smpatch SSL errors: SSL peer shut down incorrectly

All my machines have been getting this over the past few days. Is there a problem with the server? google suggests this reflects a certificate problem but I haven't changed anything on the machines.

Thanks,

David

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=javax.net.ssl.SSLException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.readV3Record(InputRecord.java:398)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.read(InputRecord.java:348)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:720)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:67 7)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=javax.net.ssl.SSLException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.readV3Record(InputRecord.java:398)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.InputRecord.read(InputRecord.java:348)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:720)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readDataRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:67 7)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppInputStream.read(AppInputStream.java:75)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:218)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:256)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat sun.net.www.http.ChunkedInputStream.fastRead(ChunkedInputStream.java:221)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppInputStream.read(AppInputStream.java:75)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(BufferedInputStream.java:218)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:256)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat sun.net.www.http.ChunkedInputStream.fastRead(ChunkedInputStream.java:221)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at sun.net.www.http.ChunkedInputStream.read(ChunkedInputStream.java:662)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:111)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream.read(HttpURLConnect ion.java:2139)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:254)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at sun.net.www.http.ChunkedInputStream.read(ChunkedInputStream.java:662)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:111)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream.read(HttpURLConnect ion.java:2139)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:254)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.patchpro.util.Downloader.read(Downloader.java:554)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:254)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.requestDownload(ServerPatchS erviceProvider.java:2554)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.performDownloadPatches(Serve rPatchServiceProvider.java:1592)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.patchpro.util.Downloader.read(Downloader.java:554)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(BufferedInputStream.java:254)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:313)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.requestDownload(ServerPatchS erviceProvider.java:2554)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.performDownloadPatches(Serve rPatchServiceProvider.java:1592)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.downloadPatches(ServerPatchS erviceProvider.java:1320)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.PatchServerProxy.downloadPatches(PatchServerProxy.java: 224)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.GroupPatchDownloader.downloadPatches(GroupPatchDownload er.java:124)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.model.PatchProModel.performPatchDownload(PatchProModel.java:19 44)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.model.PatchProStateMachine$10.run(PatchProStateMachine.java:52 6)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=at com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider.downloadPatches(ServerPatchS erviceProvider.java:1320)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.PatchServerProxy.downloadPatches(PatchServerProxy.java: 224)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.server.GroupPatchDownloader.downloadPatches(GroupPatchDownload er.java:124)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.model.PatchProModel.performPatchDownload(PatchProModel.java:19 44)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat com.sun.patchpro.model.PatchProStateMachine$10.run(PatchProStateMachine.java:52 6)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=nullat com.sun.patchpro.util.State.run(State.java:266)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@17af46e <=nullat com.sun.patchpro.util.State.run(State.java:266)

Jun 23 14:50:34 galaxy-bneat java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Jun 23 14:50:36 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => Thread[Thread-19,5,main] <=Problem installing patches: WARNING: The installer cannot find the patch.

Jun 23 14:50:36 galaxy-bne root: [ID 702911 user.error] => Thread[Thread-19,5,main] <=Problem installing patches: WARNING: The installer cannot find the patch.

[7656 byte] By [davidholmes] at [2007-11-26 8:13:50]
# 1

I'm not aware of any issues on our side that would cause these errors. My first guesses would be -

* Check your proxy/network routing settings - Has anything changed on the http proxy recently, can you use it to browse https sites through the proxy ( ie. https://www.verisign.com )

* Entitlment - Has your current contract expired and therefore the subscription key you used to register the host with expired?

ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 2
I can access the given site with no problem.I don't know if anything has changed on the proxy - I hadn't considered it as the common point - but will try to find out.Entitlment should be ongoing - any way to check if something has gone amiss
davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 3

The entitlement should be fine provided the contract has not expired.

Incidently I've just had another report of similar errors from another source so it may be something on our end after all. There were some issues with the current.zip file over the past few days but I initially (and perhaps wrongly) assumed that it would not cause these errors.

