Sun Explorer Notices and
Changes
This document provides information about important notices that apply
to SunTM Explorer 6.3. This document also provides information
about the changes made, including a description of the new features, a description
of the modified features, and a list of the defects and requests for enhancement
(RFEs) fixed in Sun Explorer 6.3.
Note –
Sun Explorer includes some third-party redistributable software.
Please read the third-party license readme to learn about the terms and
conditions under which this software is included and is available for use.
For installation and download information, see Chapter 1, Sun Explorer How-To’s (FTP, NFS, Installation, Upgrade), in Sun Explorer User’s Guide.
For questions
about Sun Explorer, contact the explorer@sun.com alias.
Sun Explorer Notices
The following notices apply to Sun Explorer 6.3:
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SolarisTM 8 and 9 Operating System (Solaris
OS) patch requirements. On Sun FireTM 15K platforms,
you must apply the following patches to run the fru script:
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Solaris 8 OS, at least patch 110460-23 or 108528-29
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Solaris 9 OS, at least patch 112959-01
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Sun Explorer and shared storage: Running Sun Explorer and
RAID Manager (RM) diagnostic commands simultaneously can cause controllers
to go offline. Furthermore, running Sun Explorer, healthck, drivutil, or other diagnostic commands simultaneously on host servers
that share Sun StorEdgeTM A1000, A3x00, or A3500FC storage
devices can cause data corruption.
You can collect information
from shared disk storage without causing a problem by running Sun Explorer
from only one server host. Alternatively, you can run Sun Explorer from more
than one host server as long as you run Sun Explorer from each host server
at staggered times.
To configure Sun Explorer data collection
from multiple host servers at staggered times, run the following command on
each server and then, when prompted, enter different values for the time when
Sun Explorer should run:
A third option is to not include Sun Explorer storage modules when you
run Sun Explorer on servers that share disks. To exclude storage modules from
one of the host servers, run Sun Explorer with the -w command-line
option in one of the following ways:
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For sh or ksh:
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For csh or bash:
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Use of SSH with the Sun Explorer scextended module.
Before you can collect information from a Sun Fire midframe system controller
(SC), you must manually accept the SSH host key from the SC. To accept the
SSH host key, use SSH to log in to the SC (as superuser) from the system that
is collecting data.
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Space characters in passwords. Any space characters are supported
in interactive mode for most modules collecting data from external systems
(exceptions: ipmiextended, ilomextended). For automated collection using
*input.txt files, space characters can be used in the middle of passwords
for most modules (exceptions: sanextended, b1600extended, b1600switch). Leading/trailing
spaces in passwords are not supported in any *input.txt files.
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Sun Explorer Changes
The following sections describe the changes made in Sun Explorer 6.3:
New Features
The following are some of the new features available in Sun Explorer
6.3:
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Explorer now collects menu.lstas well
as bootenv.rc files. (6775114)
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Explorer now collects System type for x86 systems from smbios
output. (6796799)
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Explorer now supports OpenSolaris 2009.06. (6865708)
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Explorer now has a new module for collecting chassis serial
number. (6809709)
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Explorer now collectsscdidadm command output
that checks cluster consistency. (6812260)
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Explorer now collects svcprop database
information. (6771057)
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Explorer now bundles latest FRUID library. (6840463)
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Explorer now considers psn data while collecting serial number
for platform_serial module. (6869624)
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Explorer now includes gzip libraries that are largefile aware
(6857385)
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Modified Features
The following is the main modified feature available in Sun Explorer
6.3:
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Defect and RFE Fix List
The following defects and RFEs are fixed in the Sun Explorer 6.3 release.
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Defect/RFE Number
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Subcategory
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Description
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6775114 (RFE)
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system
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menu.lst file should be captured on explorer
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6796799 (RFE)
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system
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Explorer should populate "SystemType" for x86 systems from smbios output
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6865708 (RFE)
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x86
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Explorer must support OpenSolaris2009.06
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6760997 (RFE)
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other
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Update StorManpath in prometheus module to use /opt
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6809709 (RFE)
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applications
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New module in explorer for collecting chassis serial number
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6869624 (RFE)
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other
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Explorer considers psn data while running platform_serial module
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6840463 (RFE)
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system
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Include latest FRUID library in Explorer
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6771057 (RFE)
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system
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Explorer should contain dump of svcprop database
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6812260 (RFE)
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cluster
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Request for collecting `scdidadm -c` output in the
Explorer
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6735469 (Defect)
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storage
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Only probe mounted file system s with lufslist
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6855660 (Defect)
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other
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Couldn't run explorer from alternate path with already created defaultfile
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6855652 (Defect)
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other
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For Explorer installed in alternate path,servicetag instance not created
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6857385 (Defect)
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other
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The embedded sparc.gzip in Explorer needs to be largefile aware
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6856113 (Defect)
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applications
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Explorer netinfo module creates .err file for niscat
command
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6817733 (Defect)
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other
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During explorer installation via jumpstart, crontab related error is
thrown
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6728219 (Defect)
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usage
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Explorer installation/removal in single user mode throws crontab error
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