Using the Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA)

The Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA) helps move system administrators away from the task of manually retrieving maintenance updates from the Web.

SUMA offers flexible options that let you set up an automated interface to download fixes from a fix distribution website to your systems. Because SUMA can be configured to periodically check the availability of specific new fixes and entire maintenance levels, the time spent on such system administration tasks is cut significantly.

SUMA can be accessed through the suma command or through the SMIT suma fast path.