Solaris™ patch cluster names listed on the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server prerequisites page might not correspond to the names used on the Sun(SM) download site

Technote (FAQ)
Problem

The WebSphere Application Server prerequisites page
uses a month and year date to reference patches for Solaris The Internet Operating Environment™ needed prior to installing WebSphere Application Server products. However, when you go to the Solaris Web site, the month and date naming convention is not used.
Solution
Sun provides patches to paying support customers with dates on the readme files; however, most Sun customers use the free download site, which uses a naming convention for patches similar to the following:
    108528-17

Sun does not keep older patches on their Web site. Nor do they permit third-party entities to store older patches. Only the latest patches for each operating system are available at any given time.

Therefore, unless you have downloaded or received the specific patch cluster from Sun that is referenced on the prerequisite page, you must use the latest patch cluster available on the Sun Web site.











Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Applicat, ion & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Install
Operating system(s): Solaris
Software version: 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
Software edition: Edition Independent
Reference #: 1163562
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2004-03-18