To Edit a Profile

In this procedure you will edit an existing profile that you created. Users of all levels can perform this procedure in the console.

You cannot edit a profile in the following circumstances:

• The profile was created by another user.

• The profile is currently in an active job.

• The profile is a Predefined System Test Profile (see Chapter 7, System Management Profiles).

  If you edit a profile that is scheduled for later deployment, the users who deploy that profile decide whether to use the original profile or the edited one.

1. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar, click the Profiles button.

   • From the Tools menu, choose Profiles.

     The Profiles window opens.

2. Select a profile from the list.

3. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar of the Profiles window, click the Edit button.

   • Right-click the selected profile and choose Edit.

     The Profile Editor window opens.

4. From the drop-down list on the tool bar of the Profile Editor, select a distribution-architecture.

   The Components list changes to display components of the selected distribution.

5. Change as many component settings as you want.

   See Table 9–1.

   To add a component setting, select the component and do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar of the Profile Editor, click the Required, Not Allowed, or Upgrade button.

   • Right-click the selected component and choose Required, Not Allowed, or Upgrade.

   To delete a component setting, select an action in the Actions list and do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar of the Profile Editor, click the Delete button.

   • Right-click the selected action and choose Delete.

   To change a component setting, delete the action from the Actions list and then add a new action for the component setting you want.

6. Add as many component settings as you want.

   To make the profile applicable to hosts of different distributions:

   • To select specific components from different distributions, change the selection of the drop-down list of distributions in the Profile Editor tool bar. Find the relevant components and add the action settings to the Actions list.

   • To let Sun Update Connection – Enterprise find components from other distributions that are comparable to the ones you have in the Actions list, click the Multi Distribution button. See To Align Component Settings for Multiple Distributions.

7. Click OK.

   The Profile Editor window closes. The profile is edited.

Example 9–2 Editing a Profile with the CLI

The CLI command to edit a profile is the same as to create a profile. See To Create a Profile.