What Happens When You Synchronize a Patch With the admclientpatch -s Command

The admclientpatch command is a front-end to the standard patch utilities, installpatch and backoutpatch. Using these utilities, installing a patch and backing out a patch are distinct tasks. However, by using admclientpatch -s, you do not need to be concerned whether you are installing or backing out a patch. The -s option ensures that admclientpatch will take the appropriate actions. It either installs the patch on the server and in the client's own file systems on the server, or it backs out the patch from the clients and server and re-installs the previous version of that patch. This is what is meant by synchronizing patches installed on the clients with patches in the patch spool directory.