Sun Update Connection - Enterprise 1.0 User's Guide

ProcedureTo View a Summary of a Baseline Installation Job

Before You Begin

You must have run a Solaris baseline deployment job or a Solaris baseline compliance analysis job that has successfully completed.


Note –

The terms update and patch are the same.


  1. Select the job for which you want view a summary from the Jobs list.

  2. Open the Job Summary window by choosing Summary from the Jobs menu.

  3. View the following summary information for each task:

    • Host – Shows the host name on which you ran the task.

    • Distribution – Shows the operating system and platform architecture of the host.

    • Task – Shows the task type.

    • Number of Changes – Shows the number of changes made or will be made to the host.

  4. (Optional) View details about a task.

    1. Select a task from the table, and click the View Changes button.

      The Host Changes Report window opens.

    2. Select a patch ID from the table, and click the Component Info button.

      The Incident Information window opens.

    3. View information about the patch by clicking one of the following tabs:

      • READ ME – Shows the URL to the patch README file.

      • General – Shows the patch ID, patch category, and release date.

      • CVE ID – Shows the CVE ID of the patch.

      • Package – Shows the packages modified by the patch.

      • Obsolete – Shows the patches that this patch renders obsolete.

    4. Click Close to dismiss the Incident Information window.

    5. Click Close to dismiss the Host Changes Report window.

  5. Repeat Step 4 for each task for which you want to view details.

  6. Click Close to dismiss the Job Summary window.