Can you give us a listing of your cache directory and everything underneath it?

# ls -laR /var/sadm/spool/cache/

ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 4

root galaxy-bne ~ # ls -laR /var/sadm/spool/cache/

/var/sadm/spool/cache/:

total 20840

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 .

drwxr-xr-x5 rootsys 5632 Jun 23 14:50 ..

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Jun 23 14:47 Database

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Feb 10 12:49 category

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Feb 10 12:49 collection

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Jun 23 14:47 entitlement

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot3480334 Apr 11 14:47 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fdetectors.jar

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot3511884 Jun 22 16:41 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates1.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fdetectors.jar

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot3421441 Feb 10 11:49 https%3A%2F%2Fupdateserver.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fdetectors.jar

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot204793 Feb 10 11:50 https%3A%2F%2Fupdateserver.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fpatchdb.zip

drwxr-xr-x3 rootsys 512 Feb 10 12:10 updatemanager

/var/sadm/spool/cache/Database:

total 1108

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Jun 23 14:47 .

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 ..

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot267702 Apr 11 14:41 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2FDatabase%2Fcurrent.zip

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot273394 Jun 23 14:47 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates1.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2FDatabase%2Fcurrent.zip

/var/sadm/spool/cache/category:

total 8

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Feb 10 12:49 .

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 ..

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot1398 Feb 10 12:49 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fcategory%2Fdefault

/var/sadm/spool/cache/collection:

total 6

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Feb 10 12:49 .

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 ..

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot 626 Feb 10 12:49 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fcollection%2Fdefault

/var/sadm/spool/cache/entitlement:

total 8

drwxr-xr-x2 rootroot 512 Jun 23 14:47 .

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 ..

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot 28 Apr 11 14:47 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fentitlement_client

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot 121 Jun 23 14:47 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates1.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%2Fentitlement_client

/var/sadm/spool/cache/updatemanager:

total 6

drwxr-xr-x3 rootsys 512 Feb 10 12:10 .

drwxr-xr-x7 rootsys 1024 Jun 23 14:50 ..

drwxr-xr-x2 rootsys 512 Apr 12 00:51 analysis.results

/var/sadm/spool/cache/updatemanager/analysis.results:

total 8

drwxr-xr-x2 rootsys 512 Apr 12 00:51 .

drwxr-xr-x3 rootsys 512 Feb 10 12:10 ..

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot1330 Feb 23 00:57 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%0A%2Fcurrent

-rw-r--r--1 rootroot0 Jun 23 00:49 https%3A%2F%2Fgetupdates1.sun.com%2Fsolaris%2F%0A%2Fcurrent

davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 5
Is that other error the IndexOutOfBoundsException -1 ?I've had that too.
davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 6

I'd actually expect no errors to be returned but also no patches to be listed as available (ie smpatch analyze returns no patches required).

Can you try deleting your cache and running an smpatch analyze?

# rm -rf /var/sadm/spool/cache/*

# smpatch analyze -C patchpro.log.level=3 -C patchpro.debug=true

Note that it may take a little longer than usual to run the smpatch analyze.

ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 7

root galaxy-bne ~ # smpatch analyze -C patchpro.log.level=3 -C patchpro.debug=true

Effective proxy host : <proxy>

Effective proxy port : "8080"

Effective proxy user : ""

Effective proxy host : <proxy>

Effective proxy port : "8080"

Effective proxy user : ""

Effective proxy host : <proxy>

Effective proxy port : "8080"

Effective proxy user : ""

Effective proxy host : <proxy>

Effective proxy port : "8080"

Effective proxy user : ""

118668-06 J2SE 5.0_x86: update 7 patch

120100-06 APOC 1.2_x86: Sun Java(tm) Desktop System Configuration Shared Libraries

119118-19 Evolution 1.4.6_x86 patch

122213-05 GNOME 2.6.0_x86: GNOME Image Editor Patch

<proxy> is real proxy name of course - elided.

