Preface

This administration guide explains the purpose and features of the Sun trademark Update Connection (Update Connection) software. The Update Connection services enable you to remotely manage updates on one or more of your registered Solaris 10 systems.

How This Book Is Organized

This guide contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1provides a description of Update Connection.

Chapter 2 describes how to register your system to use the Sun Update Manager graphical user interface (GUI) and Update Connection.

Chapter 3describes how to perform update-related jobs using Update Connection.

Chapter 4describes the GUI and how to navigate the interface.

Related Books

Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide

Read this document for information about using the Sun Update Manager application to manage updates on your Solaris 10 system.

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Read this book for information about using the smpatch command to manage updates on your Solaris 10 systems from a command line.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print form. For a list of documents and how to order them, see Buy printed documentation at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Typeface	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your`.login` file. Use `ls` `-a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, and terms to be emphasized, Replace command-line variables with real names or values.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, and terms to be emphasized, Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
`C shell superuser prompt`	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`

Contacting Sun Technical Support

If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to this site:

http://www.sun.com/service/contacting/