Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 User's Guide

About This Book

The Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management System 1.0 User's Guide covers information about Sun^SM Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0, which is a service offering that uses the Traffic Light Patch Management (TLP) 2.3 tool. The TLP tool is used to automatically generate patch sets on multiple systems in large data centers. This guide includes overview, task, and reference information for both SPARC® and x86 based systems.

This book assumes that you have installed the Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or the SunOS^TM 5.10 Operating System. It also assumes that you have set up any networking software that you plan to use.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for engineers and system administrators who are responsible for installing, using, and maintaining the TLP 2.3 software that is used by the Sun Update Connection - Automated Baseline Management Service 1.0 service offering.

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Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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What Typographic Conventions Mean

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

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or new terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These options are called class options. Do not save changes yet.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


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

General Conventions

Be aware of the following conventions that are used in this book.

When following steps or using examples, be sure to type double-quotes ("), left single-quotes (`), and right single-quotes (') exactly as shown.
The key referred to as Return is labeled Enter on some keyboards.
It is assumed that the root path includes the /sbin, /usr/sbin, /usr/bin, and /etc directories, so the steps in this book show the commands in these directories without absolute path names. Steps that use commands in other, less common, directories show the absolute path in the example.
The examples in this book are for a basic SunOS 5.10 software installation without the Binary Compatibility Package installed and without /usr/ucb in the path.

Caution –
If /usr/ucb is included in a search path, it should always be at the end of the search path. Commands like ps or df are duplicated in /usr/ucb with different formats and different options from the SunOS 5.10 commands.