Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

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Updating (Patching) an OES 2 SP2 Server 161novdocx (en) 7 January 20107.6.3 What about YaST Online Update?Novell supports two mechanisms for updating an OES 2 server: The rug utility from a terminal prompt. The Novell Updater from a GUI desktop.However, some OES administrators prefer to use YaST Online Update (YOU) for updating OES 2servers. Although YOU is not tested by OES 2 product testers, the only customer problems reportedto Novell occur when someone tries to use both the rug-based methods and the YOU method incombination on the same server.IMPORTANT: Whichever method (YOU or rug-based) you choose for a given OES 2 SP2 server,that method must be used exclusively for the life of the server.For more information about using YOU to update your servers, see “YaST Online Update” (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/sles_admin/data/sec_yast2_sw.html#sec_yast2_sysconfig_onupdate) in the SLES 10 Administration Guide.7.7 Patching From Behind a Proxy ServerSee TID 3132246 (http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3132246&sliceId=2).7.8 Quick Path UpdatingThis section contains the following Quick Path steps for patching an OES 2 server: Section 7.8.1, “Do Not Use rug up without the -t Option,” on page 161 Section 7.8.2, “Command Line Quick Path for Updating OES 2,” on page 161 Section 7.8.3, “GUI Quick Path for Updating OES 2 SP2,” on page 1647.8.1 Do Not Use rug up without the -t OptionDo not use the rug up command by itself to update an OES server. Always use the -t patch optionas described in Section 7.8.2, “Command Line Quick Path for Updating OES 2,” on page 161.If the -t patch option is omitted, rug includes SLES packages in the download that can cripple orcompletely break OES services.The -t patch option also ensures that patch meta data (including script files, etc.) is downloaded sothat SLES can correctly update the system.7.8.2 Command Line Quick Path for Updating OES 21 Make sure you have the following: A Novell Customer Center accountIf you don’t have one, create it at http://www.novell.com/register. This is the same accountthat you use for Bugzilla.