Solaris patches

A Solaris patch cluster contains a set of selected patches for a specific Solaris release level. Ordinarily, after a patch cluster is installed, it is not possible to search for a particular patch cluster. The patches do not contain any metadata that relate them to the patch cluster in which they were originally bundled. You can only search for the individual patches.

If you install a Solaris patch cluster, however, Server Automation keeps track of the patch cluster in the SA Library. You can therefore search for a patch cluster to determine if a full patch cluster is installed. If you installed the patch cluster, you can uninstall individual patches in the cluster. You cannot uninstall a patch cluster.