Add a Solaris patch to a patch policy

After you create a Solaris patch policy, you can add a Solaris patches, patch clusters and bundles, and server scripts to it. Adding these does not install them on a managed server. After you add these to a Solaris patch policy, you must attach the patch policy to a managed server and then remediate the server.

You can also use the solpatch_importcommand to place patches in a patch policy.

You must have permissions to add Solaris patches, Solaris patch clusters, and server scripts to a Solaris patch policy. To obtain these permissions, contact your system administrator. See the SA 10.51 Administer section for more information about these permissions.

To add patch resources to a patch policy:

1. In the navigation pane, select Library > By Type > Patch Policies > Solaris.
2. In the content pane, select the Solaris patch policy and then right-click to open the Solaris Patch Policy window.
3. In the Views pane, select Policy Items.
4. Click , or, from the Actions menu, select Add to display the Select Library Item window.
5. Select the Browse Types tab to display items that can be added to the Solaris patch policy.

6. Select one or more items you want to add to the policy and then click Select. The items are added to the policy.

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   Select the Browse Folders tab to display the folder hierarchy in the Library and the list of items contained in the folders. Select one or more items you want to add to the policy and then click Select. The items are added to the policy.

7. To change the order in which the patches are installed, use the arrows.
8. To remove a patch from the policy, select the patch and then click .
9. To determine all dependent, obsolete, superseding, incompatible and withdrawn patches, select Actions > Resolve Dependencies or select .
10. From the File menu, select Save to save the changes you made to the policy.
11. To save the changes to the policy, select Save from the File menu.