Sun Connection Update Manager Client 1.0.9 Release Notes
February 2007
These release notes provide information about the Sun Connection Update Manager
1.0.9 release and supplement the detailed product information that is available in
the product documentation:
You can upgrade your Sun Connection Update Manager application to version 1.0.9
from any prior release. To upgrade to release 1.0.9, install the appropriate update on
your system:
Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) for x86 Platforms: 121119-11
SPARC technology: 121118-11
Known Issues
This section contains important information about the Sun Connection Update Manager
and the web-hosted architecture.
Solaris OS Support
Sun Connection Update Manager is designed for systems that are using the Solaris
10 OS. For systems that are using the Solaris 8 or 9 OS,
you can use Sun Connection Satellite or the Solaris Patch Manager tool to perform
update management tasks on your systems.
Solaris Zones Software Support
Starting with Sun Connection Update Manager 1.0.4, the Update Manager application
and the smpatch command support the following behavior
from a global zone on a system where one or more non-global zones are installed:
You can only run the Sun Update Manager application and the smpatch
command from within the global zone.
Update Manager and smpatch can only perform
a patch analysis on the global zone of a system.
When adding patches to the global zone, Update Manager and smpatch
perform using the default patchadd behavior.
When installing in the global zone, the effect on non-global zones also follows
the default zones behavior.
You cannot use the Update Manager application or the
smpatch command to select updates to download
and install into any specific non-global zone.
Sun Online Account Issues
Before you register your systems with Sun Connection, verify that the email address
associated with your Sun Online Account is valid. The administrator sends email to
the address that you provided when you registered for your Sun Online Account.
For example, if you forget your password and request that Sun send you a new one,
the password is reset and it is sent to the email address that is associated with
your Sun Online Account.
You must have a Sun Online Account to access the Sun Connection hosted application.
CLI System Registration
With patch 121563-02 (SPARC) or 121564-02 (x86), you can use the command-line interface (CLI) tool
to register your clients with Sun Connection Update Manager.
Note: Later releases of the Solaris 10 OS already have this capability.
For more information about using the registration CLI, go
here.
Registration Issues
If you are having trouble registering your system with Sun Connection, verify that
you have applied the latest Sun Connection Basic Registration patches. As of this
date, the following are the latest registration patches:
123004-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: Dependency issue with SUNWopenssl-include
121564-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: Sun Update Connection Registration, version 1.0.3
Solaris 10 SPARC patches
123630-01 SunOS 5.10: HTTP proxy settings patch
123011-01 SunOS 5.10: BR desktop icon patch
123005-05 SunOS 5.10: Basic Registration Update
123003-02 SunOS 5.10: Dependency issue with SUNWopenssl-include
121563-02 SunOS 5.10: Sun Update Connection Registration, version 1.0.3
Note: Not all of these patches are applicable to every
Solaris 10 release. See the patch README for specifics.
Sun Subscription Key
Sun Update Connection uses subscription key to mean the alphanumeric
identification (ID) string of your Sun service contract that includes software
support. Other terms that refer to this same ID include Sun Service Plan ID,
license token, and service contract number.
Your Sun Services representative can help you purchase a support contract that
includes software support and can provide you with your current contract ID.
What's New in 1.0.9?
This section describes the enhancements or new features are included in this release.
Message of the Day
A new Message of the Day (MOTD) feature has been added to this release.
MOTD is intended to be used to send important messages about Sun Connection to
Sun Connection clients.
The new Messages tab in Update Manager will contain all active messages that
Sun sends to the Update Manager. When using this tab, you can view the messages at
any time. New messages are posted in a popup dialog in Update Manager.
After you close the new message dialog window, the message is retained in the Messages tab.
If you use smpatch, it also contains a new interface to
view messages.
The new command is: smpatch messages -a
To display new messages at the command line, do not use the -a option
To display all messages (old and new) at the command line, use the -a option
The smpatch application notifies you that there
are new messages to be read by outputting this message to standard error during any
analyze, update or download operation:
You have new messages. To retrieve: smpatch messages -a
You can disable this automatic check for messages and notification through standard
error with the following command:
smpatch set patchpro.report.motd.messages=false
To re-enable MOTD in smpatch execute either of these commands:
Added Download and Restart Required icons to dependent patches in the
installation dependency dialog of Update Manager.
Tool Tips
Tool Tips have been added to the Update Manager tabs.