So that worked, but I just ran "smpatch analyze" on another machine that was failing and it worked now too - with no deletion of the cache. I'm running "smpatch update" on both machines now.

Thanks.

davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 8

This problem is back but intermittent:

root galaxy-bne /var/sadm/spool # smpatch update

122035-03 has been validated.

118966-23 has been validated.

118778-05 has been validated.

119547-06 has been validated.

Jun 30 14:03:22 galaxy-bne root: => com.sun.patchpro.server.ServerPatchServiceProvider@12ddfe4 <=javax.net.ssl.SSLException: SSL peer shut down incorrectly

Then after that another patch came through ok.

davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 9
It is strange that it seems to be an intermittent issue.Just to rule out an issue with thee network connectivity could you run a ping for 10 mins to https://getupdates1.sun.com just to see if any packets are dropped?
ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 10

No problem with ping but the other error occurs intermittently.

Now I have a second problem. I downloaded over a dozen updates for one of my x86 boxes over the past couple of days. Today I went to my other x86 box to do the same and "smaptch analyze" reports "No patches required" ?

<sigh>

davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 11
Previous when clearing the cache was discussed did you clear the cache on the proxy as well as the clients with issues?
ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 12
The "proxy" is just my web-proxy and I don't have any access to it to clear caches etc.
davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 13

Dear David,

My mistake I was thinking there was a Sun Update Connection proxy involved in this equation.

There is a bug being investigated at present with our Engineers for errors in subscription, this may be affecting the way your smpatch is behaving.

This is being given a high priority and we hope to have something for our customers soon.

ForumModerator at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 14

I think I know the problem on the second machine. Today one machine saw a long list of new updates available, the problem machine only one: 119549 which is a security patch.

I'm guessing the registration for the problem machine has disappeared somehow and so only security patches are being made available to it.

I tried re-registering yesterday but registration fails with a "exception in web service communication" error. I found a log file in /tmp which contains in part:

INFO: >>>> About to output

5/07/2006 09:13:17 com.sun.cns.basicreg.common.ProxyManager isProxyEnabled

INFO: proxy is enabled

5/07/2006 09:13:17 com.sun.cns.basicreg.common.ProxyManager isSecureProxyEnabled

INFO: secure proxy is enabled

5/07/2006 09:13:17 com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter <init>

INFO: Using eCRAdapter endpoint := https://cns-services.sun.com/UserInformationService/UserInformationService

5/07/2006 09:13:51 com.sun.cns.basicreg.common.ProxyManager isSecureProxyEnabled

INFO: secure proxy is enabled

5/07/2006 09:13:51 com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.Adapter connectToSun

INFO: secure proxy tested OK !

5/07/2006 09:13:51 com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter authenticateUser

SEVERE: Exception in web service communication

5/07/2006 09:13:51 com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter authenticateUser

SEVERE: java.lang.NullPointerException

5/07/2006 09:13:51 com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter authenticateUser

SEVERE:

com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter.authenticateUser(eCRAdapter.java:82)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.adapter.eCRAdapter.authenticateUser(eCRAdapter.java:69)

sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)

java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.cli.CmdLineWizard.authenticateUser(CmdLineWizard.ja va:1059)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.cli.CmdLineWizard.outCall(CmdLineWizard.java:980)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.cli.CmdLineWizard.output(CmdLineWizard.java:764)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.swing.WizardPanel$StoreTask.<init>(WizardPane l.java:1024)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.swing.WizardPanel$1.construct(WizardPanel.java:843)

com.sun.cns.basicreg.wizard.swing.SwingWorker$2.run(SwingWorker.java:127)

java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Thanks.

davidholmes at 2007-7-6 21:09:20 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 15

The "Exception in web service communication" error is a known issue. You may be able to register if it is possible to bypass your HTTP Proxy temporarily. The issue is caused by a bug (6226610) in Java which has been fixed the the upcoming release (Java 1.5 Update 8). This is due to be released next month.

