The Solaris 10 10/09 (Update 8) Patch Bundle is now available for download by customers with a Solaris support contract.Each Solaris Update Patch Bundle contains the equivalent set of patches which are pre-applied into the corresponding Solaris Update release image.It is provided to enable customers who cannot upgrade for whatever reason to be able to patch systems up to the same patch level as the Update release.Each Solaris Update is intensely tested as a unit by myriad QA teams across Sun. Therefore, Solaris Updates and their corresponding Solaris Update Patch Bundles provide good quality "baselines" on which customers can standardize their deployments.The Solaris Update Patch Bundle brings all existing packages up to the same software level as the Update release. Any features which are entirely contained in pre-existing packages, such as Zones and ZFS functionality, are entirely available in patches and hence applying the Solaris Update Patch Bundle brings them up to the same functional level as the Update release.

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