What is the latest news on using updatemanager on a system thathas multiple zones? The patches for the Sun Studio product needto be installed using the -G option to patchadd, but updatemanagercan't figure that out.We've got a frustrated user over in this ...

Please let me know if SunMC SERVER is supported on Solaris10 x86 ?I have heard that AGENTS and CONCOLE are supported, is this correct ?Want to have SunMC on x86 (Server) to manage other systems, IS IT POSSIBLE ?Please let me know.Thanks,Aj

I'm running es-setup on a Solaris 10 global zone, where SunMC 3.6.1 is installed. I have been getting the same error even after I followed the work around instructions suggested in SunSolve Bug ID 6385492 and 4375143. The following are the error messages:- -Configure Sun Management Center web ...

I have two new Solaris 10 6/06 systems here that are not checking in with the Update Connection.Looking in /var/log/swupas/swupas.log I see this -Swup Agent run: Monday, 25 September 2006 11:31:29 BST** DEBUG ON **Attempt to get exclusive lock: 1We have the lock!prepare to register with ...

Hi,Is there a way to disable the prompt for userid and password when using smpatch in remote mode? Based on what I read, it seems that it is not possible unless one uses -l and -p options of smpatch.Reason: I would like to create a cronjob that will do a remote smpatch update in several SunUC ...

We want to send some very critical alarms - like file system full or server down - as SMS, so the administrators get them even on weekends and can cope with the errors immediately.But the standard text for the sender, the subject and the body of the mail are much too long for an SMS. How can we ...

The Sun Update Connection System client, version 1.0.8 is now available assoftware update 121118-08 (SPARC) or 121119-08 (x86). Version 1.0.8is the biggest update we have produced since the initial release of the Sun UpdateConnection and includes the following enhancements:o Sun Update Manager ...

Hi,I wanted to know if the Sun MC server version 2.1.1 is still supported by Sun?It would be great if you could also provide the link that has this information.Regards,KiranMessage was edited by: Kiran.Pillai

When running 'smpatch analyze' or 'smpatch update', what is the difference when using the following values?patchpro.patchset=currentorpatchpro.patchset=patchdb

On solaris 9 hosts the value of patchpro.patchset appears to default to patchdb1.This has recently stopped working with error patchdb1: not found at https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/But changing patchpro.patchset to patchdb gets it to work again.Strangely, solaris10 hosts appear to have a ...

Hi,I have a newly installed system (SPARC/6-06) that I am unable to register. When runningsconadm register -a -r sconadm.register -e softwareUpdatethe command just sits there and never comes back.I have tried to verify the connection with /usr/lib/cc-cfw/platform/transport/bin/cctrunner -pand ...

Hi forum,I have scheduled a few update jobs on a system with a zone configured.The problem was, that the zone itself was unable to boot because its root-FS was unavailable.So the update process wasn't able to start and update the zone.The end effect is now, that the 8 updates were applied to ...

Hi All!118833-23 has a problem on Solaris 10 with zones:# init 6# svc.startd: The system is coming down. Please wait.svc.startd: 80 system services are now being stopped.Installing update 118833-23 Failed..............> less disallowed_patch_list_report..............Patching zone ...

Greetings,Customer referencing Alert 102178:"Daylight Saving Time (DST) Changes for Australia (2006), United States (2007) and Others"5. ResolutionThe "U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005" which goes into effect in 2007 is addressed in the following releases:SPARC Platform* Solaris 8 with patches ...

Has anyone seen this?Installing update 118855-19WARNING: Module verification failed for /kernel/crypto/amd64/des.WARNING: des _init: crypto_register_provider() failed (0x50)WARNING: Module verification failed for /kernel/crypto/amd64/arcfour.WARNING: _init: ...

Recently our local patch server stop working correctly.It could have been after we upgraded to 1.0.8Anyway what its doing is it starts downloading patches to /var/sadm/spool/patchsrv/Patches as a .jar.tmp file as normal.But after downloading it instead of renaming it to a .jar file, it deletes ...

