smpatch hanging on Solaris 9

Thanks for that. The command you gave hangs with no output on three different machines. All have PM patch 112945-44 installed. We are not using a Local Patch Server. Here is the config, same on all machines:

ls0003: smpatch get

patchpro.backout.directory-""

patchpro.download.directory-/var/sadm/spool

patchpro.install.types -rebootafter:reconfigafter:standard

patchpro.patch.source-https://updateserver.sun.com/solaris/

patchpro.patchset-patchdb1

patchpro.proxy.host -""

patchpro.proxy.passwd********

patchpro.proxy.port -8080

patchpro.proxy.user -""

patchpro.sun.passwd ********

patchpro.sun.user-""

drooks0a at 2007-7-12 8:55:50 >

Thanks again. Using patchdb server rather than patchdb1 causes the analyze to say "No patches required." Removing and reapplying the PM patch did not help.

In studying the system, the behavior is always the same: the java process stops receiving data from the update server but the TCP connection remains open. If I run several times, I get the hang always at a different place, sometime while the /var/sadm/spool/cache files are being downloaded, sometimes in the middle of a particular patch. On a few occasions, as many as three patches will come across the wire before the hang.

I tried adding the debug options you gave to the "smpatch update" and "smpatch download" commands but it won't accept those args.

Any other ideas?

DRooksa at 2007-7-12 8:55:50 >

I had tried clearing the cache, but not bouncing wbem; the latter did not help either.

Here is the Java version on all four machines:

ls0003: /usr/bin/java -version

java version "1.4.2_08"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_08-b03)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_08-b03, mixed mode)

I really need to get these machines updated!

drooks0a at 2007-7-12 8:55:50 >