Below are step to install full security patch on Solaris 10. The installation process will using EIS disc provided by Oracle which contain most of updated patch. Before perform the installation, please be aware to perform some of backup on system configuration files.
1. Insert the EIS disc one into machine disc drive.
2. Once disc detect by system, start shell terminal and navigate directory to installation directory. Refer below syntax.
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/sun/install
3. Once there, execute the setup script to set the system environment. Run below syntax.
# ./setup-standard.sh
4. After that, navigate the directory to patch file location. Run below syntax.
# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/sun/patch
5. Load the EIS profile to unpack the patch file before execute it. Run below syntax.
# . /.profile
6. Make the temporary directory to unpack all the patch before installation process taking place. Run below syntax.
# mkdir /patch
7. Unpack all the system patch to directory that made on step 6. Run below syntax.
# unpack-patches /patch
8. Navigate to the patch directory, to execute the patch installation script. Run below syntax.
# cd /patch/10
9. Run patch installation script to install all the patch into system. Run below syntax.
# ./install_all_patches
10. The process will taking some time to finished. Once the process finished, the machine need to applied reboot to ensure the system made the changes on new patch. Verify the patch version once system boot up to ensure the update process success.
