Install OS Updates on Managed Servers

Once you have an OS installed on a managed server, the N1 System Manager enables you to install OS updates, which consist of either Solaris packages and patches or Linux RPMs depending on the OS on the managed server. Installing OS updates on servers for the first time is a three-step process:

1. The N1 System Manager must have system access to the OS update before the update can be installed on the managed servers. The create update command is used to import an OS update from a web site or from an accessible file system on themanagement server. Once an OS update has been copied to the management server, you can display the OS update in the browser interface under Task Shortcuts or you can use the show update command.

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   Note –

   The N1 System Manager also enables you to install non-standard updates to a managed server using the updatetype other attribute with the create update command.

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2. The base management agents must be enabled in order to load an OS update to a managed server.

3. Install the OS update on the appropriate managed servers by using the browser interface, or by using the command line load server or load group commands.

For more details, see:

• Adding and Upgrading Base Management and OS Monitoring Features in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide

• Enabling and Disabling Monitoring in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide

• Chapter 5, Managing Packages, Patches, and RPMs, in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide