Thanks for the quick reply. What is the -askauth parameter? I dont see it as an option. Also, correct me if I am wrong - but from what I understand if I run the command you have below it would download all missing patches for that client it was run on to the patchdir (in this case an NFS dir). I too use an NFS dir and patch Solaris 8, 9, 10 and x86. I think I would need to run this command from each host to get the "full" list. I am basically looking for a way to run the download from my main proxy server for all builds, etc. <br>
It seems like another option is to parse the patchdiag.xref file, do a diff and pass an missing patches to pca. I just thought there may be an easier way to do this, if anyone has an idea. Thanks again.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Earle, William B - GS <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:William.Earle@itt.com">William.Earle@itt.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hey Little bit o help,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I download the patches to a central location on a NFS share and then install from that mount point to all of the clients.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">PCA will check to see if the required patches are currently available in the mount point, if not the patches would be downloaded.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">to download all of the patches and a fresh patchdiag.xref:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">/usr/local/bin/pca --download \</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> --patchdir=/some/nfs/mount/point \</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> --askauth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">then to install them on your system(s):</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> - I manually copy the patchdiag.xref to the target system(s).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> /usr/local/bin/pca --install \</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> --patchdir=/some/nfs/mount/point \</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> --nocheckxref</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Bill</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [pca] Download all patches</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a way to go through the patchdiag.xref and download all missing patches. I know I can go to a client and download local copies, but I would like to periodically do this on the proxy servers. I tried pca --download but this seems
to be a one off for each client it is run on. Thanks.</p>
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