The Recommended OS Patchset Solaris 10 provides the minimum set of patches needed to address security and Sun Alert issues, and selected issues identified by Oracle Proactive Services and the Oracle Technical Support Center, for the Solaris 10 Operating System for sparc. The patches contained in this patchset are considered the most important and highly recommended patches for Solaris 10. They provide the least amount of change required to address known security, data corruption and availability issues, as well as other functional issues that have been identified to be commonly encountered in the field.
Download latest recommended OS patchset(10_Recommended.zip) and follow instruction. its available for sunoracle sparc/x86 platforms
###check solaris kernel version
[root @ testos]~ # uname -a
SunOS testos 5.10 Generic_147147-26 sun4v sparc sun4v
###unzip 10_Recommended.zip file and start installation
[root @ testos]~ # cp 10_Recommended.zip /tmp/
[root @ testos]~ # cd /tmp/
[root @ testos]/tmp # unzip -q 10_Recommended.zip
[root @ testos]/tmp # ls
10_Recommended 10_Recommended.zip
[root @ testos]/tmp # cd 10_Recommended
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # ls
10_Recommended.README Copyright installcluster patch_order patchset.conf
10_Recommended.html LEGAL_LICENSE.TXT installpatchset patches
###find passcode from the README file
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # less 10_Recommended.README
PASSCODE is: s10patchset
###apply prerequisites
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # ./installpatchset -d –apply-prereq –s10patchset
###start installation in background
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # nohup ./installpatchset -d –s10patchset &
###check live installation output till the end
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # tail -f nohup.out
###after complete installation, reboot host
[root @ testos]/tmp/10_Recommended # init 6