Cannot Download Patches From a Patch CD Mounted on a Local Patch Server

Description:

You configure a local patch server to obtain patches from a CD mounted on the local patch server. When you attempt to download patches from the CD, you see the following error message:

Downloading the recommended patches for machine host-name. Please wait... Could not download patch. Error occurred while processing the download for this patch, patch-id, into /var/sadm/spool directory. Error: No such file or directory.

Workaround:

Ensure that Solaris Volume Manager is running properly on the local patch server. If it is not, type:

# /etc/init.d/volmgt stop # /etc/init.d/volmgt start # smpatch download