Use this document to register your system with Sun[TM] Update Manager and to update your registration to add a Sun subscription key.

Registering Your System and Managing Your Sun Subscription Key With Sun Update Manager

This document includes procedures that describe how to use the registration wizard GUI to perform the following tasks:

You can also use a system registration CLI to perform these registration tasks. For information, see < Solution: 217333 >  Sun[TM] Update Connection 1.0, System Edition Registration Guide for the Command-Line Interface

For information about using the Sun Update Manager application, see Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.

For information about using the Sun Update Connection web application, see Sun Update Connection 1.0 Administration Guide.

How to Register Your System With Sun Update Manager (GUI)

This procedure describes how to register your system with Sun Update Manager. You can register your system with a command-line interface (CLI) instead. See < Solution: 217333 >  Sun[TM] Update Connection 1.0, System Edition Registration Guide for the Command-Line Interface

Note - To register your system, it must be connected to the Internet. You might already have a Sun Online Account if you registered for an account with programs such as Java Developer Connection, OSC, MySun, SunSolve, and SunStore.

For more information about the different levels of registration, see < Solution: 217301 >  How to Configure iFCP port on McData 1620 SAN Router

1. Start the Sun Update Manager application.

The Authentication Required dialog box appears.

2. Log in to the Update Manager GUI.

If you want to exit the Update Manager application during this step, click Cancel.

a. Specify the user name of a privileged user and click OK.

By default, the user is root .

The Authentication Required dialog box appears.

b. Specify the password for the privileged user you specified and click OK.

The Sun Update Manager Registration Wizard appears.  Refer to Figure 1.

3. From the Welcome screen, specify how you want to use Update Manager to manage updates on your system.

4. (Optional) If your system does not connect to the Internet, specify a local source of updates.

To specify this local source for updates by using the Update Manager application, see How to Specify a Source of Updates (GUI) .

a. Click Configure the System to Retrieve Updates From a Local Source.

The Use a Local Source for Updates screen appears.  Refer to Figure 3.

b. Check the Retrieve Updates From a Local Source (Sun Update Connection Proxy) checkbox.

c. In the Patch Source URL field, type the URL to the local update source.

The Sun Update Connection Proxy URL has this form:

http://<server-name>:3816/solaris/

d. Click Finish to set these update source values, and to return to the Sun Online Account screen.

Click Cancel to discard the registration information about the update source values that you set. Then, click Discard Registration to return to the Sun Online Account screen.

5. (Optional) Specify the network proxy your system uses to connect to the Internet.

To specify this network proxy information by using the Update Manager application, see  < Solution: 214156 >  Sun[TM] ONE Portal Server Configuration Files

If your system is directly connected to the Internet, you do NOT need to specify network proxy information.

a. Click Configure Network Proxy Settings.

The Network Proxy Settings screen appears.  Refer to Figure 4.

b. Click Enable Network Proxy.

c. Type the host name for the proxy in the Proxy Host Name field.

d. Type the port number for the proxy in the Proxy Port field.

e. (Optional) If a user name and password are needed for proxy authentication, click Use Proxy Authentication, then do the following:

     i.  Type the proxy user name in the Proxy User Name field.

     ii. Type the proxy user password in the Proxy Password field.

f. Click OK to set these network proxy values, and to dismiss the dialog box.

Click Cancel to discard the network proxy values you set, and to dismiss the dialog box.

6. Specify your Sun Online Account.

Refer to Figure 5.

7. (Optional) Click Create a Sun Online Account.

The Create Sun Online Account screen includes the Sun privacy policy and text fields in which to supply the information required to obtain a Sun Online Account.

Refer to Figure 6.

a. Review the Sun Privacy Policy.

b. Complete the account information on the registration form and click Next.

If you supplied an invalid entry, you are prompted to correct the error.

The second Create Sun Online Account screen appears.  Refer to Figure 7.

c. Complete the second registration form and click Next.

You must supply your company name, your country or territory, and the language you want to use for communications with Sun. The other values on this form are optional.

The Terms of Use and Software License screen appears.  Refer to Figure 8.

8. (Optional) Decide whether you want access to all updates or only security updates.

You can specify a subscription key at any time to gain access to all Solaris updates.

9. Review the terms of use and the software license.

You cannot use the Sun Update Manager software unless you agree to the terms of use and the software license.

10. Decide whether to manage updates on your systems remotely or locally.

Refer to Figure 9.

11. Click Finish to complete the registration of your system, at which time information about your system is sent to Sun.

Click Cancel to discard the registration information that you supplied, and to dismiss the registration wizard.

The Registration Confirmation screen, from which you can access the Sun Update Connection web application, appears.  Refer to Figure 10.

12. Click Close to dismiss the registration wizard.

The Checking dialog box shows the progress of the update analysis of your system.

The list of updates that you can install on your system appears in the Available Updates screen of the Sun Update Manager application.

How to Specify Your Subscription Key (GUI)

Perform this procedure after you have registered your system.

If you want access to all Solaris updates, not just security updates, add your Sun subscription key to your Update Manager registration information. 

You can also specify your Sun subscription key during the registration process. See How to Register Your System With Sun Update Manager (GUI).

You can also specify your Sun subscription key with a CLI. See  < Solution: 217333 >   Sun[TM] Update Connection 1.0, System Edition Registration Guide for the Command-Line Interface

1. Access the Sun Update Manager GUI.

2. Choose Manage Subscription from the File menu.

Refer to Figure 11.

The Add Subscription dialog box appears.  Refer to Figure 12.

3. Supply your Sun Online Account information.

a. Type your user name in the User Name field.

b. Type your password in the Password field.

4. Type your subscription key in the Key field.

5. Click Finish to store the changes, and to dismiss the dialog box.

Click Cancel to discard the changes, and to dismiss the registration wizard.

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