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Installing a Sybase patch package

Before you begin

  • To install a Sybase patch package, you must have Domain Administrator privileges.

  • Ensure that the GNU Tar utility is installed in one of the following locations on the Agent hosts:

    Warning

    Note

    The GNU Tar utility is available on the Solaris Freeware CD. 

  • Solaris
    • /usr/sfw/bin/gtar
    • /opt/sfw/bin/gtar/
    • usr/local/bin/tar
    • /bin/tar
  • Linux
    • /bin/tar

To install a Sybase patch package

  1. From the Management Console main page, select Patching > Patch Repository in the Context Frame.
  2. In the Patch Repository page, select a patch package and select Install from the list box for that row.

  3. In the Sybase Patch Install Candidates page, populate the following fields, and click Next.

  4. In the Custom Fields page, populate the custom fields you have defined in the template, and click Next.

    Warning

    Note

    This page appears only when in the BMC Database Automation XML template, either custom fields are defined used for this activity or New in 8.9.03any custom fields are defined for the scheduling options (present on the Scheduling page in this wizard). If you have defined custom fields, value of those options on the Scheduling page will be derived from these custom fields. For more information, see Adding-custom-fields-to-a-template.

  5. In the Job Options page, specify any of the following Job options, and click Next.

  6. In the Scheduling page, select when to run this job in the Job Execution field, and click Next.
    New in 8.9.03If you choose to run the job now or at a future time, optionally, you can use the Set Maintenance Window option to specify the Maintenance Window Start Time and the Maintenance Window End Time during which the job should be scheduled and running.

  7. If the Change Control page displays, populate the following fields, and click Next.

    Warning

    Note

    The Change Control page appears only when change control is configured for your environment. See Configuring-change-control.

  8. In the Summary page, review the information.
    To make changes, do the following:
    1. Click Go to to return to the provisioning step that you want to edit.
    2. Make your changes.
    3. Click Save and Review to return to the Summary page.
  9. Click Execute Job or Schedule Job (depending on your selection in the Scheduling page).

 

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