Update Manager Creates Its Own Cache Directory
If a cache directory does not exist, Update Manager will create its own cache directory.
You can now safely remove the smpatch cache directories with the
rm -r /var/sadm/spool/cache/* command and Update Manager will create the required cache directories.
Apply Updates to an Alternate Root With smpatch
The -R option in the smpatch command-line interface (CLI) enables you to apply updates to an alternate root directory.
The -R option adds capability to smpatch similar to the patchadd -R command.
User-Agent Change
The User-Agent http header field used by Sun Connection Update Manager now
identifies the caller as an smpatch client rather
than a generic Java application.
Persistent Patch Install and Uninstall Logs
A consolidated smpatch and Update Manager log file is now kept in the
/var/sadm/spool/sunucLog/ directory.
Display the smpatch Version
A new smpatch command, smpatch about, will output the version of smpatch along with a
copyright notice.
Improved Access to Patch READMEs
You can now get a patch README from the server, even if a version is already cached on the client.
What's Been Fixed in 1.0.9?
The following is the list of bugs that have been fixed in this release.
6440031 - PatchPolicyUM15: Add MOTD feature
6511386 - new MOTD message in smpatch analyze should include instructions for message retrieval
6455636 - Add motd feature
6414657 - updatemanager - show patch types for patches
6404859 - need tool tips over icons in UM tabs
6469364 - UM should create its cache directory if it doesn't exist
6382007 - Provide -R option to smpatch to apply updates to an alternate root
6427757 - Change or allow config of User-Agent used by Sun Update Connection
6399218 - Need to make patch install/uninstall logs persistent for use/display by UM/smpatch
6395316 - smpatch should provide a means to output the SWUP customer facing version
6383176 - Need to be able get a patch readme from the server even if a version is already cached on the client
6408365 - SUNWupdatemgrr should not include i.preserve
6430654 - Icon to invoke Sun Update Manager is missing from CDE menus
6511378 - Update Manager packages need copyright year updated to 2007
6433486 - when UM changes patch sets, it needs to reload the new patch set from the disk cache
6507691 - Messages are not displayed if patchpro.debug set to true
6508369 - UM notification application shows wrong number of available updates after installed 1 update
6508927 - "Print to file" fails and error dialog shows no message
6508931 - If you don't have write permissions and you attempt to save a file, a NullPointerException is thrown, but an error message is not displayed
6456391 - Errors when compiling UM using JDK6
6484611 - Sun branding image not displayed on UM main window using JDK 1.6
6484928 - Updates Collection JComboBox not always sized wide enough for items in drop down list
6433481 - If UM preferences can't start Notification icon on Apply, need to unset check box and show cause
6437063 - The new checked state for the notification icon and menu is not saved
6469367 - Notification icon incorrectly shows no updates after enable in UM preferences
6471052 - notification icon not reflecting correct status when switching between update collections
6504405 - Size data in UM Available tab not accurate
6471054 - When UM does an analysis Notification Icon restarts with wrong status
6469373 - When not registered, selecting notification icon incorrectly changes it
6453526 - Localized strings of "Available Updates" and "Installed Updates" are too long to fit into tabs
6448994 - SWUP Emblem ICON not updated dynamically on successful BR in S10U2
6238567 - Notification Icon is not rendered correctly
6401173 - UM leaves swupCron entry in /tmp, should clean this up
6439023 - There is 'ERROR - nonzero error code returned by ccr get' message when launch UM with debug mode
6449018 - SWUP Emblem icon not updated properly even after clicking the icon
6437060 - The sentence is incomplete for the cancelling popup message - missing the word complete in it
6425987 - Update Manager shouldn't break if smpatch operates in debug mode
6410140 - There is an ExceptionInInitializerError exception when launch UM if no X11 DISPLAY variable was set
6410538 - Performance issues with Print/Save Readme
6414005 - Bottom margin of printed available or installed updates page is too large
6414159 - Long lines in README file are truncated when printed
6511377 - Patchtools packages need copyright year updated to 2007
6508654 - smpatch download extension not available in Sun Connection Update Manager 1.0.9 client
6509899 - Unable to display all of the MOTD messages via "smpatch messages -a"
6508361 - Update Manager cannot uninstall patch 120285-04, hangs and on ctrl-c, throws exception
6510573 - Patchtools packages not building correctly
6460262 - update Manager does not work with PatchPro translation; issues Read System Analysis Data Error
6488481 - Evaluate expiration period for cached resources prior to the enhancement covered by CR 6486205
6273655 - Improper message, "Not_Set", for canceled but successful downloads
6504320 - Unlocalized string coming from download progress
6479276 - No trailing slash on patchpro.patch.source on 1.0.8 client causes revoke cert error
6478621 - LPS cannot download new patches signed with the VeriSign cert
6433494 - patchpro is reporting that some patches can't be removed when they really can be
6355539 - Update Manager generates a lot of spurious errors if currentdb.zip has errors
6377932 - Installing 118844-27 from within a 'cat xx | while read yy' construct in /sbin/sh is broken
6416609 - potential issues with /usr/lib/patch/list_patches script
6427463 - The Sun Studio C/C++ compiler should be used to build SWUP PatchTools
6426181 - Improper error msg when failed to install all 'Sun Ultra 45 Required' patches
6409482 - When execute a command to download or update an invalid patch, there is no judgement
6361188 - 'smpatch remove' doesn't work when changing the patchpro.backout.directory
6481338 - CBE path in PatchTool client's ENV file needs to be corrected
Outstanding Issues
This section describes the outstanding issues in this release.
