In this procedure, you add a large amount of Solaris software to your local knowledge base. Use this procedure for upload of Solaris software CDs. This procedure does not use the console; it uses a web application created specifically to make Sun Update Connection – Enterprise support and management of Solaris more efficient. Notice that this procedure is also found in the Administrator’s Guide; it must be done after installation of the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Agent on a Solaris machine, to enable the system dependency server to recognize Solaris software.
Make sure of the following:
You have standard NFS or direct access to the PKGs from the system dependency server machine. The CD is in the CD-ROM of the SDS machine; or the SDS has direct access to Solaris files. This procedure does not support FTP or HTTP.
Directories and files to be uploaded are readable by the nobody user.
If the software is in PKG format, expand the PKGs. Each creates a directory (and possible sub-directories) and places there the files of the package.
Open a web browser and in the URL address field, type:
https://SDS-hostname-or-IP-address:8002/upload.html |
In the Package path text box, type the full path to the directory that contains the Solaris software.
For example, if you specify the /tmp/tmpdsol directory, it should contain all the subdirectories and contents copied from the Products directory on the CD ISO image.
There is no recursive search, so the upload path must be only one level above the software directories.
Click Upload.
The packages are added to the Solaris knowledge base of the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise system dependency server. The browser window shows the automated actions: reading packages, adding packages, and searching for missing packages.