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Why does installing patches take so much space in /var/sadm?

April 26, 2017patches sadm var

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Why does installing patches take so much space in /var/sadm?

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All the files that are replaced by a patch are stored under /var/sadm/patch//save so the patch can be safely backed out. Newer patches will save the old files under /var/sadm/pkg//save//undo.Z, for each package patches. You can remove the /save directory provided you also remove the /.oldfilessaved file. Newer patches will not install a .oldfilessaved file. Alternatively, you can install a patch w/o saving the old files by using the “-d” flag to installpatch.