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Sun Update Connection System 1.0.8 Administration Guide

Chapter 3 Registering Your System With Update Manager

This chapter describes how to register your system with Update Manager and to perform other tasks from the registration wizard. You can also use the sconadm command to perform registration from the command line. See the sconadm(1M) man page.

Registering Your System With Update Manager (Task Map)

You can use Update Manager to manage security updates for your Solaris 10 system by registering your system with Update Manager. Registration is free and it involves sending only your basic system specifications to Sun. The registration process is initiated when you access the Update Manager GUI for the first time.

You can also use the sconadm command to perform registration from the command line. See the sconadm(1M) man page.

For more information about the different levels of registration, see Update Manager Registration.

The following table identifies the tasks that you might perform when you use the Update Manager registration wizard.

Task 

Description 

For Instructions 

(Optional) Register your system with Update Manager. 

If your system obtains updates and update data from the Sun update server, or you want to manage your system remotely by using the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application, you must register your system with Update Manager. 

How to Register Your System

(Optional) Obtain a Sun subscription key. 

If you want access to other than security updates, or you want to manage your system remotely by using the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application, you must register your system with a Sun subscription key. 

This subscription key is available to software support customers. 

How to Obtain a Sun Subscription Key

(Optional) After registration, specify the network proxy to use. 

If your system is connected to the Internet through a network proxy, you must specify the network proxy that is used to access the Sun update server. 

By default, no network proxy is specified. 

Step 5 in How to Register Your System

(Optional) After registration, specify a local source of updates for your system. 

You might want your system to obtain updates from a local source, such as a Sun Update Connection Proxy or a collection of updates on a local system. 

You must specify a local source of updates if your system is not connected to the Internet. 

By default, your system obtains updates from Sun. 

Step 4 in How to Register Your System

ProcedureHow to Register Your System

Note –

To register your system, it must be connected to the Internet. You might already have a Sun Online Account if you registered for an account with programs such as Java Developer Connection, OSC, MySun, SunSolve, and SunStore.

For more information about the different levels of registration, see Update Manager Registration.

You can also use the sconadm command to perform registration from the command line. See the sconadm(1M) man page.

  1. Start the Update Manager application.

    • For GNOME users, start the Update Manager application in one of these ways:

      • From the Notification area of the GNOME panel, click the Update Manager notification icon.

        This icon is a blue circle with a question mark. This icon indicates that the system has not been registered.

        This method does not work immediately after you install the software. You must log out of the GNOME desktop and log back in.

      • From the Sun Java Desktop System Launch menu, choose Applications.

        From the Applications menu, choose Utilities. Then, from the Utilities menu, choose Update Manager.

      • Run the /usr/bin/updatemanager command from your shell prompt.

    • For CDE users, start the Update Manager application in one of these ways:

      • From the Application Manager window, double-click the Update Manager icon.

      • Run the /usr/bin/updatemanager command from your shell prompt.

        The Authentication Required dialog box appears.

  2. Log in to the Update Manager GUI.

    If you want to exit the Update Manager application during this step, click Cancel.

    1. Specify the user name of a privileged user and click OK.

      By default, the user is root.

      The Authentication Required dialog box appears.

    2. Specify the password for the privileged user you specified and click OK.

      The Update Manager Registration Wizard appears.

  3. From the Welcome screen, specify how you want to use Update Manager to manage updates on your system.

    Update Manager can automatically manage updates on your system or enable you to manually manage updates on your system.

    • To use the Update Manager GUI or smpatch CLI to manage updates on your system, click Register to Manage Updates.

      The Sun Online Account screen appears.

    • To download updates from the Sun update server and to use the smpatch add command and the smpatch remove command to manage updates, click Apply Updates Manually.

      Click Finish to exit the registration wizard.

      Now you are ready to manually manage updates on your system. For information about using the smpatch add command and the smpatch remove command to manage updates, see the smpatch(1M) man page.

  4. (Optional) If your system does not connect to the Internet, specify a local source of updates.

    To specify this local source for updates by using the Update Manager application, see How to Specify a Source of Updates (GUI).

    1. Click Configure the System to Retrieve Updates From a Local Source.

      The Use a Local Source for Updates screen appears.

    2. Click Retrieve Updates From a Local Source (Sun Update Connection Proxy ).

    3. In the Patch Source URL field, type the URL to the local update source.

      The Sun Update Connection Proxy URL has this form:

      http://server-name:3816/solaris/

    4. Click Finish to set these update source values, and to return to the Sun Online Account screen.

      Click Cancel to discard the registration information about the update source values that you set. Then, click Discard Registration to return to the Sun Online Account screen.