I used sconadm to register a new server. I used the Sun Update Manager GUI to analyze the system and download 246 updates. When these attempt to get installed, all the patches error out with the following: "ERROR: Failed to validate the digital signature(s)".I can install the patches one at a ...

Hmmm, wondering whether PatchPro or the Service at all is broken again. Using S10 06/06 - last succesfull applied patches last week, which included AFAIK the 1.0.8 patches:elkner.hathor ~ > setenv LC_ALL Celkner.hathor ~ > + smpatch downloadUpdate 123252-01 will not be downloaded since it ...

Hmmm, since SUN still ships brain dead *.la files, which will certainly break compilation of other related software when libfool is used, I wanna remove all the *.la files. However rm -f does not work, since patches usually re-install those file :(. So I would try to removef them. Would this ...

I have a "patchsvr" set up under sol10 1/06 with patch 121118-08 applied. It has all the default settings except for a different Cache Location. I have a fresh sol10 6/06 install with zero patches applied, with default settings except for being pointed at my "patchsvr" proxy.If I try to use the ...

I am getting "Insufficient security privilege to load module." when I try to load the Dynamic Reconfiguration Sun Fire High-End and Midrange Systems module.I thought there was some sort of issue with /etc/group on the SMC server and the System Controllers that also had to be modified but can't ...

Just yesterday, i installed a fresh Solaris 10 x86 onto some pc hardware. After getting solaris installed and issues with my network card, i downloaded and installed the free version of the update manager 1.0.x. Next, i proceeded to update all the general patches for the solaris 10 system. I ...

I have SunMC 3.6.1 and our 25K is coming up as a blue folder.... I did search for "blue folder" and the posts were not relative..... Does anyone have any ideas?Thanks

Hi!Background: I'm an experienced Linux admin who's trying to install Solaris on a Sun Fire V100, rather than just manage badly installed systems that other people did in the past. The machine needs Solaris 9 because it is a test for a production machine which is running Solaris 9 too.What ...

Is there a smc 3.6.1 agent available for Windows 2003 advanced server on the x4600 ?

I just tried to install this patch along with the Sun Update Connection System Client 1.0.8 patch and I see in the Installation Complete window this:122761-01SunOS 5.10: Sun Update Connection Bootstrapper FailedUtility used to install the update failed with exit code {0}.This occurred using ...

Some patches report on installation with smpatch The patch 119252-13 makes the kernel unstable, is obsolete or is forbidden by policy. The patch 119280-07 makes the kernel unstable, is obsolete or is forbidden by policy.Theres nothing particularly noteworthy mentioned about the patches in their ...

I am getting error messages below on all Solaris 10 305 boxes that I am patching via 'smpatch update' :This collection of patches is incomplete due to problems in downloading. It is advisable to retry the download later and see if the remaining patches can be downloaded. If they can, then the ...

I setup a server running 10 1/06 to act as a proxy server:# hostnamensx401l9420# patchsvr setup -lPatch source URL: https://getupdates.sun.com/solarisCache Location: /var/sadm/spool/patchsvrWeb proxy host name: toaster.bcbsm.comWeb proxy port number: 80Web proxy user: e119519I configured ...

Has anyone configured or is using SMC to monitor 3510's?Thanks

Hi All,I have experienced the failures of patch command. There is no any hint or instruction to do next. The patch description doesn't say any patch dependency. Not just one patchadd, another patchadd failed.Does anyone have any suggestion to do what next?Thanks//Sunbreak The command error ...

using smpatch or updatemanager i get file update errors when i try to change the proxy username or password.eg. smpatch set patchpro.proxy.user=userName1Exception in thread "main" com.sun.patchpro.model.PatchPropertyException: IO Error: Unable to access the 1 file.at ...

smpatch after a patch server doesn't work anymore, even with all I read here.After I update (smpatch directly from sun) my patchsrv host, even patchserv doesn't want to start :# /etc/init.d/patchserver stopShutting down Local Patch Server/usr/sbin/patchsvr: /usr/apache/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh: ...

smpatch analyze always give me this patch to install.It's seems link to SUNWscn-base package new in solaris 06/06my server is a solaris 01/06 was all the patch, never heard about this package.What is this Sun Network Connection stuff coming with solaris 06/06 ?And what should I do with this ...

