As you've seen in previous blogs we've been correcting the accidental deletion of older blogs that hold still useful knowledge. After bringing back blogs by...
As you've seen in previous blogs we've been correcting the accidental deletion of older blogs that hold still useful knowledge. After bringing back blogs by James McPherson and Darryl Gove, we're now bringing back a set of blogs by one of our long time security engineers Glenn Faden. These posts he wrote under the handle Trusted Blogger cover various aspects of Oracle Solaris in the security space and how to use and configure its often unique features. Some of the older...
As you've seen in previous blogs we've been correcting the accidental deletion of older blogs that hold still useful knowledge. After bringing back blogs by James McPherson and Darryl Gove, we're now...
Since our last update on Oracle Solaris and Oracle Java we've been getting more questions, so we wanted to write a quick blog to share the latest on this topic....
Since our last update on Oracle Solaris and Oracle Java we've been getting more questions, so we wanted to write a quick blog to share the latest on this topic. There are a lot of applications out there running on Oracle Java SE 8 and Oracle Java SE 11, these are mature and widely adopted platforms. As you can see on the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap, Oracle is committed to supporting these releases until at least 2025 and 2026 respectively. In addition, this page notes:...
Since our last update on Oracle Solaris and Oracle Java we've been getting more questions, so we wanted to write a quick blog to share the latest on this topic. There are a lot of applications out...
We got you covered on your way to Oracle Solaris 11 OS The Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System (OS) platform provides major improvements over earlier releases in...
We got you covered on your way to Oracle Solaris 11 OS The Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System (OS) platform provides major improvements over earlier releases in areas critical to our customers, including gains in security, compliance, performance, virtualization, and observability. There are important business reasons for you to adopt the Oracle Solaris 11 OS release, including that it is much easier to manage and it can help to lower your cost to run and maintain your IT...
We got you covered on your way to Oracle Solaris 11 OS The Oracle Solaris 11 Operating System (OS) platform provides major improvements over earlier releases in areas critical to our customers,...
With the release of the October 2018 Solaris 10 Extended Support Recommended patch set, you can now run Solaris 10 in Oracle Cloud. I thought it would be good...
With the release of the October 2018 Solaris 10 Extended Support Recommended patch set, you can now run Solaris 10 in Oracle Cloud. I thought it would be good to document the main steps for getting an image you can run in OCI High level steps are Create a Solaris 10 image using Virtualbox and get it patched with the October 2018 patch set Unconfigure it and shut it down Upload it to the Oracle Cloud object storage Create a custom image from that object you've just uploaded...
With the release of the October 2018 Solaris 10 Extended Support Recommended patch set, you can now run Solaris 10 in Oracle Cloud. I thought it would be good to document the main steps for getting an...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining And More Time With Your Family". I'll share data on how with one simple installation decision you can reduce your subsequent production lifecycle issue rate by over 70%, both in terms of Service Requests and underlying Bugs. I'll also share data on two other easy ways you can dramatically reduce your operational risk...
Hi Folks, I'm presenting @ Oracle Open World this Monday, Oct 26, 5:15pm in the Intercontinental, Room B. The title is CON4940 "Spending Less Time Maintaining And More Time With Your Family". I'll...
Hi Folks, Apologies for the rather exasperated tone of this post, but if I had a $1 for every time a 3rd party security scanning tool falsely reported that...
Hi Folks, Apologies for the rather exasperated tone of this post, but if I had a $1 for every time a 3rd party security scanning tool falsely reported that we're missing a security fix in the Solaris 10 Recommended patchset... Let me assure you, the Solaris 10 Recommended patchset really does contain all available security fixes for the Solaris OS*. * In deference to Murphy's Law, I'd better insert a disclaimer that I'm sure there'll be a security fix at some future point in...
Hi Folks, Apologies for the rather exasperated tone of this post, but if I had a $1 for every time a 3rd party security scanning tool falsely reported that we're missing a security fix in the...
Here's an updated version of patching best practice presentation, PatchingBestPractice.pdf. You can still find more verbose earlier versions in prior postings....
Here's an updated version of patching best practice presentation, PatchingBestPractice.pdf. You can still find more verbose earlier versions in prior postings. Best Wishes, Gerry.
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage...
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage expectations has stuck with me over the years. And in that spirit, we issue Docs detailing known issues with Solaris 11 SRUs (Doc ID 1900381.1) and Solaris 10 CPU patchsets (Doc ID 1943839.1). Many issues only occur in very specific configuration scenarios which won't be seen by the vast majority of customers. A few will be...
A customer once said to me that "bad news, delivered early, is relatively good news, as it enables me to plan for contingencies". That need to manage expectations has stuck with me over the years....
Solaris 8 and 9 Extended (a.k.a Vintage) Support finished at the end of Oct 2014. We've flushed the queues of any fixes which were still in-flight from that...
Solaris 8 and 9 Extended (a.k.a Vintage) Support finished at the end of Oct 2014. We've flushed the queues of any fixes which were still in-flight from that time and released the final set of Solaris 8 and 9 patches have been released to MOS. Solaris 8 and 9 patches will continue to be available to customers with appropriate Sustaining Support contracts, as will telephone support, but no new Solaris 8 and 9 patches will be created. As you can see from Page 37 of the Solaris...
Solaris 8 and 9 Extended (a.k.a Vintage) Support finished at the end of Oct 2014. We've flushed the queues of any fixes which were still in-flight from that time and released the final set of Solaris...
