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Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager Technical Guide
FUJITSU Software

2.2.3 Solaris OS Patch Management

Patches for Solaris OS (Solaris 11) are managed using the standard OS pkg command. The following diagram shows the overall flow of Solaris OS patch management:

Figure 2.6 Overview of Solaris OS patch management

  1. Download patches [operation by the infrastructure administrator]

    The infrastructure administrator uses the Internet terminal to download the latest patches (SRU) from the Fujitsu website.

  2. Create a repository [operation by the infrastructure administrator]

    The infrastructure administrator creates a repository server using the obtained patches (SRU).

    The tenant user/tenant administrator can also obtain the latest patches (SRU) from the Fujitsu website directly and store them on the business server without creating a repository. It is also possible to create a repository on each business server.

  3. Apply patches [operation by the tenant user or the tenant administrator]

    Either the tenant user or the tenant administrator logs in to the business server and applies new patches.

  4. Obtain the patch application status [processing by Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager]

    Systemwalker Software Configuration Manager extracts applied SRU information from each server and stores it in the CMDB.

    SRU patch application status can be acquired either automatically or manually (using a command).

  5. Look up patch application status

    The infrastructure administrator, tenant user, and tenant administrator log in to the management console and check the patch application status. Infrastructure administrators can also check the patch application status using the command on the admin server.

Information

For Solaris servers, only the following information can be checked.

  • Applied OS patches (SRU information)

  • Installed Fujitsu middleware

  • Application status of Fujitsu middleware patches

It is not possible to perform patch application, parameter setting, or script execution on Solaris servers.