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Sun Patch Manager Tool 2.0 Not Compatible With
Previous Versions
A system that runs the Sun Patch Manager Tool 2.0 can manage remote systems that run Patch
Manager Tool, including Sun Patch Manager Tool 1.0.
However, a system with an earlier version of Patch Manager Tool cannot manage remote
systems that run Patch Manager Tool 2.0. Earlier versions include the following:
■
Sun Patch Manager Base Software 1.x
■
Sun Patch Manager Tool 1.0
Note – Common Information Model/Web Based Enterprise Management (CIM/WBEM)
support for Patch Manager Tool does not exist in the Solaris 8 OS. Consequently, remote
management with Patch Manager does not apply to Solaris 8 systems.
Cannot Delete Existing Diskless Clients From the
System (6205746)
If you use the smdiskless command to delete a diskless client, the command fails. The diskless
client is not removed from the system databases. The following error message is displayed:
Failing with error EXM_BMS.
Workaround: Unshare the /export partition before adding the client.
SPARC: smosservice delete Command Does Not
Successfully Remove All Directories (6192105)
If you use the smosservice delete command to remove a diskless client service, the command
does not successfully remove all the service directories.
Workaround: Follow these steps.
1. Make sure that no clients exist that use the service.
# unshare /export/exec/Solaris_10_sparc.all
# rm -rf /export/exec/Solaris_10_sparc.all
# rm -rf /export/exec/.copyofSolaris_10_sparc.all
# rm -rf /export/.copyofSolaris_10
# rm -rf /export/Solaris_10
# rm -rf /export/share
# rm -rf /export/root/templates/Solaris_10
# rm -rf /export/root/clone/Solaris_10
# rm -rf /tftpboot/inetboot.sun4u.Solaris_10
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