Adding Multiple Solaris Packages

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.

Before You Begin

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.

To Upload Solaris CDs

1. Open a web browser and in the URL address field, type:

   https://SDS-hostname-or-IP-address:8002/upload.html

2. 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.

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   Note –

   There is no recursive search, so the upload path must be only one level above the software directories.

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3. 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.