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.
