To Set PKG Preferences

In this procedure you will access and edit Preferences as needed. This procedure must be done before you deploy PKGs on hosts.

1. From the Tools menu, choose Preferences.

   The Preferences window opens.

   

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

   The Host Selection window opens.

3. Select one of the hosts to receive the job and then click OK.

   The Host Selection window closes and you are returned to the Preferences window. Wait while the Preferences values of the selected agent are uploaded to the console and displayed in the Preferences window.

4. In the Category list, click PKGs.

   The PKGs preferences are displayed.

5. Make appropriate changes and then click Submit.

   The Preferences Confirmation window opens.

   The listed Target will be Host. The bottom panel lists the PKG parameters that you changed, with their new values.

6. Check Restart Agent on target hosts.

7. Click Submit.

   Wait for the agent to restart and come back online and then select the same host again in the Host Selection window.

8. Click Select target hosts.

   The Select Hosts window opens.

9. Add the hosts to receive PKG deployment to the Selected Hosts list and then click OK.

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

   • Mail address – Notification emails will be sent to these addresses when PKGs are installed.

   • Package install basedir – Base directory where relocatable packages are to be installed.

   • Instance – If the PKG to install already exists on this machine, this parameter determines what Sun Update Connection – Enterprise will do and has the following options:

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG

     • Overwrite – Install the PKG again

     • Unique – Install the PKG as a unique instance

   • Partial – If a partial install of a PKG is already on this machine, you can do the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for partially installed PKGs

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG if it is already partially installed

   • RunLevel – If the system status is not correct for installing or uninstalling a PKG, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check run level

     • Quit – Do not install or uninstall if run level requirement is not met

   • Install Depend – If other PKGs depend on the one being installed, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for dependencies

     • Quit – Do not install a PKG if its dependencies are not met

   • Remove depend – If other PKGs depend on the one that you want to uninstall, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for dependencies

     • Quit – Do not uninstall a PKG that is needed by others

   • Check space – If the disk space of this managed host does not meet the requirements of the PKG to install, you can choose one of the following:

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

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG if the listed space requirements are not met

   • Setuid flags – The setuid and setgid flags are used in Solaris programming for security. If a PKG should enable these flags after installation, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for setuid/setgid executables

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG if it will turn on these flags

     • Nochange – Install the PKG, but override the flags

   • Check conflicts – If the installation of a PKG will overwrite a file provided by a previous PKG and create a conflict between files, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for conflicts and force install

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG if file conflicts are detected

     • Nochange – Install the PKG, but do not install conflicting files

   • Action scripts – If an install of a PKG provides an action script that contains possible security impacts, you can choose one of the following:

     • Nocheck – Do not check for security impact of action scripts

     • Quit – Do not install the PKG if its action scripts could negatively impact security

   • Custom admin file full path name – Path name of a customized Solaris admin file; if none, leave default.