create update

This command copies an OS update to the N1 System Manager. You can then install the OS update on the provisionable 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 the Sun N1 System Manager Administration Guide for more details.

Synopsis

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

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

Parameters

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

• file – A fully qualified path to a file accessible from the management server or a URL location to a Linux RPM, Solaris package, or Solaris patch.

  • 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, or a .tar file, which may contain one or more patches. An installation script must be specified for a .tar file.

  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 – (Solaris only) A fully qualified path to an executable Bourne (/bin/sh) shell script used to install Solaris packages or patches. When you specify an installation script and you use the load server|group update command to install the update, the load command copies both the update file and the installation script to the provisionable server's /tmp directory for the installation.

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

• update – A name for the OS update.