ForumModeratora at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 16

Bypassing the web proxy is not possible.

But I don't understand how this can be a Java bug as I have registered this system in the past. There is no indication from the CR you listed that this has ever worked, hence, unless something has changed on the server side of registration I don't see why it work in the past but not now.

Anyway I will try running with the latest Java 6 build.

Thanks.

davidholmesa at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 17

Using the latest Java 6 build I was able to register successfully. However after re-registration updatemanager still only shows the one security patch available.

BTW the SSL errors still occur intermittently on all systems.

ForumModerator could you drop me an email at dholmes@ieee.org so I can then contact you from my company account. Thanks.

davidholmesa at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 18

Perhaps have a look at registration packages or SSL certs etc.

Patches require for Installing

for SPARC...

121118-06 Sun Update Connection Client System Edition 1.0.4

121081-05 Connected Customer Agents 1.1.0

121563-02 Sun Update Connection Registration, version 1.0.3

122231-01 Sun Connection agents, transport certificate update

121453-02 Sun Update Connection Client Foundation

119254-24 Install & Patch Utilities Patch

119574-02 SU Patch

120335-04 Sun Update Connection Client Localizations (Optional)

then if the system is a Sun Update Connection Proxy as well;

119788-02 Sun Update Connection Proxy System Edition 1.0

and for x86....

121119-06 Sun Update Connection Client System Edition 1.0.4

121082-05 Connected Customer Agents 1.1.0

121564-02 Sun Update Connection Registration, version 1.0.3

122232-01 Sun Connection agents, transport certificate update

121454-02 Sun Update Connection Client Foundation

119255-24 Install & Patch Utilities Patch

119575-02 SU Patch

120336-04 Sun Update Connection Client Localization

then if the system is a Sun Update Connection Proxy as well;

119789-02 Sun Update Connection Proxy, System Edition 1.0

ForumModeratora at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 19
For x86 system all those patches are applied.
davidholmesa at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 20

This intermittent "SSL peer shut down incorrectly" problem is not something we have come across before and is likely to need some in depth investigation. Can you log a support call by calling the CCC, or online via the OSC?

That way we will be able to communicate with you by phone or email and investigate this more effectively. Investigation will probably centre around gathering snoop output, finding out about your HTTP proxy, establishing exactly how intermittent the problem is, etc.

ForumModeratora at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 21
ForumModerator I was going to send email to you via the address you have mentioned elsewhere but now I can't find it.Please email me at David.Holmes@sun.com - thanks.Message was edited by: davidholmes
davidholmesa at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 22
Didn't realise you were a Sun employee. In that case you can create a case by using the webform at this internal site: http://webhome.central/sunupdate/support/emp/webform.jspThis will get to us via email and we will be able to contact you back.
ForumModeratora at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 23

Does anyone know if this issue was resolved and how to fix it? Following the announced closure of the ftp service for patches, I've started to use smpatch for a pair of legacy Sparc Solaris 8 machines, and they are exhibiting the same intermittent problem. I left them running "smpatch update", and they both took a long time and eventually finished, but the log shows that some patches failed to download, with errors similar to those reported in this thread in the download phase, followed by "the installer cannot find the patch" errors during the install phase. Only a handful of patches were affected and the errors did not stop subsequent patches in the sequence.

NOTE Unlike the original poster, I don't have a sun service plan, so this problem applies to downloads of free updates

amdusera at 2007-7-21 15:10:06 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...
# 24
Hi.We are still working the case created by davidholmes, but it seems that the errors are dependant on the HTTP proxy used. We had davidholmes change his proxy, and the errors have disappeared.
ForumModeratora at 2007-7-21 15:10:07 > top of Java-index,Administration Tools,Sun Update Connection-System...