How to Install an Update (Browser Interface)

This procedure describes how to create a job to install one update on one or more of your systems. After you have created your jobs, each of your systems checks in to Sun or to your Sun Update Connection Proxy to perform their queued jobs.

If an update you want requires a system reboot to activate it, the update is staged for installation at the next system shutdown. You must use one of the following commands to initiate the system shutdown:

• Power down the system – init 0 or shutdown -i 0

• Drop to the firmware prompt – init 5 or shutdown -i 5

• Reboot the system – init 6 or shutdown -i 6

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  Note –

  Do not use the reboot command, the halt command, the uadmin command, or press the Reset or Power button to initiate the shutdown. Taking any of these actions bypasses the required shutdown processing, and prevents the updates from being staged for later installation.

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1. From the Updates page, select one or more systems, and click View Available Updates.

   A window that shows a list of all updates for each system you selected appears.

2. Select one or more updates you want installed on the systems you selected.

   The window shows the time of the next check-in for each system. This is the time at which your system will check in to Sun or to your Sun Update Connection Proxy and run queued jobs for that system.

   A confirmation window appears to show you the details about the jobs you created.

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   Note –

   If the installation of an update that you selected requires that another update be installed, a dialog box appears to show you this dependency. To successfully install the update you originally selected, you must agree to install the dependency or the job will not be created.

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3. Click Apply Updates to create the job.

   The job is queued for execution at the next check-in time. One job is created for each update to be installed on one or more systems.

4. Click Cancel to discard the job information.