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BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
Supported platforms and updates
BigFix Patch supports several Solaris platforms and Oracle updates.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
Platform
Patch Overview
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
Patch User Guides
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
- Patch for Windows User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Windows™ provides Fixlets for Microsoft™ security and non-security patches. Dashboards, wizards, and reports aid you in managing updates for various endpoint devices.
- Patch for AIX User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for AIX® 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 AIX endpoints.
- Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux endpoints.
- Patch for CentOS Linux User's Guide
  BigFix® Patch for CentOS Linux™ 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 CentOs endpoints.
- Patch for Amazon Linux User's Guide
  BigFix® Patch for Amazon Linux™ 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 Amazon Linux endpoints.
- Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise 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 SUSE Linux endpoints.
- Patch for Ubuntu User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu endpoints.
- Patch for Oracle Linux User's Guide
  BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux 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 Oracle Linux endpoints.
- 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.
  - Special notice
  - Edition notice
  - 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.
    - What's new in this update release
      This release of BigFix® for Patch for Solaris contains an enhancement to an existing solution for retrieving the endpoint upgrade list.
    - Supported platforms and updates
      BigFix Patch supports several Solaris platforms and Oracle updates.
    - Site subscription
      Sites are collections of Fixlet messages that are created internally by you, by HCL, or by vendors.
    - Download plug-ins
      Download plug-ins are executable programs that download a specified patch from the website of the patch vendor. To ease the process of caching, Fixlets have an incorporated protocol that uses download plug-ins.
    - Solaris download cacher tool overview
      The Solaris download cacher tool is an executable program that automatically downloads and caches patch packages on the Windows BigFix server to facilitate the deployment of Solaris Fixlets.
    - Running the Solaris Download Cacher Tool task
      Use the Run Solaris Download Cacher Tool - Windows task to download files or packages to the BigFix server.
    - Solaris Image Packaging System Repository Management dashboard overview
      BigFix® provides the Solaris Image Packaging System Repository Management dashboard to help you manage your Solaris 11 endpoints and locally stored repositories.
  - 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.
  - Support
    For more information about this product, see the following resources:
  - Frequently asked questions
    To better understand BigFix Patch for Solaris, read the following questions and answers.
  - Notices
- Patch for HP-UX User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for HP-UX 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 HP-UX endpoints.
- Patch for Mac OS X User's Guide
  BigFix® for Patch for Mac OS X 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 Mac OS X endpoints.
- Patch for Debian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Debian 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 Debian endpoints.
- Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.
- Patch for Raspbian User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Raspbian provides Fixlets that you use to manage the latest updates and service packs that Raspberry Pi releases. These Fixlets are available through the Patches for Raspbian sites.
- Patch for Rocky Linux User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux endpoints.
- Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 User's Guide
  BigFix Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 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 Open SUSE Leap 15 endpoints.
- Patch for Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide
  BigFix® for Virtual Endpoint Manager 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 in a virtual environment.
- Updates for Middleware Applications
  Middleware patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.
- Supersedence for Non-Windows
  This topic describes how supersedence works in Patch.
ESU Patch Add-Ons User's Guide
BigFix content supporting the Extended Support Updates (ESU) patching program from Microsoft® is available as an add-on to BigFix Patch, BigFix Lifecycle and BigFix Compliance.
RHEL Patch Add-Ons User's Guide
Detailed system requirements
The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system requirements for BigFix 11.
Patch guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides in PDF format:

Supported platforms and updates

BigFix Patch supports several Solaris platforms and Oracle updates.

BigFix supports Oracle updates on the following platforms:

Table 1. Supported platforms and patches for BigFix Patch for Solaris
Fixlet Site Name	Supported Platform	Type of Update
Patches for Solaris	Solaris 9 (SPARC) Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)	Security Patches Recommended Patches Recommended Patch Clusters Critical Patch Updates
Patches for Solaris Live Upgrade	Solaris 9 (SPARC) Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)	Security Patches Recommended Patches Recommended Patch Clusters Critical Patch Updates
Patches for Solaris Maintenance	Solaris 9 (SPARC) Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)	Maintenance Patches
Patches for Solaris 11	Solaris 11 (SPARC, x86)	Support Repository Updates

BigFix provides support also for Solaris Zones. For more information, see Solaris zone patching.

Note:

BigFix does not support unbundled patches.
Solaris 9 has reached its End of Life on October 2014. BigFix Patch will no longer support content for Solaris 9. We are planning to deprecate the site soon.
Oracle Solaris 10 ended its premium support and since February 1, 2018, has been under extended support. BigFix does not support patches for extended support and no longer provides content and support for the Oracle Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86 platform versions). For inquiries about extended support for Oracle 10, contact Professional Services or file a Request for Enhancement (RFE).

BigFix supports Oracle updates on the following platforms:

Solaris 9 (SPARC)
Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)
Solaris 11 (SPARC, x86)

The Solaris 11 patch updates are released through the Oracle Support Repository Update (SRU) from the Oracle Support Repository.

BigFix supports the following Oracle updates:

Note: BigFix does not support unbundled patches.

Oracle Security Patches
Oracle Recommended Patches
Oracle Maintenance Patches
Oracle Device Drivers
Oracle Recommended Patch Clusters
Oracle Critical Patch Updates
Oracle Support Repository Updates

Note: BigFix provides also support for Solaris Zones.