>> the new IPS package manager is okay. Doing image-updates has reasonably >> worked well too. >> > > Haven't tried this at all... if it's "free"[1] I will. If it's a large > extra cost, I'll stick with PCA :-) > > Also, do to the nature of many of the Solaris patches (which require > reboots), the LiveUpgrade feature has been a life-saver. Not as > necessary in the Linux world, but at least now I can patch my > production servers more easily without scheduling a couple hour sof > downtime. :) > IPS is only available on OpenSolaris. I don't know if your support contract includes OpenSolaris...and then again, you probably don't want to use what many sun admins call a steaming pile of beta crap.