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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.
BigFix Patch for Solaris
Use the Fixlets on the various Solaris sites to apply Oracle patches and updates to your deployment.
Single-user mode patch application
You must bring computers into single-user mode to prepare them for kernel-level or cluster-level patching.

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BigFix V9.5 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
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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 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.
  - 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.
    - Mirror management
      BigFix provides tasks to help with the failback options for your mirror management solution. These tasks are available only for Solaris 10 endpoints.
    - Network File System Support
      The Network File System (NFS) is a mechanism for storing files on a network. It is a distributed file system that allows users to access files and directories that are on remote computers and treat those files and directories as if they were local.
    - Using the Solaris download cacher
      Use the Solaris download cacher utility to pre-cache Solaris updates to the BigFix server or to a specified target directory before deploying the Fixlets to targeted endpoints.
    - Patching using Fixlets
      You can apply Solaris patches to your deployment by using the Fixlets on the available Solaris sites.
    - Local repositories
      BigFix provides a method for using local repositories to store patch updates for Solaris 11.
    - Single-user mode patch application
      You must bring computers into single-user mode to prepare them for kernel-level or cluster-level patching.
    - Creating a baseline for single-user mode
      Create a baseline to modify a Solaris patch Fixlet for single-user mode.
    - Deploying Solaris packages
      You can control which packages to deploy to Solaris computers that have the BigFix client installed.
    - 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.
    - Retrieving the endpoint upgrade list
      You can retrieve a list of the Solaris 10 and 11 endpoints that contain packages with available updates by activating analyses on the BigFix console.
    - Uninstalling patches
      You can uninstall Solaris patches from Solaris 9 and 10 computers by using the Solaris Patch Rollback Wizard.
    - Superseded Fixlets
      Superseded Fixlets are Fixlets that contain outdated patch packages. If a Fixlet is superseded, a newer Fixlet exists with newer versions of the packages.
    - Enabling superseded Fixlets
      You can install an earlier version of a Solaris patch by enabling superseded Fixlets.
  - 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
    Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.
  - 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.
- Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide
Patch guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides in PDF format:

Single-user mode patch application

You must bring computers into single-user mode to prepare them for kernel-level or cluster-level patching.

By default, the BigFix Solaris Patch solution applies Solaris patches in the current run level of the computer. Typically, Solaris computers use Run Level 3 or Multi-User mode. In some cases, single-user mode is used to successfully apply the Solaris patch.

The Patches for Solaris and Patches for Solaris Maintenance sites provide a task to bring a Solaris system down to single-user mode called Single-User Mode Task - Solaris task (ID #28).

Note: Systems in single-user mode have extremely limited functionality and restricted network connectivity. Users who are remotely connected to the computer when the single-user mode action is applied lose their connection. Do not put a system into single-user mode unless you understand the effects of this action.