Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0 Administration Guide

This administration guide describes the Sun^TM Management Center Change Manager, henceforth referred to as Change Manager, software product. Administrators can use this book to learn how the Change Manager works. The Change Manager application can install software stacks, which are encapsulated as Solaris^TM Flash archives, on large numbers of replicated systems.

The Change Manager application can also validate the software contents of managed hosts. This validation is accomplished by comparing the contents of managed hosts over time with a baseline manifest.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for anyone responsible for performing one or more of these Change Manager operations:

Installing the Change Manager software on the Change Manager server
Managing deployment objects and audit objects in the Change Manager repository
Managing hosts on the Change Manager server
Creating the Solaris Flash archives for use with the Change Manager
Deploying software stacks to managed hosts
Auditing software on managed hosts

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Sun Management Center Change Manager (Overview) provides an overview of the Change Manager product.
Chapter 2, Hardware and Software Requirements (Reference) describes the hardware and software requirements for using the Change Manager product.
Chapter 3, Installing, Configuring, and Accessing the Change Manager Server (Tasks) provides instructions on installing and configuring the Sun Management Center and Change Manager software on the Change Manager server.
Chapter 4, Creating a Deployable Solaris Flash Archive (Tasks) describes how to create customizable Solaris Flash archives that can be deployed to managed hosts.
Chapter 5, Installing Solaris Flash Archives on Managed Hosts (Tasks) describes how to set up the deployment-related files in the repository, add managed hosts, and deploy software.
Chapter 6, Auditing Software Configurations (Tasks) describes how to set up the audit-related files in the repository, add managed hosts, run audit jobs, and view audit reports.
Chapter 7, Monitoring Jobs (Tasks) describes how to monitor jobs in the job queue, job log, and transaction log.
Chapter 8, Maintaining the Change Manager Repository (Tasks) describes how to perform file maintenance tasks on the Change Manager repository. This chapter also describes how to view and modify file and folder properties.
Chapter 9, Maintaining the Change Manager Topology (Tasks) describes how to perform maintenance tasks on the Change Manager topology. This chapter also describes how to view and modify managed host and host group properties.
Chapter 10, Creating Shared Profiles and Host Properties (Reference) describes the shared profile properties that must be set to deploy software to managed hosts. The chapter also shows the minimum set of properties that must be specified to successfully deploy software.
Chapter 11, Auditing Software Configurations (Reference) describes the file formats for the three audit-related files.
Appendix A, Navigating Through the Change Manager Browser Interface (Reference) describes how to navigate through the Change Manager browser interface.
Appendix B, Troubleshooting (Tasks) lists problems, warning messages, and error messages that you might see when using Change Manager.
Appendix C, Security (Reference) describes the security issues addressed by Change Manager.
Glossary is a list of terms used in this book and their definitions.

Related Books

Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0 Release Notes

Read this book for information about bugs and issues that pertain to the installation and configuration of the Change Manager server.
Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0 Reference Manual

Read this book to see the Change Manager man pages.
Solaris 9 Installation Guide

Read this book for more detailed information about installing Solaris software. In particular, read the chapters that cover custom JumpStart^TM installation, Solaris Flash installation, and Solaris Live Upgrade.
Sun Management Center 3.0 Software Installation Guide

Read this book for more detailed information about installing the Sun Management Center 3.0 software.
Sun Management Center 3.0 Software User's Guide

Read this book for information about using the Sun Management Center 3.0 product. In particular, read the chapters that cover administrative domains and access control.
Sun Management Center 3.0 Configuration and Deployment Guide

Read this book for information about authorized users and security for the Sun Management Center 3.0 product.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print form. For a list of documents and how to order them, see "Buy printed documentation" at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. Do not save changes yet.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`

Change Manager Naming Conventions

Change Manager object names and path component names can include the following characters:

Letters (a-z and A-Z)
Numbers (0-9)
At (@)
Equals (=)
Hyphen (-)
Period (.)
Plus (+)
Underscore (_)

These characters can appear at any position in a name. However, the period character cannot appear at the beginning of a name.

Tab characters and newline characters are not permitted.

Path components are delimited by the slash (/) character.