Host Preferences

Host preferences manage how each agent handles Sun Update Connection – Enterprise jobs and logs, and how Sun Update Connection – Enterprise recognizes the host.

• You may view the preferences of only one host at a time.

• The host must be online and the agent must be connected to the SDS.

• The agent must not be busy at the time with an Sun Update Connection – Enterprise job.

To Change Host Preferences

1. In the Preferences window, select the Host radio button.

   The Host Selection window opens.

2. Select a single host and then click OK.

3. Wait while the Preference values of the selected agent are uploaded to the console.

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   Note –

   Preference values can be uploaded only if the agent is not busy with another command.

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4. Make the changes that you want.

   If you want to change various preferences in different categories of the selected entity, you can browse between the categories without clicking Submit every time. Your changes are remembered.

To Share Host Preferences

You can change the preferences of one host, and apply those changes to multiple hosts. For example, if you want all managed hosts in one group to be configured for a new port, you can make the change once, and then share the new port number with all the other hosts in the group.

1. Make the changes you want, submit them, restart the agent, and wait for changes to be uploaded.

2. Open the Preferences window again select the original host.

3. Click Select target hosts.

   The Select Hosts window opens.

4. Add multiple hosts to the Selected Hosts list and then click OK.

   The preferences that you changed in the original host are copied to the selected hosts.

   You can choose to share preferences with offline hosts. Their preferences are updated when they come online.

Host Preferences – General

The following parameters offer various options for a specific host.

• Listening port. Specifies the port on which to listen for the dependency manager.

• Clean-up after instal. Specifies whether to delete no-longer needed RPM files after component is installed to save disk space.

Host Preferences – Logs

These preferences point to the log files and set limits on their sizes. These logs are kept on the remote host.

• Error log size. Specifies the size in kbytes of the error log for this agent.

• NCO log file size. Specifies the size in kbytes of the log for local components installed on this managed host.

• Job log size – Specifies the size in kbytes of the job log for this agent.

• Resolve log file size. Specifies the size in kbytes of the log for each job action and for alternative job solutions.

• Error log file name. Specifies the full path name of the error log.

• NCO log file name. Specifies the full path name of the NCO log.

• Job log file name. Specifies the full path name of the job log.

• Resolve log file name. Specifies the full path name of the resolve log.

Host Preferences – PKGs

The following parameters describe how Solaris packages are installed on Solaris machines. When you install the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Agent on a Solaris machine, the path name of the Solaris admin file is /opt/local/uce/agent/config_files/admin. This file holds the answers for package deployment. You can change these parameters in the Preferences -> Host -> PKGs window, to change the parameters individually for a specific host, or you can point Sun Update Connection – Enterprise to your own customized Solaris admin file.

• Mail address. Specifies the address to which notification emails are sent when PKGs are installed.

• Package install basedir. Specifies the base directory where relocatable packages are to be installed.

• Partial. Specifies one of the following if a package is partially installed on this managed host.

  • nocheck. Do not check for partially installed packages.

  • quit. Do not install the package if it is already partially installed.

• RunLevel. Specifies one of the following if the system status is not correct for the installation or uninstallation of a package.

  • nocheck. Do not check the run level.

  • quit. Do not install or uninstall if run level requirement is not met.

• Install depend. Specifies one of the following if other packages depend on the one being installed.

  • nocheck. Do not check for dependencies.

  • quit. Do not install a package if its dependencies are not met.

• Remove depend. Specifies one of the following if other packages depend on the one that you want to uninstall.

  • nocheck. Do not check for dependencies.

  • quit. Do not uninstall a package that is needed by others.

• Check space. Specifies one of the following if the disk space of this managed host does not meet the installation requirements of the package.

  • nocheck. Do not check disk space requirements (install will fail if the machine runs out of space).

  • quit. Do not install the package if the listed space requirements are not met.

• Setuid flags. Specifies one of the following if a package should enable the setuid flag or the setgid flag after installation. These flags are used in Solaris programming for security.

  • nocheck. Do not check for the setuid executable or the setgid executable.

  • quit. Do not install the package if it will turn on these flags.

  • nochange. Install the package but override the flags.

• Check conflicts. Specify one of the following if the installation of a package will overwrite a file that is provided by another package that has been installed and will create a conflict between files.

  • nocheck. Do not check for conflicts and force the installation.

  • quit. Do not install the package if file conflicts are detected.

  • nochange. Install the package but do not install the conflicting files.

• Action scripts. Specify one of the following if the installation of a package provides an action script that contains possible security impacts.

  • nocheck. Do not check for security impact of action scripts.

  • quit. Do not install the package if its action scripts could negatively impact security.

• Custom Admin file full path name. Specify the path name of a customized Solaris admin file. If no path is specified, use the default.