Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide

This chapter describes how to install the Sun Update Connection software on Solaris 10 systems. The software you can install includes the Sun Update Manager client software and the optional Sun Update Connection Proxy software. This chapter also describes how to uninstall the Update Manager client software.

Installing the Update Manager client software is part of the getting started process. For an overview of the entire process, see Getting Started Process Overview.

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Installing the Sun Update Connection Software (Task Map)
• Uninstalling the Sun Update Manager Client Software (Task Map)

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Installing the Sun Update Connection Software (Task Map)

The Sun Update Connection software is supported on systems that run the Solaris 10 Operating System.

To use the Update Manager tool, you must install at least the End User Software Group of Solaris 10 software. Your system also must have 160 Mbytes of available disk space in /var.

If your system has the original Solaris 10 software installed, you must install the Sun Update Manager client software on your system. Subsequent releases of the Solaris 10 software include the Sun Update Manager client software.

The following table identifies how you can install the Sun Update Connection software on your system.

Ensure that your system is running at least the End User Solaris Software Group of the Solaris 10 Operating System.

Caution - Your system must be connected to the Internet before you can install the Update Manager feature update because the software must be retrieved from Sun.

1. Identify the appropriate version of the Update Manager feature update for your system.

Choose the feature update based on the platform type of your Solaris 10 system.

• SPARC: Latest revision of update 119107
• x86: Latest revision of update 119108

2. Become superuser.

3. Use the smpatch update command to automatically download and apply the appropriate feature update to your system.

For example, the following command applies the Update Manager feature update to your SPARC based system:

# smpatch update -i 119107-01

Note that the smpatch update command installs the latest revision of the update you specify with the -i option.

Now you must access the GUI to configure your update management environment and register your system. See How to Access the Sun Update Manager Application (GUI).

Ensure that your system is running at least the End User Solaris Software Group of the Solaris 10 Operating System.

Caution - Your system must be connected to the Internet before you can install the Update Manager client software because the software must be retrieved from Sun.

1. Go to the Sun Download Center at http://www.sun.com/download.

a. Click the Downloads A-Z tab.

b. Click Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0.

c. Click Download to start the download process.

Follow the download instructions.

d. Download the software to a local directory on your system.

Choose the software based on the platform type of your Solaris 10 system.

• SPARC: updateConnection-sparc.zip
• x86: updateConnection-i386.zip

2. Become superuser.

3. Go to the directory where you downloaded the file.

For example, if you downloaded the file to /tmp, go to /tmp.

4. Unzip the file you downloaded.

• For SPARC based systems, type:


# unzip updateConnection-sparc.zip

• For x86 based systems, type:


# unzip updateConnection-i386.zip

5. Install the Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0 feature update, which includes the Sun Update Manager client software.

# ./updateConnection/installUpdateConnection

Now you must access the GUI to configure your update management environment and register your system. See How to Access the Sun Update Manager Application (GUI).

Ensure that your system is running at least the End User Solaris Software Group of the Solaris 10 Operating System.

Caution - Your system must be connected to the Internet before you can install the proxy software because the software must be retrieved from Sun.

1. Identify the appropriate version of the Sun Update Connection Proxy feature update for your system.

Choose the feature update based on the platform type of your Solaris 10 system:

• SPARC: Latest revision of update 119788
• x86: Latest revision of update 119789

2. Become superuser.

3. Use the smpatch command to apply the appropriate feature update to your system.

The smpatch update command automatically downloads and applies the feature update to your system.

For example, the following command applies the proxy feature update to your x86 based system:

# smpatch update -i 119189-01

Note that the smpatch update command installs the latest revision of the update you specify with the -i option.

Now you must configure your proxy. See Configuring Your Sun Update Connection Proxy (Task Map).

Caution - Your system must be connected to the Internet before you can install the proxy software because the software must be retrieved from Sun.

