To Uninstall an OS Update From a Provisionable Server

Before You Begin

• Disable monitoring for the provisionable server. Disabling monitoring prevents the fault notifications if the server reboots after an OS update uninstallation. See To Disable Monitoring for a Server or a Server Group for details.

• Ensure that the OS monitoring feature is supported on the provisionable server. This action provides the necessary support to uninstall OS updates. See To Add the OS Monitoring Feature for details.

Steps

1. Log in to the N1 System Manager.

   See To Access the N1 System Manager Command Line for details.

2. Uninstall an OS update from a provisionable server.

   N1-ok> unload server server[,server...] update update

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   Caution –

   If the user-specified update name is not found, the command tries to uninstall an OS update with a matching file name. The show update command enables you to list an OS update's corresponding file name.

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   See unload server in Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Command Line Reference Manual for details.

Troubleshooting

If you cannot uninstall an OS update that was installed with an admin file, check that the package file name matches the name of the package. If the name is not the same, rename the admin file in the provisionable server's /tmp directory to match the name of the package and try the unload command again. If the package still exists, remove it from the provisionable server by using pkgrm.

See Also

OS Update Uninstallation Failures