VDI Patches
The information below provides an overview of the patching available for all VDI versions. Use the links from the patch ID numbers to access the official patch documentation on SunSolve.
VDI Patch Strategy
- Patches for the VDI Core will be released as patches for the VDI 3 product.
- Patches for included Sun Ray technology will be released as the part of the Sun Ray product.
In general it is recommended to run on the latest patch level, even though it might not be important to VDI 3. The most recent patch was announced here. - Changes to VirtualBox will NOT be delivered as patches.
If bug fixes are required, a new minor version of VirtualBox qualified for VDI 3 will be released. As a result, VirtualBox must be reinstalled on the virtualization host. - Changes to the storage platform are not driven or controlled by the VDI team.
Therefore the VDI team needs to qualify a new firmware for the Unified Storage systems as well as updates to OpenSolaris. The VDI team will announce which future versions are supported or by when. So, be a bit careful in this area.
VDI 3 Patch (Revision 3)
The third patch for VDI 3 was released on October 30. The patch is available for both x86 and SPARC platforms:
- x86 - 141482-03
- SPARC - 141481-03
- VirtualBox 2.0.12 - VirtualBox for VDI
The patch includes the following features:
- Security - Resolves the issue described in Sun Alert (268328).
- VirtualBox 2.0.12 - Includes a minor update release of VirtualBox (VBox 2.0.12), which includes a couple of fixes to further increase robustness (for example, addresses a memory leak in the VirtualBox webservice).
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VDI 3 Patch (Revision 2)
The second patch for VDI 3 was released on August 13. The patch is available for both x86 and SPARC platforms:
- x86 - 141482-02
- SPARC - 141481-02
- VirtualBox 2.0.10 - VirtualBox for VDI
The patch includes the following features:
- Single Host Configuration - Allows you to install all VDI components on one host. This is a configuration suitable for production environments that do not require fail-over. For more information, see the Supported Configurations page.
- VirtualBox 2.0.10 - Includes a minor update release of VirtualBox (VBox 2.0.10), which supports desktop recycling for non-Windows guest operating systems.
VDI 3 Patch (Revision 1)
The first patch for VDI 3 was released on May 30.
The patch included the following features:
- S10 U7 support - Allows you to build a demo/POC on a single box including VirtualBox and storage.
- VMware vSphere 4 support - VDI 3 runs against VMware vCenter 4
- Support of the latest Unified Storage firmware
- Performance improvements in the Admin GUI
The patch corrects the following bugs listed in the Release Notes:
- Limitations with VDI hosts running on SPARC. (Bug ID 6812848)
- Sun Open Storage fails after a software update. (Bug ID 6826006)
- OpenSolaris Update causes SSH to the storage box to fail. (Bug ID 6812829)
- Migrating large numbers of pools from VDI 2.0 to 3.0 fails. (Bug ID 6819562)
- Importing VDI 2.0 data into VDI 3.0 fails if pool's recycle policy is 'Destroy'. (Bug ID 6818383)
VDI 2 Patch (Revision 5)
The fifth revision of VDI 2 Patch 1 was released on April 29. The patch is available for the following packages:
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