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Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide for Solaris Plug-In 4.0

Solaris Patch Component

Caution – Caution –

The Sun N1 Service Provisioning System does not check for patch dependencies. Be sure to install patches in the proper sequence.

ProcedureHow To Install Solaris Patches From the Solaris Patch Component

Steps

  1. In the left control panel, under Common Tasks, click the Solaris link.

    The Common Tasks for the Solaris Plug-In appear in the right panel of the browser interface.

  2. Click the Solaris Patch Component: Install link.

  3. Click Select From List in the Plan Parameters table.

  4. In the Variable Setting window, click Create Set.

  5. Type the new Set Name.

  6. Select the installPath check box and type a unique value.

    The InstallPath value must be unique. If you do not change the installPath component variable for each installation, only the most recently installed component is available for uninstallation.

  7. Select the rootDirectory check box and type the root directory for deployment.

  8. Select the validateFiles check box and type true to set validation of installed files.

    This refers to the -u option of the patchadd command.

  9. Select the patchIDs check box and type enter space–separated patch IDs.

  10. Select the patchLocation and type the absolute path to where the patch IDs are located.

  11. Click Save and Select.

  12. Click Select From List for the Target Host.

  13. Click the Add Hosts to Main Window button.

  14. (Optional) Select the markOnly installation check box.

  15. Click Run Plan (Includes Preflight).

ProcedureHow To Uninstall Solaris Patches From the Solaris Patch Component

Steps

  1. In the left control panel, under Common Tasks, click the Solaris link.

    The Common Tasks for the Solaris Plug-In appear in the right panel of the browser interface.

  2. Click the Solaris Patch Component: Uninstall link.

  3. Select a host install path.

  4. Click Run Selected Installation.

  5. Select plan variables.

    • Force the patch remove (-f option of patchrm)

    • markonly uninstall

  6. Click Run Plan (Includes Preflight).