Installing a Sybase patch package

This topic contains information and instructions for 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, provision the following fields, and click Next.The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
   
4. In the Job Options page, specify any of the following Job options, and click Next.The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
   
5. In the Scheduling page, select when to run this job in the Job Execution field, and click Next.

6. If the Change Control page displays, provision the following fields, and click Next.The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
   

   Warning

   Note

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

7. 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.
8. Click Execute Job or Schedule Job (depending on your selection in the Scheduling page).