Accessing Solaris Patches

Sun customers can access patches from the SunSolve Online web site whether or not they are in the SunSpectrum program. These patches are updated nightly.

You can obtain Solaris patches in the following ways:

You can access individual patches or a set of patches from a patch cluster, or refer to patch reports. You can also use Sun Patch Manager to analyze your system to determine the appropriate patches. Patch Manager also can download and apply the patches to your system. See Chapter 22, Managing Solaris Patches by Using Sun Patch Manager (Tasks).

Each patch is associated with a README file that has information about the patch.

Solaris Patch Numbering

Patches are identified by unique patch IDs . A patch ID is an alphanumeric string that is a patch base code and a number that represents the patch revision number joined with a hyphen. For example, patch 108528-10 is the patch ID for the SunOS 5.8 kernel update patch.