My original Posting is included at the end of this message. Many thanks to the following people: Hindley Nick [nick.hindley@lbhf.gov.uk] David H. Brierley [dhb@ssd.ray.com] mike.salehi@kodak.com Jez Ahl [Jez@andelconsulting.com] Rivera, Angel R [Angel.R.Rivera@usa.conoco.com] MIKE WHOLF [MIKE_WHOLF@interliant.com] Ricca, Paul [PTRicca@aztectech.com] A couple of people mentioned PatchDiag. So far as I can see, PatchCheck is a replacement for PatchDiag and produces an HTML output file (as opposed to character based output) with some fancy buttons to help in the compilation of a tar ball containing the relevant patches to be downloaded. As I am a new user to these utilities, I want to start off with the latest product. David mentioned that the latest download he had made of the xref file was 805kb. I tried downloading again by following the link on the SunSolve help page. This still produced a 0 byte file. However, I did manage to download ok by absolutely specifying the relevant URL. I rant the script and it works just fine. Produces a nice html output file showing current patch versions along with the latest release. It also shows relevant Y2K and security related patches not installed. In order to use the auto download facility though, you need a sunsolve.sun.com (i.e. US site) registered access. Mike suggested I obtain a SunSolve account for the us site. I am currently trying to find our maintenance contract number. This is a requirement for the account. However, this should solve the patch download issue. Thanks everybody... regards - Tony Quotation: "Is the glass half full or half empty?? ... Well, drink it anyhow, that's what I say". Pete Goss. Quotation: "God gave men two ears but only one tongue. Think about something and chew it to death before you spit it out as abuse, for the greatest remedy to anger is delay.". Charlie Burton. +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | TONY MILLER - Systems Projects - VODAFONE LTD, Derby House, | | Newbury Business Park, Newbury, Berkshire. | +-------------+---------------------------------------------------+ | Phone | 01635-677687(local) | | Work email | ANTHONY.MILLER@VF.VODAFONE.CO.UK | | FAX | 01635-233517 | +-------------+---------------------------------------------------+ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this mail are my own and do not reflect the company view unless explicitly stated. The information is provided on an 'as is' basis and no responsibility is accepted for any system damage howsoever caused. -----Original Message------------------------------------------------------------------ All... I'm trying to install and use the patch checking tool (have never used this before). The reference to a sunsolve document describing this is: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchk I have installed the kit and compiled the Perl script and generated the output file which loads nicely into a browser. I'm slightly confused as what to do now. The report lists a whole load of patches (presumably those already installed) along with their current version. The latest version column is totally blank though. I was expecting something to be listed here - something which would aid me in identifying what patches needed to be upgraded etc?? However, I selected all the listed patches, then hit the 'contact sun' button. I get a dialogue box requesting my sunsolve username & password which I can enter ok. However, it wants me to connect to sunsolve.sun.com when infact my sunsolve account is on http://sunsolve.sun.co.uk I cant change the URL and my username/password combination wont work on the supplied site (not surprisingly). What should happen at this point? I guess I should get some kind of tar ball which contains the latest release of all of the listed patches? Is that what is supposed to happen? At what point will the listing produced be updated to include the currently installed patch release AND the latest release of the patch? I was slightly surprised to find the patchdiag.xref was 0 bytes long when I downloaded it. Is this correct? Thanking you all in advance. best regards - Tony MillerReceived on Thu Jul 12 11:29:39 2001
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