Archive for the 'Patch' Category

6 Basic Information Resources for a Solaris Sysadmin

To follow up on my previous post, 7 Basic Solaris Troubleshooting Tips, I now thought I would present some of the great information resources that are available to a Solaris sysadmin. As someone pointed out in a comment on this blog, it is not always easy to know what is different between a Linux and […]

July 11th, 2007 | Posted in Blastwave, Documentation, OpenSolaris, Patch, Solaris, Support | 7 Comments

Easy Solaris patching with pca

Solaris is bundled with a tool called smpatch but my personal experience from using it is very poor. It is slow and not always that easy to use. This is of course only my personal opinion.
Fortunately Martin Paul has created a tool called Patch Check Advanced (PCA). It is fast and I find it very […]

June 15th, 2007 | Posted in Install, OpenSolaris, Patch, Solaris, Support, Zones | 7 Comments