{"id":436,"date":"2011-01-11T13:24:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebc.ch\/blog\/?p=436"},"modified":"2013-02-01T12:53:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T11:53:26","slug":"solaris-release-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebc.ch\/blog\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Solaris release confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='toc toc'>\n<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ul class='toc-odd level-1'>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Overview\">Overview<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Releases\">Releases<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Solaris_10\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris 10<\/a><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Solaris_Express\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris Express<\/a><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#Express_Community_Release\"><a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">Express Community Release<\/a><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#OpenSolaris\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenSolaris<\/a><\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"#References\">References<\/a>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class='toc-end'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<span id=\"Overview\"><h2>Overview<\/h2><\/span>\n<p><strong>STAND: 31.12.2006 by psc<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em><strong>Release<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Release Type<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/sunsolve.sun.com\/pub-cgi\/show.pl?target=patchpage\" href=\"http:\/\/sunsolve.sun.com\/pub-cgi\/show.pl?target=patchpage\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patches<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/sunsolve.sun.com\/pub-cgi\/show.pl?target=patchpage\" href=\"http:\/\/sunsolve.sun.com\/pub-cgi\/show.pl?target=patchpage\" rel=\"nofollow\">Patch Clusters<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong><a title=\"LiveUpgrade 2.0 Howto\" href=\"https:\/\/192.168.100.2\/wiki\/index.php\/LiveUpgrade_2.0_Howto\">Liveupgrade<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Stable<\/td>\n<td>Some Free<\/td>\n<td>Subscription<\/td>\n<td>???<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris Express<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Metastable developer snapshot<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>Yes (Monthly)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris Express Community Release<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>less stable snapshot<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>Yes (2Weeks)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenSolaris<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>bleeding edge<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>No available<\/td>\n<td>Yes (???)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a id=\"Releases\" name=\"Releases\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"Releases\"><h2>Releases<\/h2><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Newest information: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/releases.xml\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/releases.xml\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/releases.xml<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nevada release schedule: <a title=\"http:\/\/opensolaris.org\/os\/community\/on\/onnv_schedule.txt\" href=\"http:\/\/opensolaris.org\/os\/community\/on\/onnv_schedule.txt\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/opensolaris.org\/os\/community\/on\/onnv_schedule.txt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em><strong>Release<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Version<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Codename<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>EOL<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Comment<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SunOS 5.7<\/td>\n<td>11\/99 (latest per 20061231)<\/td>\n<td>15 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/8\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/8\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">SunOS 5.8<\/a><\/td>\n<td>02\/04 (latest per 20061231)<\/td>\n<td>31 March 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/9\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/9\" rel=\"nofollow\">SunOS 5.9<\/a><\/td>\n<td>09\/05 (latest)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SunOS 5.9 HW (<a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol9-U9-DVD-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol9-U9-DVD-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">DVD<\/a> <a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol9-U9-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol9-U9-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">CD<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td>09\/05 u9 (latest per 20061231)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>add support for: Sun Ultra 25 and 45 Workstations and Sun Fire V215, V245 and V445 servers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/index.jsp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/index.jsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">SunOS 5.10<\/a><\/td>\n<td>11\/06 u3 (latest per 20061231)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SunOS 5.10<\/td>\n<td>06\/06 u2 (latest per 20061231)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Certain systems or configurations may still require or recommend use of the previous Solaris 10 update, Solaris 10 6\/06, which is still available for download as DVD (<a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-SP-DVD-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-SP-DVD-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">SPARC<\/a>, <a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-x86-DVD-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-x86-DVD-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">x64\/x86<\/a>) or CD (<a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-SP-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">SPARC<\/a>, <a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-x86-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8&amp;PartDetailId=Sol10-U2-x86-G-F&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">x64\/x86<\/a>) images.