Managing Solaris Patches by Using the Sun Patch Manager Command-Line Interface (Task Map)

Access the command-line interface. 

If you want to perform patch management tasks on the command-line, use the smpatch command.

Accessing the Sun Patch Manager Command-Line Interface

Configure the patch management environment for your system. 

By default, your system is assumed to be connected directly to the Internet and configured to obtain patches from the Sun patch server. 

If this is not true for your system, change the configuration settings to match your environment. 

Configuring Your Patch Management Environment by Using the Command-Line Interface (Task Map)

Manage patches on your system. 

You can use the command-line interface to perform an analysis of your system, apply one or more patches, find patch dependencies, order patch lists, and remove patches. 

Managing Patches by Using the Command-Line Interface (Task Map)

(Optional) Tune the patch management environment for your system. 

Change some optional configuration settings, such as the policy for applying patches. 

Tuning Your Patch Management Environment by Using the Command-Line Interface (Task Map)