Solaris installation of 6.0.1 CPI warning messages concerns

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Description

Error Message

CPI WARNING V-9-40-3995 Solaris 10 Update 6 is installed on .  It is strongly recommended to install Solaris 10 Update 8 or later

CPI WARNING V-9-40-3995 Solaris 10 Update 6 is installed on .  It is strongly recommended to install Solaris 10 Update 8 or later
 

Cause

The 6.0.1 Installer fails to detect the OS update level if the Solaris 10 kernel patch is
upgraded to Update 10, and issues the below warning message:
WARNING V-9-40-3995 Solaris 10 Update 6 is installed on . It is strongly
 recommended to install Solaris 10 Update 8 or later
 

Resolution

CPI hot fix has been released for this issue:

This hot fix can be obtained from the My Sort site: 
 
Instructions as found in README:
Solution:
1. Copy the hot-fix CPI_6.0.1_P1.pl to /tmp
2. Run installation scripts with the hot-fix
Example:
./installer -require /tmp/CPI_6.0.1_P1.pl
 

 


Applies To

$ uname -v
Generic_147440-19

$ cat /etc/release
Solaris 10 10/08 s10s_u6wos_07b SPARC  Update 6 or U6 level was the original OS base install here
Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 27 October 2008

 

Issue/Introduction

When installing 6.0.1 on Solaris 10 systems where the /etc/release doesn't reflect actual patch level as shown by 'uname -a' output, the installer gives out CPI warnings.
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