General Errors

Cannot Update Patches Due to Network or Server Failures

Description:

When running the smpatch update command, any of the following errors appear:

Cannot connect to retrieve patchdb: Connection refused

Or:

Cannot connect to retrieve patchdb: Connection timed out

Or:

Unknown host (host-name) connecting to http://host-name/

Cause:

This problem might be caused by a network failure between the client and the patch server, or the patch server is down.

Workaround:

Ensure that patchpro.patch.source points to a valid patch source.

Check the condition of the network.

• If your patch management environment includes a local patch server, ensure that it is up and running.

• If the problem is between your system and Sun, wait for the issue to be resolved.

Solaris WBEM Services Are Unavailable When Using smpatch in Remote Mode

Description:

When running smpatch in remote mode or trying to restart the Solaris WBEM services, the following error messages appear:

# smpatch analyze -u root Authenticating as user: root Type /? for help, pressing <enter> accepts the default denoted by [ ] Please enter a string value for: password :: root-password There is no Solaris Management Console Server running on pserver2. # /etc/init.d/init.wbem status Solaris Management Console server not running on port 898. # /etc/init.d/init.wbem start # /etc/init.d/init.wbem status Solaris Management Console server not running on port 898.

Workaround:

Manually stop the Solaris WBEM services before restarting them.

# /etc/init.d/init.wbem stop # /etc/init.d/init.wbem start # /etc/init.d/init.wbem status Solaris Management Console server version 2.1.0 running on port 898.