Chapter 2 Updates to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Release

This chapter contains updated information that applies to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.1 release in May 2006.

Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.1 Software

The following bugs and issues apply to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.1 software.

Exception Thrown When Listing Resource Groups in Sun N1 Advanced Architecture Graphical User Interface

If you click the Resource Groups link in the N1 Advance Architecture (N1AA) graphical user interface (GUI), the operation fails and the following exception is thrown:

Application Error
com.iplanet.jato.NavigationException: Exception encountered 
during forward
Root cause = [java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.sun.n1.sps.model.
install.InstalledComponentBean.getGeneratedVariableSettings
()Lcom/sun/n1/sps/model/component/GeneratedVariableSettings;]

This error occurs on systems that are running the Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 operating systems.

Workaround: Follow these steps.

1. Download and apply the following patches to the Master Server and CLI client.

   These patches are available at http://sunsolve.sun.com.

   System	Operating System	Patch ID
   Master Server	Solaris OS for SPARC based systems	122989–01
   	Solaris OS for x86 based systems	122990–01
   CLUI	Solaris OS for SPARC based systems	122991–01
   	Solaris OS for x86 based systems	122992–02

2. Stop the Sun Java Web Console.

   # /usr/sbin/smcwebserver stop

3. Unregister the N1AA application.

   # /usr/sbin/smreg remove -a com.sun.web.admin.n1aa_2.2.4

4. Reregister the N1AA application.

   # /usr/sbin/smreg add -a /usr/share/webconsole/n1aa

5. Start the Sun Java Web Console.

   # /usr/sbin/smcwebserver start

Error Messages Are Displayed When Attempting to Upgrade Local Distributors and Remote Agents

You are editing a host in the host > details > edit window. If you select the include remote agent on this physical host option or the include local distributor on this physical host option, and select the update or prepare host with most recent system updates or services option, an error similar to the following is displayed:

Unable to find upgrade packages to upgrade "Remote agent" on host 
"masterserver" from version "5.2" to "5.2.1". (042018)

Workaround: To prevent this error, do not select the update or prepare host with most recent system updates or services option when editing the host. After the Remote Agent or Local Distributor has been added, use the Prepare Host link in the Hosts window to update the system services.

Support for Sun Java Enterprise System Web Server 7.0 Plug-In

The Sun Java Enterprise System Web Server 7.0 plug-in is included in the 5.2.1 release. The plug-in is provided in the following packages on the Sun N1 SPS 5.2.1 product media.

• SUNWspsws70 (for Solaris systems)

• sun-spssws70–1.0–1.noarch.rpm (for Linux systems)

• sun-spssws70–1.0–1.msi (for Microsoft Windows systems)

At the time of the Sun N1 SPS 5.2.1 release, the Sun Java Enterprise System Web Server 7.0 software is not currently available. While the plug-in is provided in the N1 SPS 5.2.1 release, the plug-in has not been fully qualified yet with the Sun Java Enterprise System Web Server 7.0 software and will not be supported until the release of the Web server 7.0 software.

The documentation for the Sun JES Web Server 7.0 plug-in will be published to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1502.1 after the Sun JES Web Server 7.0 software is released.

Plug-In Support for Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server 8.2 Software

The Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server plug-in is included in the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 and 5.2.1 release. The plug-in is provided in the following packages on the Sun N1 SPS 5.2.1 product media.

• SUNWspssas (for Solaris systems)

• sun-spssas-3.0-1.noarch.rpm (for Linux systems)

• sun-spssas-3.0.msi (for Microsoft Windows systems)

At the time of the Sun N1 SPS 5.2.1 release, this plug-in supports the file-based deployment of the Sun Java Enterprise System Application 8.1 software. At the time of this release, the Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server 8.2 software is not currently available, and the plug-in has not been fully qualified yet with the Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server 8.2 software. Deployment of the Sun Java Enterprise System Application Server 8.2 software, and package-based deployment of the Sun Java Enterprise System Application 8.1 software, will not be supported until the release of the application server software.

The documentation for the Sun JES Application Server plug-in will be updated on http://docs.sun.com/coll/1502.1 after the Sun JES Application Server 8.2 software is released.