swupAuto Is Removed After Live Upgrade (6521635)
Description:
After a live upgrade, the daily auto analysis done by Update Manager will sometimes stop. This is
because the live upgrade causes the auto analysis job to be removed from cron.
Workaround:
Relaunch Update Manager, which will cause the job to be reinstalled into cron.
Notification Icon Should Not Be Removed on Local Display When Update Manager Is Run From Remote Display (6508324)
Description:
The notification icon only runs when Update Manager is operating in the local display. When Update Manager is launched
remotely, the application incorrectly assumes that the notification icon has also be launched remotely and the icon closes.
Workaround:
Launch Update Manager in the local display and reactivate the notification icon from the Update Manager Notification
preferences.
Update Manager Schedules Interactive Patches for Deferred Installation (6520882)
Description:
Sometimes smpatch incorrectly treats an interactive patch as a restart required patch and queue it for install at system shutdown.
Workaround:
If smpatch indicates the interactive patch will be installed during shutdown (or restart) edit the file,
/var/sadm/spool/disallowed_patch_list, and remove the entry for that particular patch.
While the actual patch will remain available in /var/sadm/spool, the patch will not be installed during restart.
The smpatch Process Hangs (6468844)
Description:
CRs 6468844, 6507378, and 6502170 occur intermittently and appear to be related,
or are possibly duplicates. See 6502170 for the workaround.
Java Threads Are Causing High Load in the Cluster (6507378)
Description:
CRs 6468844, 6507378, and 6502170 occur intermittently and appear to be related,
or are possibly duplicates. See 6502170 for the workaround.
smpatch Analyze Runs Forever (6502170)
Description:
CRs 6468844, 6507378, and 6502170 occur intermittently and appear to be related,
or are possibly duplicates. They appear as a hanging patch analyze process.
Workaround:
Kill the hung processes and retry.
smpatch Attempting to Install Non-standard Patches (6483638)
Description:
When smpatch is told to apply a non-standard patch, it appears to fail with
the message, "CRITICAL: The patch 119280-08 makes the kernel unstable, is obsolete or is forbidden by policy."
Update Manager also flags the install as failed with the same message.
Workaround:
In this case, smpatch doesn't actually try to install the patch.
This is the correct behavior for a nonstandard patch; however, the message is very confusing and
it needs to be corrected. Also, smpatch is incorrectly telling Update Manager
that the command failed when it really didn't. The workaround is to ignore the error message and manually
download the patch to the download location. The default location is the /var/sadm/spool
directory.
KU 118855-36 Breaks the showrev Command, Which Then Breaks Update Manager (6519422)
Description:
After applying 118855-36 (x86) or 118833-36 (SPARC) the showrev command dumps core.
This causes the Update Manager to fail with an error dialog.
Workaround:
124630-03 (SPARC) and 124631-03 (x86) fixes the problem in showrev. Use
smpatch at the command line to apply this patch before running Update Manager.
History
For a history of all changes for this and previous releases of Sun Connection Update Manager,
please see the 121118-11 or 121119-11 patch README.
Unless otherwise licensed, code in all technical manuals herein (including articles, FAQs, samples) is provided under this License.
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