My colleague, Enda O'Connor, has published 3 more patching articles on Big Admin which I hope you will find useful:
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Analyzing a patchadd or patchrm Failure in the Solaris OS
How to gather and analyze the necessary information to determine why a 'patchadd' or 'patchrm' session failed.
- How to Split a Root Mirrored With Solaris Volume Manager
Prior to Updating Software
How to split a Solaris Volume Manager mirror prior to updating the software through upgrades or patches.
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How to Remove a Solaris Patch While Booted From a Network or CD-ROM
How to run 'patchrm' from a network or CD-ROM against a non-live system that is mounted from such media, and how to mount file systems under the mount point after the system is booted from the media.