Installation guide
Do Not Use patchadd -M to Install Patches on a System
With Non-Global Zones
On a system with non-global zones, it is recommended not to use the patchadd -M option. The
current implementation of patchadd -M applies all the patches to the global zone rst, and only
then to the non-global zones. This is sub-optimal, because if an issue occurs after a number of
patches have been applied to the global zone but not to the non-global zone, the zones may be
signicantly out of sync with each other, making the situation potentially dicult to recover.
Workaround: patchadd -a -M can be used to construct a valid install sequence for a set of
patches and to ensure that the patches should install without an issue.
For more information, see the Best Practices article on the BigAdmin Patching Hub, at
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/patch_management.jsp.
::findleaks Command Fails (6720107)
The mdb debugger ::findleaks command fails on the Solaris 10 10/09 OS. The following error
message is displayed:
mdb: couldn’t walk ’modctl’: unknown walk name
Workaround: Before using the ::findleaks command, type the ::load krtld command.
Solaris 10 10/09 DVD Media Might Not be
Automatically Mounted by vold (6712352)
The Solaris 10 10/09 DVD does not mount by default during runtime. No error message is
displayed.
Workaround: Perform the following steps:
1. Become superuser.
2. Disable vold:
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On Solaris 10 Systems:
# svcadm disable -t volfs
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On Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 systems:
/etc/init.d/volmgt stop
3. Mount the media manually by using the # mount -F hsfs path to block device path to
mount point command. For example:
System Administration
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