Gerry Haskins
Director Security and Release Management
Gerry Haskins is Director of Security and Release Management in the Systems Division of Oracle. He has been responsible for Oracle Solaris patches and SRUs for over 17 years, from QA to enhancements to the processes and tools which support the Oracle Solaris (and other) product lifecycles. He is passionate about quality and our customers' experience.
Recent Blogs
M8, T8, and SuperCluster M8, and a new blog owner
If you were lucky enough to attend the recent Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, you'll have heard about our latest SPARC systems, the T8 (T8-1, T8-2, T8-4) and M8 family of systems, and the SuperCluster M8 engineered system. If not, you can find out more about them in these videos from Oracle's Chi...
Solaris 11 Docs Updated
The Solaris 11 Docs have been updated to reflect current functionality. The 'man' pages have also been made available on-line at the same location....
New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available
New Release ORAchk 12.2.0.1.3 & EXAchk 12.2.0.1.3 Now Available Upgrade to Database 12.2 with confidence This release includes lots of new checks to help when upgrading the database to 12.2. These include both pre and post upgrade verification to prevent problems related to: OS configuration Grid In...
Long live Solaris 11! - Until at least 2034 to be exact
In case you haven't heard, the Solaris 11 support dates have been extended by 10 years to 2031 for Premier Support and 2034 for Extended Support. This provides long term protection for customers' investment in Solaris. See page 34 (page 37 in the PDF) of the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle an...
Overview of Oracle Solaris Release Cadence, IPS, SRUs, IDRs, and CVE ...
After 12 years using my beloved SunRay - Oracle Sun's most underrated product by far - I got a new Oracle Solaris x86 workstation in January and for the first time in many years I have a root password. Oh, the power!!! This has enabled me to play around with IPS and practice what I preach regarding ...