When to Install the Solaris 9 Maintenance Update 3

First, your system must be running the Solaris 9 operating environment.

You can then install the Solaris 9 MU3 if you meet both of the following conditions:

• You are applying patches that were released in the Solaris 9 4/03 operating environment.

• You are retaining patches that you previously applied to your system.

If your system is running the Solaris 9 operating environment, or a Solaris 9 Update release, and you want to fully upgrade to new features and hardware support, install the Solaris 9 4/03 operating environment. The patches that were applied by installing the Solaris 9 4/03 operating environment replace previously installed Solaris 9 patches. The newly installed patches cannot be backed out of the release.

Maintenance Updates are primarily designed to update the Solaris operating environment to a known, tested patch level. If you want to apply a particular patch, and only that patch, do so through your normal support channels.

The name of this product is Solaris 9 MU3. Code or package path names might use Solaris 2.9 or SunOS^TM 5.9. Always follow the code or path as it is written in this document.