I get the following error when I run smpatch analyze:Failure: Cannot connect to retrieve Database/current.zip: Connection resetI was successfully able to register the system, but keep getting this error with smpatch analyze. I snooped the traffic and saw packets to & from ...

Can you provide the protocol flow between the agent and server and the server and outside (Sun, redhat, Suse). I need to know the protocols, ports and who initiates the connections. A link to a technical paper with these answers would be best.

HiI have been getting to grips with the sun update software over the last 2 days.In about a years time I see that the cache of downloaded patches will have a great deal of obsolete downloads.While my servers arent in production I wanted to check how I can clear the cache of updates downloaded ...

Hi pplHope it's not an RTFM... I recently installed SunMC 3.6.1 from scratch for the first time. Now I'm adding machines on the network to be monitored. However I wonder, why there are no shapes for actual Sun hardware. I mean, nobody is using an SS1 today but there is a shape for it. On the ...

Patch 124171-01 fails to install on an Ultra-80 and a V210 models. I installed it manually to get the message that the "SUNWscnbase-r" package is not installed so the patch is aborted.The Ultra-80 runs Solaris 10 release 03/2005. The V210 runs Solaris 10 01/2006. I typically load everything in ...

Patch 124327-01 (libpcp) will not install on the Ultra-80 and Ultra-10 hosts even though it is recommended. I suspect that it has sun4v that these sun4u hosts do not support.

Patch 123910-10 will not install on some old Ultra-10 and Ultra-80 hosts. I suspect that the sun4u architecture does not support the sun4v categories.

Hello.The 122857-04 patch unconditionally overwrote my /etc/mail/sendmail.cf config.Is this normal behavior ?M.C>

when running smpatch analyze -x idlist=patches_to_analyze (which contains 9 patches), some of the results are missing their names:bash-2.05# smpatch analyze -x idlist=patches_to_analyze118322-01 112233-12 SunOS 5.9: Kernel Patch112912-01 SunOS 5.9: libinetcfg Patch115683-03 SunOS 5.9: Header ...

Where are the files located for your Alarm Action? We have several 72+ CPU machines and don't really feel like manually setting alarms via the gui. Can I edit a file?Thanks

Hi,i had some problems when i tried to upload Solaris PKGs via web upload. This failed twice, i.e. the PKGs were uploaded to the SDS but not registered correctly (seems that the web upload does not like some XML files from the Solaris Installation DVD). The third attempt was successful. But now ...

Other admins at my company are toying with ldap and Sun Directory Server for authentication. Has anyone ever got this to work for logging into the sunmc client? I saw a post on here claiming it was not possible, but I was wondering if anyone else could confirm that.

Of the following addon's what is needed for a system controller installation:he following Add-On Products are applicable for installation.Advanced System MonitoringService Availability ManagerPerformance Reporting ManagerSolaris Container ManagerSun Fire Midrange Systems Platform ...

Do I need to set permisions to have full access to the platform agent?I am getting "Insufficient security privilege to load console info".I can do anythinf to the host agent but not the platform agent, config reader.Thanks

I have installed a split backplane with single-loop configuration on a V890 server. I have setup the FC using the installation documentation. I have 12 disks attached and they are showing up 0-11 when I use the format command.When I try to use the SMC, I get the following error;'Attempt to get ...

Is there a quick way to take the configuration of one agent and push it to other machines as an initial install..... These new machines don't have any agents configured.Thanks