Hi Folks,

I new to SunOs, mostly used to HP-UX and AIX way of patching. I'm trying to bring my two 420R test blades to the same patch level as my two prod ones. I've been reading a lot on how to patch SunOs but I'm still not sure how to achieve this. Both prod boxes says SunOs 5.8 Generic Patch February 2004, but uname -a are different, one is Generic_117350-46 and the other says Generic_108528-29. From what I understand, this value returned from uname is only the kernel patch level. After reinstalling my 2 test boxes I'm at SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000. Please let me know the best way I should achieve this. BTW, I don't want to use some automatic tools like Sun Connection because I doubt I'd be able to get at the exact same level, let me know if I'm wrong.

go to SunSolve Home Page and download the latest patchcluster for solaris 8. install it to both mashines and you are done!

Go to: Patch Check Advanced
download and install pca on both boxes.
Run "pca -i" within a few minutes of each other on both boxes and the end result will be two boxes patched identically provided they have indentical hardware.