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Solaris Zone Patching

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Configuring clients in global zones . . .

Configuring clients in non-global zones .

Registering the Solaris download plug-in .

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Patching global and non-global zones . . . . .

Removing patches in global and non-global zones .

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Patch Management for Solaris supports zone patching on Solaris 10 endpoints.

Note: This guide uses the term non-global zone to refer to a local zone.

The Patches for Solaris site contains the Fixlet content that allows for global and

non-global (whole root) zones patching.

The Solaris zones technology provides a way to efficiently manage and utilize

resources by allowing you to have isolated software applications and services.

Note: This guide does not cover the steps to create and configure Solaris zones.

For comprehensive information on zones, see the Oracle System Administration

Guide: Oracle Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones at:

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Oracle uses the SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES patch package to determine the patch type.

Patches with SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=true only allow the installation to all zones, both

the global and non-global zones. Oracle forces the installation on the global zone,

then changes are propagated to all non-global zones. The Fixlet content for such

patches come with only one installation action.

Patches with SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES=false allow the installation to happen in either

the global or non-global zone. The Fixlet content for such patches have two

installation actions.

For detailed information about patching zones, see ¡°Patching global and

non-global zones¡± on page 4.

Configuring clients in global zones

When you install the IBM Endpoint Manager Client on a computer in your

network, you are, by default, installing it in the global zone. The global zone is the

default zone and it always exists even when no other zones are configured.

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For information on Solaris client installation instructions, see

Platform/Adm/c_solaris_installation_instructi.html.

Configuring clients in non-global zones

You do not need to separately install the client in the non-global zones if it is

already installed on the global zone. One exception to this is when the client

binaries are not available in the non-global zones.

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If the binaries are available, you just need to save the masthead actionsite.afxm

file in the /etc/opt/BESClient/ directory of the non-global zone.

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