Patching OS Services Overview

You use the /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice patch command to manage the OS service patches. You can:

• Establish an /export/diskless/Patches patch spool directory on an OS server.

• Add patches to the patch spool directory.

• Delete patches from the patch spool directory.

• List the patches in the patch spool directory.

• Synchronize spooled patches out to clients. (You must reboot each synchronized client for the client to recognize the patch update.)

Diskless clients share the /export/exec/Solaris_version/Solaris_version_instruction_set.all directory on the OS server. Because this directory is shared, patches that you apply to this directory are not printed when you type the showrev -p command from the diskless client. However, kernel patches are applied to the diskless client's root directory, and therefore print when you type the showrev -p command from the diskless client.