Applying Patches to Global Zone Only

Description:

This procedures describes how to apply a patch to the Global Zone but exclude applying this patch to any of the non-global zones.

Prerequisites:

You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.

Notes:

When patchadd is used in the global zone, the following conditions apply:
- The patchadd utility is able to add the patch(es) to the global zone and to all non-global zones only. This is the default action.
- The patchadd utility cannot add the patch(es) to the global zone only or to a subset of the
  non-global zones.

When you add a patch to the global zone and to all non-global zones, you do not have to consider whether the patch affects areas that are shared from the global zone.

In general, a patch consists of the following components:
- Patch information:
  - Identification, which is the patch version and patch ID
  - Applicability, which is the operating system type, operating system version, and architecture
  - Dependencies, such as requires and obsoletes
  - Properties, such as requires a reboot afterwards
- One or more packages to patch, where each package contains:
  - The version of the package to which the patches can be applied
  - Patch information, such as ID, obsoletes, and requires
  - One or more components of the package to be patched

References:

Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones ()

Step	Action	Description
1	`global#su -`	Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
2	`global# patchadd -G patch_id`	Execute the patchadd command with the -G option, followed by the patch ID.

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