Retrieving installed package information

You can retrieve a list of all installed packages on Solaris 10 and 11 endpoints by activating analyses on the BigFix console.

About this task

Activate the appropriate analysis to gather the current list of installed packages on the Solaris version that you are using.
Installed Packages - Solaris 10
This analysis retrieves information about packages that are installed with the pkgadd command on Solaris 10. It provides a list of the package names and version numbers. The packages that are installed by using other commands are not included in the list.
You must be subscribed to the Patches for Solaris site to access this analysis.
Installed Packages - Solaris 11
This analysis retrieves information about packages that are installed with the pkg install command on Solaris 11 endpoints. It provides a list of the package names and version numbers. The packages that are installed by using other commands are not included in the list.
You must be subscribed to the Patches for Solaris 11 site to access this analysis.
Image Packaging System Results
This analysis uses the pkg list command to retrieve the list of installed Image Packaging System (IPS) packages before and after the last deployment of the Install packages by using pkg task. This analysis is only for Solaris 11 or later endpoints.
You must be subscribed to the Patches for Solaris 11 site to access this analysis.

You can use the information from the analysis as a baseline to verify whether the patch installation was successful.

Viewing the installed packages from the console helps reduce the need for a system administrator to log on to the actual endpoints.

Procedure

  1. From the Patch Management domain, All Patch Management > Analyses.
  2. Click the appropriate analysis.
  3. Click Activate.