Preface

This book contains procedures and explanations for starting, configuring, and troubleshooting Sun Update Connection – Enterprise.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for users, developers, and system administrators.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Application Administration includes procedures for predefining hosts and configuring a browser on the console. It also includes command-line interface (CLI) commands needed to start, stop, restart,and check status of Sun Update Connection – Enterprise applications.

Chapter 2, Managing Solaris Software Updates describes update management and support for Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS) update cluster.

Chapter 3, Customizing Configuration Files describes how to edit the rc files and how to start the console with overriding rc parameters.

Chapter 4, Integrating With Other Tools describes how to integrate Sun Update Connection – Enterprise with IBM and with the Sun BMI server.

Chapter 5, Shared Resources describes how to use Sun Update Connection – Enterprise with Shared Resources support.

Chapter 6, Configuring Web Proxies and Firewalls includes technical explanations and procedures for use of Sun Update Connection – Enterprise in various network configurations.

Chapter 7, Optimizing Performance For Linux describes how the technology, and how to configure Sun Update Connection – Enterprise for Linux.

Chapter 8, Backup and Restore describes the backup and recovery procedures for the system dependency server (SDS).

Related Books

In addition to this book, find more information in the following publications.

Table P–1 Related Information

Information	Description
Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Release Notes	Describes any bugs and known problems. This book includes late new features and platform support.
Sun Update Connection - Enterprise 1.0 Quick Start Guide: Getting Started	Provides information about planning for an installation, and installing Sun Update Connection – Enterprise software. This book also includes step-by-step procedures for uninstalling the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise agent, console, or CLI.
Sun Update Connection – Enterprise Bare Metal Installation Guide	Describes the steps needed to install the software for a bare metal server.
Sun Update Connection – Enterprise 1.0 User's Guide	Provides information to system administrators about how to use the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise software to manage software updates to systems that run the Solaris Operating System or Linux distributions.

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training

Sun will provide a technical FAQ in a read only format at http://forum.sun.com/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=334. The URL is subject to change and might be removed at Sun's discretion.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–3 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell for superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser	#