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From: Orkan on 27 Apr 2010 10:52
Hi,

It's been some time since I dealt with a Solaris box so I need some
help about patching.

I've a server on Solaris 10 u1 state and want to patch it to u4 (at
least). I have a 8/07 (u4 state) installation cd but no network
connection.

Is it possible to do a patch update (not an os upgrade) with cd? Or
should I download all the patches (or the patch bundle) and upgrade
from that one?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
orkan
From: Tim Bradshaw on 27 Apr 2010 11:53
On 2010-04-27 15:52:59 +0100, Orkan said:

> Is it possible to do a patch update (not an os upgrade) with cd? Or
> should I download all the patches (or the patch bundle) and upgrade
> from that one?

No, you need the patches, an installation CD will not have them.

However why do you want to apply all the patches rather than just
upgrade to U4, which you *can* do with the media.

From: Michael Laajanen on 27 Apr 2010 13:14
Hi,

Orkan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's been some time since I dealt with a Solaris box so I need some
> help about patching.
>
> I've a server on Solaris 10 u1 state and want to patch it to u4 (at
> least). I have a 8/07 (u4 state) installation cd but no network
> connection.
>
> Is it possible to do a patch update (not an os upgrade) with cd? Or
> should I download all the patches (or the patch bundle) and upgrade
> from that one?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> orkan
Correct me if I am wrong but update to u4 or the latest u8 require a OS
upgrade, if you like to apply the currect patches you can download the
recommended patches on a CD.

If I where you I would backup the machine and then do a u8(1009) upgrade
install or if you have good control of the machine clean install on a
new disk then install the software you currently have on the new disk
since the disk you have now must have a few years of service and can
fail soon.

/michael
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