What is the difference between getupdates.sun.com and updateserver.sun.com?
I have a few headless Solaris 8 boxes which are now running Patch Manager CLI (SUNWpmgr v2.00). There are times when they can抰 access the patch hosting site (揜esponse code was 500?error message). Running 搒mpatch get patchpro.patch.source?returns https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/. Now on a neighboring Solaris 10 box (SUNWpmgr v5.0) running 搒mpatch get patchpro.patch.source?returns https://getupdates.sun.com/solaris/.
If I reset patchpro_patch_source to use getupdates rather than updateserver on the Solaris 8 boxes it works fine (even when I can't get through to updateserver).
My first question is this: Is there a functional difference between getupdates.sun.com and updateserver.sun.com? Is getupdates.sun.com the new patchpro_patch_source of choice? Should I change all my Solaris 8 boxes over to using getupdates rather than updateserver?
Thanks!
David
