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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I just built a new T2000 using Solaris10 U11.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I then patched it with “</span><span lang="EN-US">pca --install --minimal missingr”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The following six patches failed to install:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""># ./pca -l --minimal missingr</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Using /var/tmp/patches/./patchdiag.xref from Feb/26/13</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Host: xxxxxx (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4v)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">List: missingr-minimal (6/3818)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Patch IR CR RSB Age Synopsis</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">138876 -- < 01 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 138876-02 SunOS 5.10: usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">145929 -- < 05 R-- 573 Obsoleted by: 145929-06 SunOS 5.10: igb driver Patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">145953 -- < 06 R-- 573 Obsoleted by: 145953-07 SunOS 5.10: emlxs driver Patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">146232 -- < 21 RS- 149 Obsoleted by: 146232-22 SunOS 5.10: iSCSI patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">146954 -- < 03 R-- 573 Obsoleted by: 146954-04 SunOS 5.10: routed patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">148169 -- < 03 R-- 376 Obsoleted by: 148169-04 SunOS 5.10: ixgbe patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I picked “emlxs driver Patch“ to trace the trail of “Obsoleted by…:” to confirm that a newer patch was already installed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The xref file shows 145953-06 is Obsoleted by: 145953-07</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The xref file shows 145953-07 is Obsoleted by: 149173-03
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The “showrev -p” shows that Patch: 149173-03 is installed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Therefore, 145953-06 is not needed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Next I look at “igb driver Patch” to trace the trail…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The xref shows 145929-05 is Obsoleted by: 145929-06</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The xref does not have 145929-06 listed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">But the xref does list 145929-09 so we know -06 is obsoleted by -09 which in turn is Obsoleted by: 148035-06</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The “showrev -p” shows that Patch: 148035-06 is installed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Therefore, 145929-05 is not needed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In the above 2 cases, we can easily trace the trail using only the xref file. I assume that the other 4 cases are similar.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We do not have to download any additional data to derive the path of obsolescence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I’d like to automate this process in such a way that the tool would automatically know that these patches are not needed to be installed and avoid having the
failures. The goal would be that patches are not attempted to be installed if they are already obsoleted by any newer patch. Would this new functionality be something that PCA could be enhanced to perform?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Neil G. Brookins<br>
Identity and Authentication Solutions - IT Global Solutions</span></p>
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