- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

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CHAPTER
8
UpdatingVTLsoftware
Whensoft warepatchesbecomeavailable,theyarepostedontheonlineSun
StorageTekCustomerResourceCenterwithaccompanying,explanatorytext
(“readme”)files.DownloadthepatchfilestoatemporarydirectoryontheVTL
consolehost,andinstallthemusingtheprocessbelow.
Ingeneral,youshouldconsultyourSun supportrepresentative
beforedownloading
andapplyingpatches.NeverapplypatchesfromsourcesotherthanSun.
▼ Applyingpatches
Eachpatchfilehasanameoftheform update-vtxxxxxxsolarisnn,where
xxxxxxrepresentsthe patchbuildnumberandnn representstheapplicableversion
ofthe Solarisoperatingsystem.Thecorrespond ingtext(“readme”)fileshavethethe
samename,plusthesuffix.txt.
AllpatchesareappliedusingtheVTL
consolesoftware,asfollows.
1. Understandth ebehaviorofeachpatchbeforeproceeding:readtheaccompanying
textfile(the“readme”).
SomeVTLpatchesrequireaplatformreboot,whileothersmerelystopandrestart
theserversoftware.
2. Makesurethatnocriticalprocessesarerunningbeforeyouproceed.
Processeswillstopwhentheserver
softwarerestarts.