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Sun Update Connection |
This chapter provides an overview of the Sun Update Connection, System Edition 1.0. This chapter covers these topics:
The Sun Update Connection services enable you to remotely manage updates on all of the Solaris 10 systems which you registered with the Sun Update Manager application. Use a web browser to access the Sun Update Connection services, which give you access to all of the latest Solaris updates and tools for managing them.
The Sun Update Connection services use the system information you provided at system registration time to determine which updates are appropriate for each of your Solaris 10 systems.
Each of your registered systems check in to the Sun Update Connection web site or to your Sun Update Connection Proxy at specified intervals. When the system checks in, any queued jobs for that system are run. A job is an update-management activity that runs on one or more managed systems.
Before you can manage your system with the Sun Update Connection services, you must register your system using the Sun Update Manager registration wizard including registering your system for remote update management. See the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.
The Sun Update Manager application enables you to locally manage updates on each of your registered Solaris 10 systems one at a time. If you want to use a single interface to manage updates on all of your registered systems, use the Sun Update Connection services.
The Update Connection services enable you to do the following:
See Jobs Page and How to Create a Job From the Systems Page, How to View the Status of a Job, and other procedures in Chapter 3.
See How to Set the Check-In Interval for a System.
You must use your Sun Online Account user name and password to log in to the Sun Update Connection services to gain access to the update-management functionality. However, you can perform a limited set of activities when you are not logged in.
When logged in, you can access the following pages by clicking the tabs at the top of the page:
This page appears each time you log in to the Sun Update Connection web site. It shows summary information about systems, updates, and jobs.
From this page, you can get the following information about systems, updates, and jobs, each in their own section:
Click Browse All to go to the Systems page.
This section also shows you the total number of updates that are available for all of your managed systems.
From this section, you can go to the Updates page.
From this section, you can go to the Jobs page.
From this page, you can do the following:
See How to View System Details.
See How to View the Applicable Updates for One or More Systems.
From this page, you can view information about the updates that are available for installation on your systems. You can also perform the following:
See How to View Update Details.
See How to Create a Job From the Updates Page.
From this page, you can view all of the jobs that you have not archived. To see the job details, such as the following, drill down on a particular job:
See How to View the Status of a Job.
From this page, you can also perform these job-management activities:
See How to Create a Job From the Systems Page.
See How to View the Status of a Job.
See How to Cancel a Pending Job.
See How to Archive a Completed Job.
The features described here are available on all Sun Update Connection function windows.
The Jobs Summary sidebar displays on each function window which displays up to 25 of the jobs created this session.
The Account button appears in the top section of the function pages.
Click Account to do the following:
See How to Modify Your Sun Online Account Information.
See How to Change Your Password.
Click Log Out to exit the Sun Update Connection session.
If you are inactive for 20 minutes, you are automatically logged out of the session.
Click Help to view details about Update Connection features and functionality.
Before you can use Sun Update Manager or use the Sun Update Connection services to manage updates on your system, you must register your system with the Sun Update Manager registration wizard.
1. Install the Sun Update Manager on each Solaris 10 system you want to manage.
See the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.
For Solaris 10 10/05 systems - A launcher icon appears on your GNOME desktop, which you can use to install the Sun Update Manager application. See System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
2. After the software is installed, use the Sun Update Manager registration wizard to register each Solaris 10 system on which you want to manage updates.
3. When registered, notify the Update Connection that your system is ready to be remotely managed.
Information about your registered system is linked to your Sun Online Account for use by the Update Connection services.
For more information, see the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.
4. Use your browser to connect to the Sun Update Connection web site.
Go to http://updates.sun.com.
5. Log in using your Sun Online Account user name and password.
Information about the Solaris updates available for your registered systems appears in the Sun Update Connection windows.
You can manage your Sun Online Account from the Sun Update Connection web site. You can modify your registration information and change your password.
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The button is at the top of your screen.
2. Click Update Registration Information.
The Sun Online Account registration form appears, which shows the current values.
3. Modify the values in the appropriate fields.
Your account information is modified, and a confirmation of success displays.
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