Updating or Upgrading an Oracle Solaris Image

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Chapter 4

Installing and Updating Software Packages discussed installing, updating, fixing, and uninstalling one or a few packages that are named on the command line. This chapter describes how to upgrade an Oracle Solaris image to the next support update or to the next release. This chapter discusses the following topics:

Best practices
Controlling how far to update
- Specify a version number
- Freeze the image at a specified version number
- Use an Oracle Solaris constraint package
- Use a custom constraint package
Applying support updates
- Support Repository Updates (SRUs)
- Critical Patch Updates (CPUs)
Applying platform firmware updates
Applying Interim Diagnostic or Relief (IDR) updates