To Patch the Solaris OS 9 Distribution on the Management Server

Before You Begin

Configure and restart NFS on the management server as described in To Configure and Restart NFS on the Management Server.

1. Log in as root (su - root) on the management server server.

2. Type n1sh show os all to list all OS distributions on the management server.

   Note the ID of the Solaris OS 9 update 7 or earlier distribution. The Solaris OS 9 update 7 distribution ID is used in place of DISTRO-ID in the following steps.

3. Mount the Solaris 9 OS distribution on the management server.

   Type mount -o rw management-server-IP:/js/DISTRO-ID /mnt where management-server-IP is the IP address of the management server, and DISTRO-ID is the ID of the Solaris OS 9 update 7 or earlier distribution that is to be patched.

4. Patch the distribution on the management server.

   1. Install the patches by performing one of the following actions:

      • If you are patching an x86 distribution, type the following commands:

        # patchadd -C /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/ -M /patch 117172-17 # patchadd -C /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/ -M /patch 117468-02

      • If you are patching a SPARC distribution, type the following commands:

        # patchadd -C /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/ -M /patch 117171-17 # patchadd -C /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/ -M /patch 117175-02 # patchadd -C /mnt/Solaris_9/Tools/Boot/ -M /patch 113318-20

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        Note –

        You will receive a partial error for the first patch installation. Ignore this error.

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   2. Type unmount /mnt to unmount the management server.

Next Steps

Reconfigure and restart NFS on the management server as described in the next procedure.