How To Confirm Solaris 11 version

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I’ve finally gotten the time to work on another Unix Tutorial project – Install Solaris 11 in a VirtualBox VM. Will publish step-by-step instructions next weekend, so for now it’s just a quick post about a topic long overdue: confirming Solaris 11 version.

Use pkg Command to Confirm Solaris 11 Version

One of the most recent but also the most recommended ways to confirm Solaris 11 release version is to use the. Specifically, we use it to inspect the “entire” package which is a virtual package made for indicating and enforcing a Solaris 11 release:

greys@solaris11:~$ pkg info entire
Name: entire
Summary: Incorporation to lock all system packages to the same build
Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
build. WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
Removing this package will result in an unsupported system.
Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 11.4 (Oracle Solaris 11.4.0.0.1.15.0)
Branch: 11.4.0.0.1.15.0
Packaging Date: 17 August 2018 at 00:42:03
Size: 2.53 kB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/[email protected]:20180817T004203Z

As you can see from the output, my brand new Solaris 11 VM is sporting the Solaris 11.4 release.

Use /etc/release to Confirm Solaris 11 Version

This is the more traditional way, the one that’s worked from at least Solaris 8. Simply inspect the /etc/release file and it should indicate both the Solaris release and the platform it’s running on – in my case it’s Solaris 11.4 and x86:

greys@solaris11:~$ cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11.4 X86
Copyright (c) 1983, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 16 August 2018

Use uname command to Confirm Solaris 11 Version

Another fairly traditional approach is to use the uname command. As you can see below, it will show you the OS release (5.11) and the release version (11.4.0.15.0):

greys@solaris11:~$ uname -a
SunOS solaris11 5.11 11.4.0.15.0 i86pc i386 i86pc

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Veritas Infoscale Availability

I have just started my next full time contract with a major integrator here in Dublin in a capacity of Senior Linux and Solaris engineer.

It is quite fun to refresh my Solaris knowledge and to pick it up where I left off:

  • explore Solaris 10 to Solaris 11 migrations
  • catch up on major software package upgrades (like Veritas)
  • revisit zones and LDOM management
  • refresh ZFS commands

I didn’t know, but Veritas has moved away from Symantec in recent years and biggest offerings are now rebranded as Veritas Infoscale. So Veritas Cluster Server is now Veritas Infoscale Availability.

Can’t wait to learn what improvements or new features are there in Infoscale, but also hope most of my VCS and VSF command line knowledge still works!

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Useful Solaris OS tips from my Solaris Blog

As some of you may know already, I’ve recently restarted my activity on another technical blog of mine: Solaris blog.

Solaris blog: http://solaris.reys.net

Solaris blog is the very first blog I started, I was actively posting new material in 2006-2007.  Since then my primary focus had shifted to Linux systems, but I realized that I miss Solaris so much that I still need to play with latest versions and features in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris.

Today I’d like to offer you a few articles from Solaris blog, let me know if you find them useful:

Most of these topics are fairly technical and expect you to have previous knowledge of Solaris OS, but Unix Tutorial is here to take care of the basics – so ask away and I’ll be glad to help you discover Solaris in my future posts.

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