C H A P T E R 2

Registration

This chapter explains the registration process for systems where the Sun Update Manager application is installed. It includes the following sections:

Introduction

Sun Online Account

Subscription

System Registration

Registration for Remote Management

Introduction

Registration includes several procedures. Registration is accomplished within the Sun Update Manager application.

Sun Online Account - You must have a Sun Online Account to use Update Connection. You might already have such an account if you log in to the SunSolve^SM web site.

Subscription - You must have a subscription to gain access to all Solaris Operating System updates, to automatically install updates, and to use the Update Connection services.

System Registration - You must register your Solaris 10 systems with the Update Manager registration wizard to use Sun Update Manager or the Sun Update Connection services. The wizard obtains information about your Solaris 10 system and sends it to Sun.

Manage at Sun Update Connection - You can remotely manage updates on all of your Solaris 10 systems by using the Sun Update Connection services.

For details on registration, see the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.

Sun Online Account

You might already have a Sun Online Account if you have previously accessed SunSolve, the Sun^SM Online Support Center (OSC), My Sun^SM, or other Sun online services.

How to Log In With a Sun Online Account

If you already have a Sun Online Account, complete the following steps:

1. Enter your User Name and Password.

2. Click Log in.

The application attempts to connect your system to Sun.

If your browser fails to connect, a pop-up displays an Internet Connection Failure message. You might need to configure your network proxy and try again.

If you forgot your user name or password, click Forgot Your User Name or Password? to request your user name or password. You can resume with registration when you have your user name and password.

See How to Retrieve Your Forgotten User Name.

See How to Retrieve Your Forgotten Password.

How to Create a Sun Online Account

If you have not previously created a Sun Online Account, you can create one from the Log In screen.

Note - A Sun Online Account is required for you to register each client system. If you are creating your Sun Online Account here, you have not registered your Sun systems for remote update management in the Sun Update Manager application. You must log into each client system and register each system for Manage at Sun Update Connection to view and manage your systems using the Sun Update Connection services.

1. Click the Not Registered: Create Account link in the Existing Users Log in panel.

The Registration window appears.

Note - The system where you are logged in must be connected to the Internet to create the Sun Online Account. The information you enter into the fields is saved locally and sent to Sun. Sun requests that you use English characters for the information you supply.

2. Complete the fields.

Some fields are required. Your account creation will fail if any of these fields are blank. See the "Registration" chapter in the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Operations Guide, for details on these fields and the format rules for each.

3. Click Next to connect to Sun and validation of the entered data.

If a required field is blank, or an invalid entry is detected, a message displays, the screen is displayed again, and you are prompted to correct the error or fill in the blank field.

Data is validated to make sure of the following:

User name is not already taken (at Sun).

Required fields are completed.

All entered data matches field validation logic.

4. Click Continue.

The Terms of Use window displays.

5. Review the Sun Terms of Use.

If the terms are acceptable, click I Accept and click Submit.

Your registration is completed, and the Home page appears.

If you have questions or concerns about the Terms of Use, click Cancel to discard your account changes.

Contact your Sun representative to discuss your questions or concerns.

The Summary screen appears, but no system information is displayed as no systems are registered.

6. Launch the Sun Update Manager application and register your system.

Subscription

The types of updates you can access are determined by the entry of your Sun subscription key.

If you enter a subscription key, you see all updates appropriate for your Sun system.

If you do not enter a subscription key, you see only the security updates that are appropriate for your system. Other Solaris 10 updates are unavailable to you.

Note - Your subscription key can be the contract number for any of your Sun support contracts which include software support.

You can purchase a subscription key by contacting your Sun representative or online at these web sites:

Solaris 10 Service Plans:
http://www.sun.com/service/solaris10/index.html

General Solaris support plans:
http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/solaris/index.html

Note - You can supply your subscription key during the registration process. You can also add your subscription key during an Update Manager session. You cannot add a subscription key from the Sun Update Connection web site.

System Registration

Each of your Sun systems on which the Update Manager application is installed and where you have completed the system registration process is linked to your Sun Online Account. During the Update Manager registration, system specifications and update analysis results are gathered and sent to Sun. This enables Sun to send you accurate and appropriate lists of available updates.

Caution - You must register your system in the Update Manager application before system update information is visible and available for remote management. See the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guidefor details.

Registration for Remote Management

During the system registration process, you specify how you want to manage the updates on the system:

Locally manage updates

Remotely manage updates by using the Sun Update Connection services

After system registration is complete, click Manage at Sun Update Connection to direct Sun to flag the system for remote update management. The system and update information for each system which you flag for remote management is visible and available for management in the Sun Update Connection services.

Note - You must flag the system for remote update management to see and manage the updates remotely in the Update Connection. The flag must be set in the Update Manager application. See the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide for details.