Sun Connection 1.1 Release Notes

SDS Issues

Uploading Packages By Using Upload Web Page Can Hang (CR 6520232)

Description:: When uploading packages using the upload web page, the upload can appear to hang.
Cause:: This only occurs when there is an HTTP proxy between the browser and the SDS and when that proxy has a low connection timeout. The component is uploaded to the SDS correctly, but the browser never receives a response because the proxy times-out the connection.
Workaround:: When uploading packages, disable the use of the proxy in the browser.

`RPM` Command Is Needed For Provisioning Linux Systems From Solaris SDS

Description:: In order for the Solaris SDS to correctly handle and provision Linux RPM's, it needs to be able to extract information from those RPM's. In order to do this it requires the rpm command, which is not a part of standard Solaris.
Cause:: The rpm command is not a part of the standard Solaris installation.
Workaround:: On the SDS host, install the SFWrpm package from Solaris 10 distribution media or http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/s10pkgs_download.xml.

Download of Solaris Packages From the Internet to Solaris SDS Can Fail (CR 6512582)

Description:

Using the console, the user can mark packages for download and installation from SunFreeware sites as part of a job. However, when attempting to do this, the job fails and the job log reports something like:Download Phase - started. Failed to download blob 40002677 , Aborting task ! Download Phase - Download Failed. Check server logs for more details. Download in progress. Client should ask again for the file download action.

Workaround:

Once the download has failed, re-run the same job and the package should be installed. If the job contains multiple packages to install, the first time the job attempts to download each package, it will fail, but a re-run should succeed.

Another workaround is to use the Solaris baselines and the baseline pre-caching script to pre-download patches for you. You can download an entire Solaris baseline to your SDS and it allows you to monitor the download for any patch download failures. It also greatly enhances the speed with which future jobs are run on those agent.

For information about how to use baselines, see the following articles:

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/hub_articles/sc_baselines.jsp
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/hub_articles/cgi_baseline.jsp How to Use the Baseline Pre-Caching Script to Patch the Solaris OS

These articles, along with other useful information, are available in http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hubs/connection/ on BigAdmin.

Backup Procedure Perform Database Maintenance

Description:: The backup procedure performs database maintenance actions. If you have a large database, the backup might take longer.
Workaround:: You can comment out the maintenance lines. Contact Sun Support for further details.

Backup of Linux SDS Database Fails During Restore on Solaris SDS (CR 6514761)