Sun Update Manager Entitlement Permissions

I recently ran "smpatch analyze" and "smpatch update" on a W1100z workstation running Solaris 10 (x86) [03/05].Five patches were loaded including 119103-03 which upgraded Patch Manager to Update Manager.

Now, it is my understanding that without a Service Plan, I am entitled to the Security Updates, but that's it (Recommended Updates require a service plan?).That seems OK to me, but if this is the case, what happens when a Securtiy Update depends on s Recommended Update?

Update Manager shows a list of 8 new available updates this morning - 5 of them are securiy updates that all seem to rely on Recommended Update 119684-01.However, when I try to install 119684-01, I am given the following warning:

Failed Installation - update specified does not have entitlement permissions

Not sure if something else is going on or if this is due to the fact that I do not have a service plan and only require the security updates - however, it doesn't make much sense to release security updates for free if the recommended update it relies on is not also available.

I like the fact that Sun is trying to ease patch management, but I really question the need of a service plan to keep the systems up-to-date.

Am I missing something or do I have to forget about all these Security Updates unless I subscribe to a Service Plan

JB

[1372 byte] By [jtbmsu92] at [2007-11-26 6:03:10]