[pca] patch maintenance schedule

[Xu, Ying (Houston)]

I'd like to know how often you perform patch maintenance.   We have a
80-serer environment.  We usually do anual update/patch.  We just
updated all our servers to solaris10 update7.  Now management push us to
do quarterly even monthly patch maintenance due to corporate security
policy.  Our windows group has already been on monthly schedule, but
they have automated tool to do hundreds at a time.  We tried to find
some reasoning to get an exception for our solaris environment.  SUN
doesnt release security patches on regular basis, also doesnt rate the
patches, such as critical, important, and etc.  It is subjective to
decide which cluster to use.  We would like to use security patch
cluster to make minimal changes to the environment but fix sun alert
issues.  I'd like to hear what you think.
 
Also, could pca run against specific patch cluster?
 
Thanks
 
Ying Xu <yxu at littonloan.com>
Unix Group
Office: 713-218-4508
BB: 832-671-6633
4828 Loop Central Dr. Houston TX 77081
 
 
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