Sun Patch Manager Tool

Sun Patch Manager is the standard tool for managing patches on Solaris systems.

Patch Manager primarily operates on signed patches, which include a digital signature from Sun Microsystems. A signed patch offers greater security than an unsigned patch, which does not have a digital signature. The digital signature of the patch is verified before the patch is applied to your system. A valid digital signature ensures that the signed patch that you apply has not been modified since the signature was applied. You can use the smpatch add command to apply unsigned patches.

You can access Patch Manager by using the smpatch command-line interface or by using a browser interface.