  5. (Optional) Specify the network proxy your system uses to connect to the Internet.

    To specify this network proxy information by using the Update Manager application, see How to Specify a Network Proxy (GUI).

    If your system is directly connected to the Internet, you do not need to specify network proxy information.

    1. Click Configure Network Proxy Settings.

      The Network Proxy Settings screen appears.

    2. Click Enable Network Proxy.

    3. Type the host name for the proxy in the Proxy Host Name field.

    4. Type the port number for the proxy in the Proxy Port field.

    5. (Optional) If a user name and password are needed for proxy authentication, click Use Proxy Authentication, then do the following:

      1. Type the proxy user name in the Proxy User Name field.

      2. Type the proxy user password in the Proxy Password field.

      3. Click OK to set these network proxy values, and to dismiss the dialog box.

        Click Cancel to discard the network proxy values you set, and to dismiss the dialog box.

    6. Specify your Sun Online Account.

      • If you already have a Sun Online Account, log in by supplying your Sun Online Account user name and password, click Next, and then go to Step 8.

        The Terms of Use and Software License screen appears.

      • If you have forgotten your user name or your password, click Forgot Your User Name or Password.

        After you have your Sun Online Account information, restart the registration process.

      • If you do not have a Sun Online Account, register for an account.

  6. (Optional) Click Create a Sun Online Account.

    The Create Sun Online Account screen includes the Sun privacy policy and text fields in which to supply the information required to obtain a Sun Online Account.

    1. Review the Sun Privacy Policy.

    2. Complete the account information on the registration form and click Next.

      If you supplied an invalid entry, you are prompted to correct the error.

      The second Create Sun Online Account screen appears.

    3. Complete the second registration form and click Next.

      You must supply your company name, your country or territory, and the language you want to use for communications with Sun. The other values on this form are optional.

      The Terms of Use and Software License screen appears.

  7. (Optional) Decide whether you want access to all updates or only security updates.

    • If you want access to all updates, supply your subscription key in the Key field.

      Your Sun subscription key might be your support contract number. If you do not have a subscription key, sign up for one of these software support plans:

    • If you want to access only security updates, click either Continue Without a Subscription Key or Enter One Later.

      You can specify a subscription key at any time to gain access to all Solaris updates. See How to Specify Your Subscription Key (GUI).

  8. Review the terms of use and the software license.

    • If you agree, click I Have Read the Agreement and I Accept, and click Next.

      • If you supplied a subscription key, the Remote Software Updates Service screen appears. From this screen you can view demos of Sun Update Connection System and Update Manager.

      • If you did not supply a subscription key, the System Registration screen appears. Go to Step 11.

    • If you do not agree, click Cancel to exit the registration wizard.

      You cannot use the Update Manager software unless you agree to the terms of use and the software license.

  9. Decide whether to manage updates on your systems remotely or locally.

    • To manage updates remotely, click Activate Remote Update Management Using the Sun Update Connection System.

      Even if you choose to manage updates remotely, you can still use Update Manager to manage updates locally on your system.

      You can click What Gets Sent to see what information about your system is sent to Sun.

      For information about using the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application to remotely manage updates on your systems, see Chapter 5, Managing Solaris Updates by Using the Sun Update Connection Hosted Browser Interface.

    • To manage updates locally, click Activate Local Update Management.

      You can click What Gets Sent to see what information about your system is sent to Sun.

  10. Click Finish to complete the registration of your system, at which time information about your system is sent to Sun.

    Click Cancel to discard the registration information that you supplied, and to dismiss the registration wizard.

    The Registration Confirmation screen, from which you can access the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application, appears.

  11. Click Close to dismiss the registration wizard.

    The Checking dialog box shows the progress of the update analysis of your system.

    The list of updates that you can install on your system appears in the Available Updates screen of the Update Manager application.

    Note –

    If your client system is not properly registered, you might get error messages when you run the installation application. Restart the registration process to eliminate any errors.

ProcedureHow to Obtain a Sun Subscription Key

To gain access to all Solaris updates, you must have a Sun subscription key. Without a subscription key, you can only view security updates. You also need a subscription key to use the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application.

To obtain a subscription key, subscribe to any of the following Sun service offerings:

    If you do not have a Sun subscription key, sign up for one of these software support plans: