I inherited 4 Sun boxes and have never installed a patch. Two are development/QA boxes with 5.6 and two are production boxes with 5.8
"uname" shows:
SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-05
SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-07
I went to SunSolve and found want I think are the latest patch-id#'s
for 5.6 105181-30
for 5.8 108528-12
Q: Do I have to install all the patches since the current installed version or does the latest version incorporate all earlier patches?
Q: One of the patches warns about installing if the box has "OEM-specific platform ports" - what is OEM - is it Oracle Enterprize Manager?
Q: What are some of the problems that I might not be aware of installing patches - since I have never done one?
Q: Where is the best place to find information (for a newbie) on the step by step patch installing?
Thanks in advance,
Think twice, hit enter once
Robert
"uname" shows:
SunOS 5.6 Generic_105181-05
SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-07
I went to SunSolve and found want I think are the latest patch-id#'s
for 5.6 105181-30
for 5.8 108528-12
Q: Do I have to install all the patches since the current installed version or does the latest version incorporate all earlier patches?
Q: One of the patches warns about installing if the box has "OEM-specific platform ports" - what is OEM - is it Oracle Enterprize Manager?
Q: What are some of the problems that I might not be aware of installing patches - since I have never done one?
Q: Where is the best place to find information (for a newbie) on the step by step patch installing?
Thanks in advance,
Think twice, hit enter once
Robert