[pca] Patch metadata & patch related URIs

[Don O'Malley]

Hi,

All you ever wanted to know about patch metadata and URIs to link to 
patch README & downloads...

Gerry Haskins posted the following blog yesterday:
http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/useful_patch_related_downloads

Interesting stuff which is well worth a read...
Please don't be shy about posting a comments on Gerry's blog if you've 
something to add :-)

While I'm at, below are some additional links that provide extremely 
useful patching info:
(Let me know if you want me to resend these in text rather than html format)

    * BLOG - Gerry's Patching Blog <http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/>
    * BLOG - Patch Metadata, READMEs & downloads
      <http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/useful_patch_related_downloads>
    * BLOG - Solaris 10 Kernel Patch ID's

      <http://blogs.oracle.com/patch/entry/solaris_10_kernel_patchid_progression>
    * MOS - Sun Disk Storage Patches and Updates Information Center
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1350703.1>
    * MOS - Sun Patch Entitlement
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1269292.1>
    * MOS - Sun Patches Information Center
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1289614.1>
    * MOS - Solaris CPU & Recommended Clusters
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1272947.1>
    * MOS - Using 'wget' to Automate Sun Patch Downloads
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1199543.1>
    * MOS - Weekly Sun Alert Report 2011
      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1021776.1>

      <https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1199543.1>
    * OTN - Firmware Patching Hub
      <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/firmware/index.html>
    * OTN - Sun Patching Center

      <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/overview/index.html>
    * Oracle Communities - Sun Installation, Booting and Patching
      Community
      <https://communities.oracle.com/portal/server.pt/community/oracle_solaris_installation,_booting_and_patching/397>
    * Oracle Communities - Patch Reviews - SUN
      <https://communities.oracle.com/portal/server.pt/community/patch_reviews_-_sun/473>

If you have any links/resources you use a lot that are not listed above 
please let me know.

Best,
-Don

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*Don O'Malley*
Manager, Patch System Test
Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware
East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 8199764
Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test_ww at oracle.com 
<mailto:rpe_patch_system_test_ww at oracle.com>
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