Oracle extends Support for Solaris 10 and 11.3 to 2027

Oracle has once again changed the Extended Support for Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.3
from January 2025 now to January 2027.

You can find all the Support dates in

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf

Oracle Solaris 10 Extended Support now till Jan 2025

Oracle has once again changed the Extended Support for Solaris 10
from January 2024 now to January 2025.

You can find all the Support dates in

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf

How to Migrate from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11

Solaris 10 was released in 2005. Currently Solaris 10 is in extended Support
and Oracle is planing to provide patches till 01/2024.

Great News About Extended Support for Oracle Solaris 10 OS

There is no easy upgrade from Solaris 10 to 11 because Solaris 11
includes many new features not available in Solaris 10.

best option
At our customers we install new Solaris 11 systems or LDoms and install
the application, do the configuration and move the data from Solaris 10.

compromise option
If your application is not supported on Solaris 11 or you want to migrate
away from older hardware in short time. Then your option is Solaris 10 Branded
Zones. You can install Solaris 10 Branded Zones on a Solaris 11 server
based on a 1:1 archive from your Solaris 10 System.

Lift and Shift Guide - Migrating Workloads from Oracle Solaris 10 SPARC Systems to Oracle Solaris 10 Branded Zones


next step: sysdiff
If you already have a Solaris 10 Branded Zone, you can use the new sysdiff tool
to identify application binaries and files and convert this into a Solaris 11 ips package.
This ips package can then be deployed on a Solaris 11 Server.

sysdiff: moving Oracle Solaris 10 legacy 3rd party apps to 11.4

If you need support for such migrations just contact our experienced consultants at JomaSoft
https://www.jomasoft.ch/about/#team

Do you have the overview of your Solaris server patch levels?

To have updated systems is very important for security and stability reasons.

Oracle releases patch updates each quarter for Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.3 till 01/2024.
This patches only fix the most important issues, but not all.
To receive this patches for the older Solaris releases you need Extended Support.

It is highly recommended to update to the current Solaris 11.4 release.
For Solaris 11.4 there is a SRU (Support Repository Update) each month.

Make sure you know which Solaris server are not yet on the recommended level.

With our JomaSoft VDCF management tool for Solaris you have a good realtime overview of the Levels.

Learn more about VDCF
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