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What's New in the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release

Supported Platforms and Operating Systems

The supported platforms and operating systems for this release are as follows.

Remote agents and local distributors

All operating systems and hardware platforms are supported as listed in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

Master server and command line interface

All hardware platforms are supported as listed in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

Only those versions of the Solaris operating system listed in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide are supported. Other listed operating systems are not supported in this release.

ProcedureHow to Acquire the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release

The N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 release is available from http://www.sun.com. This procedure describes how to acquire this release from the specific page http://www.sun.com/software/swportfolio/get.jsp

You can also download the release patches from the SunSolve site at http://sunsolve.sun.com Download the appropriate patches as follows:

Before You Begin

Make sure your system meets the hardware requirements set out in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

  1. In your web browser, type the URL http://www.sun.com/software/swportfolio/get.jsp.

    The Sun's Software Portfolio download page is displayed.

  2. In the Select Your Software section, click the check box next to Sun N1 Service Provisioning System.

  3. Click the Get Downloads Media button.

  4. If prompted, log in or register for a Sun Online account.

    The Download Sun Products page is displayed.

  5. In the My Downloads table, click the arrow beneath the product platform that you want to download.

    The Download Page is displayed.

  6. Review and accept the license agreement.

    If you do not agree to the terms of the license agreement, click the radio button beside Decline License Agreement to cancel your download.

  7. Click the check boxes next to the files that you want to download.

    You must download the README file. Select the .zip file of the product that you want to install. You can also download ISO images compressed in .zip files if you want to create physical media for the product.

  8. Click the Download selected with Sun Download Manager button to download the files.

    The files are downloaded to your system.

  9. After you download the files, unzip the .zip files on your system.

ProcedureSPARC: To Install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release

Before You Begin

Make sure your system meets the hardware requirements set out in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

To install the patches that comprise this update release of the N1 Service Provisioning System, you must already have installed and configured a compatible previous release or patch update of the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System. Compatible previous releases and patch updates are as follows:

For full details of how to install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, see Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide. Details on how to install the patch updates can be found in the relevant patch documentation.

  1. If you do not already have a compatible version of the N1 Service Provisioning System installed and configured on your system, download and install the n1_sps-5_2_1-ga-solaris-sparc.zip file from the Sun's Software Portfolio download page.

    For full details of how to install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.1, see Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide

    Then, to bring N1 Service Provisioning System to the 5.2 Update 2 level, install the following patches:

    • 122989-12 for the Master Server

    • 122991-12 for the Command Line Interface

  2. After you apply the patches to the master server, update all the remote agents and local distributors in your environment.

    To auto-upgrade, log in to the patched master server. Go to the master server's host detail page and choose Upgrade Entire Host Network.

    You can also execute a selective upgrade using the node.* commands. See Chapter 9, node: CLI Commands for Performing Auto-upgrade Tasks, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual for more information.

    This release of the N1 Service Provisioning System contains scripts that migrate your master server from compatible previous releases and patch updates to run the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release.

    Note –

    Only the Command Line Interface patch provided with this release can communicate as a command line interface with the master server patch provided with this release. If you upgrade your master server, you must also upgrade your Command Line Interface.

Procedurex86: To Install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release

Before You Begin

Make sure your system meets the hardware requirements set out in Chapter 2, System Requirements for the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

To install the patches that comprise this update release of the N1 Service Provisioning System, you must already have installed and configured a compatible previous release or patch update of the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System. Compatible previous releases and patch updates are as follows:

For full details of how to install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, see Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide. Details on how to install the patch updates can be found in the relevant patch documentation.

  1. If you do not already have a compatible version of the N1 Service Provisioning System installed and configured on your system, download and install the n1_sps-5_2_1-ga-solaris-x86.zip file from the Sun's Software Portfolio download page.

    For full details of how to install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2.1, see Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide

    Then, to bring N1 Service Provisioning System to the 5.2 Update 2 level, install the following patches:

    • 122990-12 for the Master Server

    • 122992-12 for the Command Line Interface

  2. After you apply the patches to the master server, update all the remote agents and local distributors in your environment.

    To auto-upgrade, log in to the patched master server. Go to the master server's host detail page and choose Upgrade Entire Host Network.

    You can also execute a selective upgrade using the node.* commands. See Chapter 9, node: CLI Commands for Performing Auto-upgrade Tasks, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual for more information.

    This release of the N1 Service Provisioning System contains scripts that migrate your master server from compatible previous releases and patch updates to run the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Update 2 Release.

    Note –

    Only the Command Line Interface patch provided with this release can communicate as a command line interface with the master server patch provided with this release. If you upgrade your master server, you must also upgrade your Command Line Interface.