create update

This command copies an OS update to the N1 System Manager. You can then install the OS update on the servers.

Description

You can copy various types of OS updates: RPMs for the Linux operating systems and packages or patches for the Solaris Operating System. By default, the load command installs an OS update using the corresponding native OS commands. However, you can specify an installation script to override the default installation and perform a customized installation. See “Managing Packages, Patches and RPMs” in Sun N1 System Manager Administration Guide for more information.

Synopsis

• Copy a standard Linux RPM, Solaris package, or Solaris patch:

  create update update file file ostype ostype[,ostype...][adminfile adminfile] [installscriptfile installscriptfile] [responsefile responsefile]

• Copy a non-standard file to be used with an installation script for a custom OS update installation:

  create update update updatetype other file file ostype ostype[,ostype...] installscriptfile installscriptfile [adminfile adminfile] [description description] [release release] [responsefile responsefile] [vendor vendor] [version version]

Parameters

• adminfile – (Solaris package only) A fully qualified path to an admin file.

• description – A description for the OS update, which is typically the standard name of the package, patch, or RPM.

• file – A fully qualified path to a Linux RPM, Solaris package, or Solaris patch file accessible from the management server or a URL. When updatetype other is not specified, the following sources are allowed:

  • Linux RPM – A single .rpm file.

  • Solaris package – A.pkg file in a valid datastream format, which may include one or more packages. The .pkg extension is not required. You can also specify a .tar file, which may include one or more packages. An installation script must be specified for a .tar file that contains more than one package.

    If an installation script is not used, the .tar file must match the top-level directory name after the tar expansion. For example, if the tar file is SUNWstade.tar, the top-level directory of the tar expansion must be SUNWstade.

  • Solaris patches – A *.zip file, which may include one patch.

  Examples: /tmp/test-i386.rpm or http://updatesite1/rpms/test-i386.rpm

• ostype – A list of OS versions compatible with the OS update. The specified OS type must match the type of OS updates being added. Typically, only one OS type is valid for Solaris OS updates. Valid values are:

  • redhat-as3 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0

  • redhat-as3-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, 64-bit

  • redhat-as4– Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

  • redhat-as4-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0, 64-bit

  • redhat-es3 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0

  • redhat-es3-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0, 64-bit

  • redhat-es4 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0

  • redhat-es4-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0, 64-bit

  • redhat-ws3 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0

  • redhat-ws3-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0, 64-bit

  • redhat-ws4 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0

  • redhat-ws4-64 – Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0, 64-bit

  • solaris9sparc – Solaris 9 7/05 on SPARC

  • solaris9x86 – Solaris 9 7/05 on x86

  • solaris10sparc – Solaris 10 on SPARC

  • solaris10x86 – Solaris 10 on x86

  • suse-es9 – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

  • suse-es9-64 – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 64-bit

  • suse-pro92 – SUSE Professional Edition 9.2

  • suse-pro92-64 – SUSE Professional Edition 9.2, 64-bit

  • suse-pro93 – SUSE Professional Edition 9.3

  • suse-pro93-64 – SUSE Professional Edition 9.3, 64-bit

• installscriptfile – A fully qualified path to an executable Bourne (/bin/sh) shell script used to install packages, patches, or RPMs. When you specify an installation script, the load command used to install the OS update copies both the OS update file and the installation script to the managed server's /tmp directory for the installation. This behavior enables you to perform customized installations with your packages, patches, or RPMs.

  If you specify the updatetype other attribute, the installscript is required and you can copy any type of source file, such as .tgz, .tar, .Z, or .zip.

• release – The release of the OS update, which usually refers to the build number of the version.

• responsefile – (Solaris package only) A fully qualified path to a response file.

• update – A name for the OS update.

• updatetype other – Indicates that the file source is not a known format for N1 System Manager, and you must specify the installscriptfile attribute to perform the OS update installation. When you specify this attribute, the OS update's metadata is not automatically extracted and the description, vendor, and version attribute values will be empty unless you provide the information.

• vendor – The name of the OS update vendor.

• version – The version of the OS update.