Sun Update Connection System 1.0.8 Administration Guide

Managing Solaris Updates by Using the Sun Update Connection Hosted Web Application (Task Map)

To use the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application, you must first register your Solaris 10 systems with the Update Manager registration wizard. During registration, you must supply your Update Manager subscription key, and indicate that you want to use the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application to remotely manage your systems.

Note –

If you use the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application, you can still use the Update Manager application to perform update management jobs locally.

You can access the Summary page, the Systems page, the Updates page, or the Jobs page by clicking the tabs at the top of the page.

The Summary page appears each time you log in to the Sun Update Connection System web site. It shows summary information about systems, updates, and jobs.

From this page, you can get the following information about systems, updates, and jobs, each in their own section:

Systems. This section shows you the number of systems that have not checked in to Sun within the last 24 hours. This section also shows you the total number of managed systems
Updates. This section also shows you the total number of updates that are available for all of your managed systems. This section also shows you the number of the following types of updates available for your systems:
- Security updates
- Sun Alert and recommended updates
- Feature updates
- Non-critical updates
Jobs. This section shows you the job status, which includes the total number of jobs that succeeded, that failed, that are awaiting system check-in to run, and that are in progress.

Each page includes a Jobs Summary sidebar, which shows up to 25 of the jobs created this session. When the Jobs Summary queue is full and you create a new job, the first one drops off of the list. You can access job details from the sidebar.

If your session is inactive for 20 minutes, you are automatically logged out. The web application issues a warning after 15 minutes and enables you to extend the session for another 20 minutes.

The following table identifies the tasks that you might perform when you use the Sun Update Connection Hosted web application.

Task	Description	For Instructions
Access the web application.	Log in to the browser interface and manage your Sun Online Account.	Accessing the Sun Update Connection System (Task Map)
Manage your systems.	You can use the browser interface to set the check-in interval for your system, change a system name, view your systems, view applicable updates, and remove systems from the list of those managed by the Sun Update Connection System.	Managing Systems by Using the Sun Update Connection System (Task Map)
Manage updates.	Install updates and update dependencies, uninstall updates, and view update details.	Managing Updates by Using Sun Update Connection System (Task Map)
Manage jobs.	View jobs and job details, create jobs, track running jobs, archive jobs, view job status, and cancel pending jobs.	Managing Jobs (Task Map)