New Job Preference

Sun Connection jobs contain one or more tasks. Each task is made up of actions, such as installing (or uninstalling) a patch, package, configuration file, or script.

In versions before the 1.1.1 release, when an action (such as a patch or package install or uninstall) within a task failed, the entire task failed. Beginning with version 1.1.1, Sun Connection will continue to apply actions within a task, even when one or more actions within a task fails. If, for example, a patchadd fails within a task, the task and job will continue. This new default behavior applies to Solaris OS install or uninstall failures for either patches or packages. The behavior is configurable.

Some Solaris patches and packages should only be installed on the global zone. If you attempt to install Solaris global zone patches or packages on a local zone, the task will be marked as failed. In Sun Connection 1.1, these were logged as successful tasks and the job continued to run. In Sun Connection 1.1.1, the tasks are correctly identified as failures, but you now have the option to continue the job.

To disable the behavior and fail the job when a task fails, perform the following steps:

1. From the Tools menu, select Preferences, then Host.

2. Deselect the check box to disable the default behavior.

   The following is the default behavior:

   • Patch policy – Continue task if patch install fails

   • Packages – Continue task if package install fails