Sun Update Connection - Enterprise 1.0 User's Guide

Predefined Profiles

Sun Update Connection – Enterprise provides various profiles already predefined. While you will be creating profiles that define system functions (profiles for web servers, printer servers, and so on), the predefined profiles check complete systems for specific issues or preform restarts on the remote hosts.

The following table briefly describes the predefined profiles.

Profile Name 

Finds, and Fixes on Deploy 

Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Actions 

Check System

Dependencies 

Installs or upgrades missing dependent components, according to the rules of the knowledge base of the selected distribution. 

Check Security

Software to be patched against security holes 

Every security instance known to the knowledge base of the selected distribution is checked, to see whether it can fix installed components. 

Check Bug Fixes

Software to be patched for known bugs 

Every bug fix patch known to the knowledge base of the selected distribution is checked, to see whether it can fix installed components. 

Local Software Review

Local software that is in Software, rather than Local RPMs or Local PKGs, to be replaced with a same-named certified software 

Your local components are checked against the knowledge base of the selected distribution. 

This profile helps you find the local components under Software. 

If you confirm the actions of this profile, Sun Update Connection – Enterprise replaces the local version with a certified version. 

Upgrade All Components

Software to be upgraded 

Every installed component is checked against the knowledge base of the selected distribution, to see if installed components can be upgraded. 

Check withdrawn patches (relevant to Solaris systems only)

Patches and updates that have been withdrawn by the vendor and should not be used 

Installed patches are checked against the knowledge base of the selected distribution to see if the vendor has withdrawn the patch. A patch might be withdrawn due to a better patch or version making the withdrawn one obsolete, or due to bugs in the patch itself. Sun Update Connection – Enterprise will upgrade to the correct patch, if available. Or if not, downgrade back to the vendor supported version. 

Perform Restart

Restarts selected hosts 

If an action in a job needs a restart to have the deployment applied to the computer, you will see a reminder in the job To Do list that you should run a restart profile. 

The Notifications category in the tree will show which hosts should be restarted.

Perform Restart + Reconfigure (relevant for Solaris systems only)

Restarts Solaris hosts and performs specific post-installation reconfigurations 

If an action in a job needs a restart to have the deployment applied to the computer, you will see a reminder in the job To Do list that you should run a restart profile. 

The Notifications category in the tree will show which hosts should be restarted.