Its here… Solaris 11 Express. Billed as snv_151a.
You can download it immediately. Be careful when you do so, the version most people will want is the LiveCD, which is under the “Other Downloads” section. If you download the “Text Only” version you will not get a desktop environment. Maybe a subtle hint about the return of Solaris as a server centric OS.
Lets get the bad news out of the way…. No source. If that’s a deal killer for you, go download OpenIndiana based on Illumos.
So, if you aren’t as principled and just want to get back to the latest and greatest from Sun/Oracle you can wipe out your workstation and have a go with the LiveCD. So long snv_134 (ie: the now dead last release of OpenSolaris).
The important news is really for enterprise shops that plan to continue with Solaris. If you’ve spent time with OpenSolaris then you already know most of what you need to. If you didn’t soak into OpenSolaris then you need to start getting up to speed now. Your primary concern will be IPS, ZFS Boot Environment (no more UFS root), and Automated Installer (AI). You’ll need all the time you can get to familiarize yourself with these big changes prior to Solaris 11′s real arrival.
Besides the “catchup” from snv_134, which is itself significant, namely in the networking space (VRRP, w00t!), snv_151 includes ZFS Encryption. ZFS Crypto has been talked about for years now, but its here at last. Darren Moffat shared the good news in his blog. Give it a read for all the crypto-ee goodness.
So sink in your teeth and enjoy the sweet taste while it lasts. The gravy train is over and I don’t expect much more to write-home about, some tweeks but nothing fantastical. Get ready for the new normal, and keep Illumos visible in the corner of your eye to see some real innovation start to unfold there.
Just a heads up, make sure to read the full license terms. This new version may not be used in production or for most everything you would want to use this for other than development and demoing.
See http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/11/15/2259239/Oracle-Solaris-11-Express-Released for discussion regarding the release.
@Bert, just a note that the release can definitely be used in production but it does require having a support contract. For more details, see the main Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 page, http://bit.ly/dkhwZ6
Entry 11 in the Oracle Solaris 11 Express FAQ in particular answers this question:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/overview/faqs-oraclesolaris11express-185609.pdf
“Oracle Solaris 11 Express is covered under the Oracle
Premier Support for Operating Systems or Oracle Premier
Support for Systems support option for Oracle hardware, and
Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for non-Oracle
hardware. Customers must choose either of these support
options should they wish to deploy Oracle Solaris 11 Express
into a production environment.”
> … No source
How about the info that source will be published after each release, or Oracle decided do drop that too? (Of course it wasn’t official so they wouldn’t suffer from conscience, but with all that – the move to kill OpenSolaris as *Open* was really stupid).
Is this Final Release?
@ shmerl
My take on this is source will only be available after Solaris 11 release, not Solaris Express releases.
Right Paul, source was supposed to follow GA releases. So none was expected.
Note that it is quite feasible to upgrade from OpenSolaris (either dev builds or the last release build) to Solaris express…. details here:
[[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1..]]
– Bart
Just a note on “throwing out the old”: you can update from OpenSolaris and official type details are here http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/821-1479/gklaa?a=view
I’ve updated three test boxes with no issues and one had ~15 zones. Quite surprised!
Under System menu, “About Oracle Solaris”, click the notice button
———————————————————-
Written Offer for Source Code
———————————————————
For binaries that you receive from Oracle as part of Oracle Solaris
11 Express 2010.11 that are licensed under any version of the GNU
General Public License (GPL) or the GNU LGPL, you can receive a
complete machine-readable copy of the source code by visiting
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/gplsourceforsolaris-184717.html
or by sending a written request to:
Oracle America, Inc.
Attn: Associate General Counsel,
Development and Engineering Legal
500 Oracle Parkway, 10th Floor
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
If you send a written request it should include (i) the name of the
covered binary, (ii) the name and version number of the Oracle product
containing the covered binary, (iii) your name, (iv) your company
name (if applicable), and (v) your return mailing and email address
(if available).
We may charge you a nominal fee to cover the cost of the media and
distribution.
Your request must be sent within three (3) years of the date you
received Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11.
Sure, a support contract sounds nice, except for those of us who are hobbyists and would like to use OpenSolaris, now Solaris Express on machines at Data centers for personal hosting for various projects, or as our main desktop much like I used OpenSolaris. No, this is nowhere near what OSOL allowed.
And yes I understand things changed and Oracle is being horrible, that doesn’t mean I have to like it.
Bert,
You are free to use Oracle Solaris 11 Express for testing and developing purposes per the license terms. Please refer to the license for details.
For most hobbyists and others, the new license should be sufficient for their continued use of Solaris.
I think yes
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I use POSIX Solaris 10 on a notebook computer, which I spent some time on compiling and pkgadding drivers and so on and making sure they all attached… I use wificonfig and inetmenu already and I should be patched up to 10/09, but I guess I understand one *can’t* upgrade to Solaris Express 11, at least not without playing with containerization.
I’ve been playing with the LiveCD, and while I hate the GNOME environment I love bash 4 and the fact that my WiFi card works much better with the Solaris 11EX drivers.
1) Has anyone done this? I guess it’s about impossible to shrink a ZFS root pool, eek; 2) Is it worth it?
does anyone know what the definition of ‘production’ is? i’m self employed and run a single machine for mail, hosting etc. does this mean if i want to use solaris 11+ i have to pay an exorbitant support subscription which i’m never going to use?
$1000 per year (which is 1/2 the cost of my server) or openindiana….
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