This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C16DB8.B57F8D90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" Thanks for all the replies, here are the basic steps ...... 1) Get the latest patch cluster from sunsolve for your particular platform 2) Edit the patch order file to remove patches that you dont want 3) Change into single user mode if possible 4) Run the patch installer script and use the save feature (done by default) 5) After all patches have been installed reboot the machine 6) Pray Cheers Mark -----Original Message----- From: Johnston Mark Sent: 14 November 2001 03:51 To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org Subject: Patching Hi, The servers that I have inherited are way behind on patching ..... what would be the best practise to get them into shape ? Things that I'm thinking about are what if these patches break the system .... do I have to reboot when completed ... do I just install the latest or do I have to install gradually ? Any help appreciated, Mark ------_=_NextPart_001_01C16DB8.B57F8D90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=gb2312"> <TITLE>Patching</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>Thanks for all the replies, here are the basic steps ......</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>1) Get the latest patch cluster from sunsolve for your particular platform</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>2) Edit the patch order file to remove patches that you dont want</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>3) Change into single user mode if possible</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>4) Run the patch installer script and use the save feature (done by default)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>5) After all patches have been installed reboot the machine</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>6) Pray</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>Cheers</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=541143409-15112001>Mark</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Johnston Mark <BR><B>Sent:</B> 14 November 2001 03:51<BR><B>To:</B> sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Patching<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <P><FONT size=2>Hi,</FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=2>The servers that I have inherited are way behind on patching ..... what would be the best practise to get them into shape ? Things that I'm thinking about are what if these patches break the system .... do I have to reboot when completed ... do I just install the latest or do I have to install gradually ?</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=2>Any help appreciated,</FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=2>Mark</FONT> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C16DB8.B57F8D90--Received on Thu Nov 15 09:34:22 2001
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