Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 Service Offering Activities and Deliverables (Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 User's Guide)

Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 User's Guide

Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 Service Offering Activities and Deliverables

The Sun Update Connection - ABMS 1.0 service offering that uses the TLP 2.3 tool is divided into two stages, an initial stage and an ongoing stage. Table 1–2 describes these activities and deliverables.

Table 1–2 Sun Update Connection - ABMS 1.0 Service Offering Activities and Deliverables


Task	Stage/Frequency of Occurrence
Determine strategy	Initial
Determine frequency of patch cycles	Initial (Default: quarterly)
Define test scenarios	Initial
Determine fallback/back-up mechanism	Initial
Install TLP tools	Initial
Instruct system administrators in the use of TLP tool	Initial
Run patch updates	Ongoing
Update patch baselines	Ongoing (up to 4 times per year)
Automatic data analysis	Ongoing
Automatic generation of system-specific patch sets	Ongoing
Install patch sets	Ongoing

Note –

This guide does not contain information on all of the tasks that are described in the previous table. Information about patch strategy, including the Patch Strategy Checklist, can be found at http://onestop/tlp. Information on Solaris patch management strategy can be found at http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/817-0574-12.