Patch Manager on Solaris 9 Systems Fails Because the /var/sadm/spool Directory Cannot Be Recreated (4883158)

Description:

On a Solaris 9 system, Patch Manager reports that it cannot create the patch directory, /var/sadm/spool, because it already exists.

When you run the smpatch command, the following error message appears:

# /usr/sadm/bin/smpatch download Authenticating as user: root Type /? for help, pressing <enter> accepts the default denoted by [ ] Please enter a string value for: password :: Loading Tool: com.sun.admin.patchmgr.cli.PatchMgrCli from host1 Login to host1 as user root was successful. Download of com.sun.admin.patchmgr.cli.PatchMgrCli from host1 was successful. Cannot create the directory /var/sadm/spool. Please check the permissions. #

This problem causes Patch Manager to be unusable.

Cause:

This problem appears on systems that have been upgraded from Solaris 9 12/02 to Solaris 9 4/03.

The CIM File System Management Provider was not reregistered after the system upgrade. Therefore, the service provider was not available for use by Patch Manager.

Workaround:

Reregister the directory service provider and restart the CIMOM:

# /etc/init.d/init.wbem stop # /usr/sadm/bin/mofreg -r regtag /usr/sadm/mof/Solaris_VM1.0.mof # /etc/init.d/init.wbem start