System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Managing Patches in the Solaris Environment (Road Map)

Use this map to identify all the tasks for managing patches in the Solaris environment. Each task points to a series of additional tasks such as managing signed or unsigned patches.

Task	Description	For Instructions
Determine if adding signed or unsigned patches	Determine whether adding signed or unsigned patches is best for your environment.	Selecting Signed or Unsigned Patches for Your Environment
Add a signed or unsigned patch to your system	You can add signed patches with either of the following commands:
	Use the `patchadd` command starting in the Solaris 9 12/03 release.	Adding Signed Patches With `patchadd` Command (Task Map)
	Use the `smpatch` command in the Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, or 9 releases.	“Downloading and Applying Signed Patches to a Solaris System (Task Map)” in Signed Patches Administration Guide for PatchPro 2.2
	Add an unsigned patch to your system.	Managing Unsigned Solaris Patches (Task Map)

Selecting Signed or Unsigned Patches for Your Environment

The key factor in determining when to add signed or unsigned patches is whether or not the secure download of patches is important in your environment. If the secure download of patches is important in your environment, then add signed patches to your system.