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Patch for Solaris User's Guide
BigFix Patch for Solaris provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints.
Solaris Live Upgrade support
Use the Solaris Live Upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on Solaris 9 and 10 computers.
Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard overview
Patch Management for Solaris provides a dashboard to manage boot environments for Solaris Live Upgrade.

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- Patch for Solaris User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Solaris provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints.
  - Overview
    BigFix Patch for Solaris provides unified, real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints from a single console. It keeps your Solaris clients current with the latest Oracle updates.
  - Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard overview
    Use the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard to oversee and manage download plug-ins in your deployment.
  - BigFix Patch for Solaris
    Use the Fixlets on the various Solaris sites to apply Oracle patches and updates to your deployment.
  - Solaris zone patching
    Patch Management for Solaris supports zone patching on Solaris 10 endpoints.
  - Solaris Live Upgrade support
    Use the Solaris Live Upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on Solaris 9 and 10 computers.
    - Running the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task
      To use Solaris Live Upgrade correctly, you must deploy the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task on every Solaris computer.
    - Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard overview
      Patch Management for Solaris provides a dashboard to manage boot environments for Solaris Live Upgrade.
    - BigFix client installation behavior
      The version of the client that is installed on an inactive boot environment depends on the client version that is in the running boot environment.
    - Installing the BigFix client
      The BigFix client must be installed on all boot environments to use Solaris Live Upgrade correctly.
    - Selecting inactive boot environments for Live Upgrade
      Use the Manage Solaris Boot Environment dashboard to select the inactive boot environments that you want to patch.
    - Activating inactive boot environments
      The inactive boot environment that is selected for activation becomes the running boot environment after a restart. Use the Manage Solaris Boot Environment to identify the boot environments that you want to activate.
    - Rebooting to an alternate boot environment
      Use the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard to restart the current running boot environment to the boot environment that you want.
  - Frequently asked questions
    To better understand BigFix Patch for Solaris, read the following questions and answers.
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Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard overview

Patch Management for Solaris provides a dashboard to manage boot environments for Solaris Live Upgrade.

You can use the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard to complete the following tasks:

Install the BigFix client in inactive boot environments.
Select inactive boot environments for Live Upgrade.
Activate inactive boot environments.
Reboot systems to boot environments that you have activated.

Before you use the dashboard, you must deploy the following task and analysis:

Enable Solaris Live Upgrade - ID #2 in the Patches for Solaris Live Upgrade site. For more information about the task, see Running the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task.
Boot Environment Information - ID #5 in the Patches for Solaris Live Upgrade site. This analysis gets boot environment data from Solaris computers.

You can access the dashboard from the navigation pane by clicking Patch Management > All Patch Management > Dashboards > Manage Solaris Boot Environments.

The dashboard is divided into two tables: Solaris Computers and Inactive Boot Environments.

Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard — Figure 1. Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard

The Solaris Computers table displays all Solaris computers in your deployment, and includes the following information:

Host name
IP address
Version of the installed operating system
Name of the active boot environment
Version of the client installed on the active boot environment
Number of boot environments for each computer

You can select multiple Solaris computers to display all the corresponding boot environments in one consolidated view.

The dashboard shows the status of each boot environment. It shows whether the boot environment is selected for Live Upgrade or if it was selected as the running boot environment for when the system restarts.

The dashboard can also determine whether the BigFix client is installed in a boot environment. If the client is installed, the dashboard displays its corresponding version.

The dashboard has a live keyword search capability for Solaris computers and boot environments. You can search based on the naming convention of the computer or boot environment name.

Search for computer or boot environment name — Figure 2. Search for computer or boot environment name

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