To Install Interactive Solaris Patches

You can install Solaris patches as an inventory-based job or as a complex job. Some patches are handled automatically by Sun Update Connection – Enterprise, while other patches demand user interaction.

When you need to install an interactive Solaris patch, Sun Update Connection – Enterprise downloads the patch for you, but you must handle the manual intervention actions yourself.

1. Create a job to install the patches.

2. Run the job.

   The job will pause with confirmation questions.

3. From the Jobs panel, select the task that contains the patch and click the Confirmation button.

   The Confirmation window opens.

   One of the following questions will appear:

   • Accept Install of patch requires manual intervention for component

   • Accept Uninstall of patch requires manual intervention for component

4. Click Yes for this question.

   This means that you accept the responsibility for handling this patch. If you select No, the job fails.

5. In the Confirmation window, click OK.

   The job begins. It downloads the patch you requested to the /opt/local/uce/agent/blobs.save directory on the selected Solaris machines.

   When the job reaches the point where it would install the patch, it is marked as failed and stops.

6. On the Solaris machines, manually install /opt/local/uce/agent/blobs.save/patchname-ver.

7. On the console machine, right-click the job in the Jobs panel and choose Rerun.

   The Rerun window opens.

8. Select Deploy and then click OK.

   Sun Update Connection – Enterprise runs the job again, recognizes the installed required patch, and continues.