 
>>> will see attempts to download these patches via pca failing as a 
>>> result.
>>>
>>> A Sun Alert is in the works and I'll provide an update tomorrow.
>>>
>>> We'll also be respinning the Recommended Cluster to revert to 
>>> rev-15.  Customers should use the April Solaris 10 CPU instead in 
>>> the interim.
>>>
>>> This issue will be addressed in rev-19 by backing out the offending 
>>> putback.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -Don
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> <http://www.oracle.com/>
>>> *Don O'Malley*
>>> Manager, Software Maintenance Engineering
>>> Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
>>> Block C, East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
>>> Phone: +353 1 8033883
>>> Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com 
>>> <mailto:rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com>
>>
>> -- 
>> <http://www.oracle.com/>
>> *Don O'Malley*
>> Manager, Software Maintenance Engineering
>> Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
>> Block C, East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
>> Phone: +353 1 8033883
>> Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com>
>
>
>

-- 
<http://www.oracle.com/>
*Don O'Malley*
Manager, Software Maintenance Engineering
Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
Block C, East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 8033883
Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com 
<mailto:rpe_patch_system_test_ww_grp at oracle.com>
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