Ensure that your system is running at least the End User Solaris Software Group of the Solaris 10 Operating System. This system must already have the Sun Update Manager software installed on it, and the system must be registered.

1. Go to the Sun Download Center at http://www.sun.com/download.

a. Click the Downloads A-Z tab.

b. Click Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0.

c. Click Download to start the download process.

Follow the download instructions.

d. Download the software to a local directory on your system.

Choose the software based on the platform type of your Solaris 10 system.

• SPARC: updateConnection-proxy-sparc.zip
• x86: updateConnection-proxy-i386.zip

2. Open a terminal window.

3. Become superuser.

4. Go to the directory where you downloaded the zip file.

For example, if you downloaded the file to /tmp, go to /tmp.

5. Unzip the zip file.

• For SPARC based systems, type:


# unzip updateConnection-proxy-sparc.zip

• For x86 based systems, type:


# unzip updateConnection-proxy-i386.zip

6. Install the Sun Update Connection Proxy package.

# updateConnectionProxy/installUpdateConnectionProxy

Now you must configure your proxy. See Configuring Your Sun Update Connection Proxy (Task Map).

If you installed the Preview Release of the Sun Update Connection, System Edition software, you must upgrade the Sun Update Connection software when the Preview Release promotional period ends. Perform this upgrade by installing the new Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0 feature update. If you are using the Preview Release, this feature update will appear as an available update for your system through any of the System Edition user interfaces. See How to Install the Sun Update Manager Feature Update.

If you have also configured a Sun Update Connection Proxy, you must upgrade the software on the proxy system. You must install both the feature update for the Sun Update Connection and the feature update for the proxy software. The proxy feature update will appear in the list of available updates for your system only if you have a Sun Service Plan. See How to Install the Sun Update Connection Proxy Feature Update.

The feature update IDs for this software are as follows:

• 119107-01: Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0 (SPARC)
• 119108-01: Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0 (x86)
• 119788-01: Sun Update Connection Proxy (SPARC)
• 119789-01: Sun Update Connection Proxy (x86)

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Uninstalling the Sun Update Manager Client Software (Task Map)

The following table identifies how you can uninstall the Sun Update Manager client software from your system.

1. Become superuser.

2. (Optional) If you installed the Sun Update Connection Proxy software, remove the prebackout lock file for the proxy software, and use patchrm to remove the update.

• For SPARC based systems, type:


# rm /var/sadm/patch/119788-01/prebackout # patchrm 119788-01

• For x86 based systems, type:


# rm /var/sadm/patch/119789-01/prebackout # patchrm 119789-01

3. Remove the prebackout lock file for the Sun Update Connection software.

• For SPARC based systems, type:


# rm /var/sadm/patch/119107-01/prebackout

• For x86 based systems, type:


# rm /var/sadm/patch/119108-01/prebackout

4. (Optional) If you use the patchrm -R command to uninstall the Update Manager feature update on a diskless client, you must first log in to the diskless client to stop and disable the Sun Update Manager client agents.

# /usr/lib/cc-cfw/framework/lib/cc-client-adm stop

# /usr/lib/cc-cfw/framework/lib/cc-client-adm disable

5. Use the patchrm command to remove the Sun Update Manager feature update.

• For SPARC based systems, type:


# patchrm 119107-01 # patchrm 119574-02

• For x86 based systems, type:


# patchrm 119108-01 # patchrm 119575-02

These agents are installed when you install the Sun Update Manager software. When you register your system with the Sun Update Manager Registration Wizard, the agents are enabled.

In most cases, the pkgrm command safely disables the agents before removing the SUNWccinv package. However, if you installed this package on a diskless client or a cluster of systems, you must manually disable the agents before you remove the SUNWccinv package.

1. Become superuser.

2. Stop and disable the inventory agent.

# /usr/lib/cc-cfw/framework/lib/cc-client-adm stop

# /usr/lib/cc-cfw/framework/lib/cc-client-adm disable

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