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Operating Systems Solaris Patch Installation on Solaris10 Post 302334895 by TonyFullerMalv on Thursday 16th of July 2009 07:23:20 PM
Old 07-16-2009
The best way of updating your patching is apply a Sun supplied recommended patch cluster, there are instructions here:
Solaris Patch Cluster Install
on how to do that, it is best to have the system running in single user mode (run "reboot -- -s" if system is running or just "boot -s" if at the Open Boot prompt), you do not need to break the mirrors for patching unless you want a quick way of reverting back to the system state before the patching was applied.

So steps are:
1. Download appropriate recommended patch cluster from here:
SunSolve

2. Copy patch cluster into /var/tmp and unzip it, e.g.:
# unzip -q 10_Receommended.zip

3. Reboot into single user mode:
# reboot -- -s

4. Log back on as root and ensure all local filesystems are mounted:
# mountall

5. Apply patch cluster:
# cd /var/tmp/10_Recommended
# ./install_cluster

Answer questions, and wait for patches to apply.

6. Reboot:
# reboot

Done.

You may then wish to use something like the patchdiag tool (may be downloaded from here: Product Downloads ) with an up to date patchdiag.xref to see if there are any patches that were not included in the Recommended Patch Cluster that your system needs.

If this is a critical system then it goes without saying that you should take backups before patching although patches can be backed out using the patchrm(1M) command but could be a long and laborious process.
 

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suninstall

suninstall(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom (Solaris  instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 2004							    suninstall(1M)
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