I've been asked to provide a list of patches that have been applied to a system over a period of time. (about a year). These have been applied in 3-4 patching sessions.
We use PCA and it works very well. We record details in a single directory on each system per patching session. Things like the download and install output in a log file, the patchdiag.xref used on that date, any local pca.conf file, and the patch zip files. The zip files sometimes get cleaned out from the local system to save space. My log file has a lot of details, and I was able to generate a list of "Successfully" installed patches, but I don't trust this technique. Am I on the right track here. (egrep '^Installing|^Successful' log.txt) I'm starting to think I should have recorded the three files used by PCA uname.out, showrev.out, and pkginfo.out with all the other files I was storing. Then run PCA on the old input files with the last "baseline" patchdiag.xref Does anyone have a good technique to determine the delta of patches added in a period of time. (using PCA or other tools) What info do you record in a patch session to make your life easier when questions like this popup? The worst part is that I cannot go back in time to produce these file. I can only start recording now. I wish the base OS had some kind of version control. (not ZFS, something in the package/patch database) Thanks in advance. Paul Van Bommel The information contained in this e-mail message is PRIVATE. It may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this communication is strictly prohibited. If the intended recipient(s) cannot be reached or if a transmission problem has occurred, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you.