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SunOS 5.11<\/td>\n<td>02\/06 build31 codename nevada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Solaris 11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SunOS 5.11<\/td>\n<td>12\/06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Solaris_10\" name=\"Solaris_10\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"Solaris_10\"><h2><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris 10<\/a><\/h2><\/span>\n<p>This is our officially supported Sun distribution. This is a <a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/get.jsp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/get.jsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">free download<\/a>, and we will release binary patches, updates, etc. etc. The current release is Solaris 10 01\/06 which we refer to (internally at least) as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Solaris 10 Update 1\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3, or s10u1 for short. The initial release was Solaris 10 03\/05 which was the FCS release of Solaris 10. Update releases are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153service pack\u00e2\u20ac\u009d releases that add new features and fix bugs for the main Solaris 10 distribution. Solaris 10 is probably best analogous to Red Hat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Enterprise Linux type of distribution. <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Except we provide free downloads in binary form\u00c2\u00a0\ud83d\ude09 (oh yeah, and support is cheaper)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Solaris_Express\" name=\"Solaris_Express\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"Solaris_Express\"><h2><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.com\/software\/solaris\/solaris-express\/get.jsp\" rel=\"nofollow\">Solaris Express<\/a><\/h2><\/span>\n<p>This is the official Sun \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbleeding-edge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 bits (as opposed to the OpenSolaris \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbleeding-edge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 bits. these are provided primarily for customers interested in testing out new features of the new Solaris release without the total cutting-edge-ness of the Solaris Express: Community Release. Currently, the newest release is 02\/06 which is Nevada, build 31. These are typically updated every month or two\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 at a frequency less than Community Release. Solaris Express is a minimally-qualified SXCR, meaning, it boots, and has passed some minimal testing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Express_Community_Release\" name=\"Express_Community_Release\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"Express_Community_Release\"><h2><a title=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" href=\"http:\/\/javashoplm.sun.com\/ECom\/docs\/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=7&amp;PartDetailId=Sol-Express_b33-x86-SP-G-B&amp;TransactionId=try\" rel=\"nofollow\">Express Community Release<\/a><\/h2><\/span>\n<p>This is the base for OpenSolaris (currently). These are our super bleeding-edge bits\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 our latest internal build\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 what will be Solaris 11, currently codenamed Nevada. Currently, as of Feb 22nd 2006, this is Nevada, build 33 (also referred to in shorthand with snv_33, or nv_33). These are released typically every 2 weeks in sync with the <a title=\"http:\/\/opensolaris.org\/os\/community\/onnv\/onnv_schedule.txt\" href=\"http:\/\/opensolaris.org\/os\/community\/onnv\/onnv_schedule.txt\" rel=\"nofollow\">ONNV build schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OpenSolaris\" name=\"OpenSolaris\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"OpenSolaris\"><h2><a title=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/downloads\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenSolaris<\/a><\/h2><\/span>\n<p>This is probably best analogous to <a title=\"http:\/\/kernel.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/kernel.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">kernel.org<\/a>, except with more.\u00c2\u00a0\ud83d\ude1b It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our ON (OS\/Net) consolidation, and contains the kernel (like kernel.org) as well as other user-land utilities\/tools (unlike kernel.org), but is NOT enough to get a whole system bootstrapped currently (like kernel.org). So you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d have to download the Solaris Express Community Edition (Nevada, build 34), and pop the OpenSolaris bits on top. Not unlike downloading Fedora Core, and then downloading the latest Linux kernel and installing it on top. Alternatively, you can download any of the other OpenSolaris-based distributions, such as <a title=\"http:\/\/schillix.berlios.de\/\" href=\"http:\/\/schillix.berlios.de\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Schilix<\/a>, <a title=\"http:\/\/belenix.sarovar.org\/belenix_home.html\" href=\"http:\/\/belenix.sarovar.org\/belenix_home.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Belenix<\/a>, or <a title=\"http:\/\/www.gnusolaris.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gnusolaris.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nexenta GNU\/Solaris<\/a>. We have the <a title=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/about\/roadmap\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opensolaris.org\/os\/about\/roadmap\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenSolaris roadmap<\/a> up for viewing which should also help give an idea for how OpenSolaris will be unfolding over the next year.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"References\" name=\"References\"><\/a><\/p>\n<span id=\"References\"><h2>References<\/h2><\/span>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/whacked.net\/2005\/06\/21\/confused-so-was-i\/\" href=\"http:\/\/whacked.net\/2005\/06\/21\/confused-so-was-i\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/whacked.net\/2005\/06\/21\/confused-so-was-i\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview STAND: 31.12.2006 by psc Release Release Type Patches Patch Clusters Liveupgrade Solaris Stable Some Free Subscription ??? 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