Registering your system enables you to use the Sun Update Manager. Update Manager is designed to recommend updates that are based on your specific system information. When you register your system, you choose how the updates are delivered and how they are applied. You can manage the updates automatically or manually. After you determine how the updates are managed, you can use the Update Connection application or the Update Connection Proxy to deliver updates.
The steps to register your software depend on your Solaris software release. The following registration options are covered in this section:
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Automatically Manage Updates: Solaris Express 3/06
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Express 3/06
How to Register Your Solaris Software Without Choosing an Update Option: Solaris Express 3/06
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Automatically Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05
Each registered system is linked to a Sun Online Account. During system registration, system specifications are gathered. This information is analyzed at Sun, enabling Sun to send you an appropriate list of available updates.
System registration requires superuser access to your system. To successfully register your system by using the registration wizard, your system must be a desktop system with a monitor, keyboard, and graphics card. If you do not have a desktop system, see the steps in Registering Your Solaris Software With the CLI to complete your system registration.
Your system must also have an Internet connection to send basic system information to Sun, including the packages and patches installed on your system. The system information is used to determine recommended updates. You can view the information that is collected before you complete the registration. Information is not sent to Sun until you complete the registration.
You can create a Sun Online Account and purchase a service plan during the registration process. See What Is a Sun Online Account? and What Is a Subscription Key or Service Plan Number? for more information.
To make changes to your registration, use the CLI or the Update Manager application. See Registering Your Solaris Software With the CLI or the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Automatically Manage Updates: Solaris Express 3/06
You can configure Update Manager to automatically manage updates on your system. To manually download the updates from Sun and for the commands to manage the updates, see How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Express 3/06.
To successfully register, your system to be registered must be a desktop system with a monitor, keyboard, and graphics card. If your system has an Internet connection, basic system information, installed packages, and installed updates data is sent to Sun. The system information is used to determine recommended updates. If your system does not have an Internet connection, you can receive updates by specifying a network proxy or local source.
You must have a Sun Online Account. If you do not have a Sun Online Account, you can create an account during the registration process.
Reboot your system.
Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services .
The Registration screen appears.
Select Continue with Registration, then click Next.
The Sun Online Account screen appears.
Specify how your system will receive updates .
If your system does not connect to the Internet, determine if you want to use a local source or a network proxy for updates. To specify a network proxy, go to Step 5.
If your system is connected to the Internet or you do not want to specify a network proxy, go to Step 6
To specify the network proxy that your system uses to connect to the Internet, click Configure Network Proxy Settings.
If your system is directly connected to the Internet, you do not need to specify network proxy information and can proceed to Step 6.
At the Network Proxy Settings screen, select Enable Network Proxy.
In the Proxy Host Name field, type your proxy host name.
In the Proxy Port field, type your proxy port number.
If your proxy requires authentication, select Use Proxy Authentication. In the Proxy User Name field, type the proxy user name and in the Proxy Password field, type the proxy password .
To set these network proxy values and close the dialog box, click OK.
Type your Sun Online Account user name and password, then click Next.
The Activation of Services screen appears.
If you have a Sun Online Account, but cannot remember the password, click Forgot Your User Name or Password.
After you retrieve your Sun Online Account information, restart the registration process.
If you do not have a Sun Online Account, click Create a Sun Online Account to register for an account. See How to Create a Sun Online Account: Solaris Express 3/06 for the steps to create an account.
Activate Sun Update Manager.
To use the Sun Update Connection to manage your updates, select Use Sun Update Manager and Sun Update Connection to manage updates, then click Next. The Select Service Level screen appears. Go to Step 6.
To use a local update source to manage your updates, select Use Sun Update Manager using a local update source, such as Sun Connection Proxy. The Apply Updates Using a Local Source screen appears. Go to Step 6.
Decide if you want access to all updates, or only security and hardware support updates.
You can specify a service plan number at any time to use the Sun Update Manager to manage your Solaris software updates. See the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide for the steps to specify a service plan number in the Update Manager application. To specify a service plan number by using the CLI, see How to Reregister Your Solaris Software and Add a Subscription Key or Service Plan Number.
You can access all updates without a service plan number. If you register with a service plan number, you can use the Sun Update Manager to help you manage and apply your updates.
To use the Sun Update Manager to access updates, go to Step 9.
To manually access and manage updates, go to Step 10.
To use the Sun Update Manager to access all updates, perform the following steps:
Select Enter a Service Plan Number, and then provide a valid service plan number.
Your service plan number might be your support contract number or subscription key. For more information about service plan numbers and how to purchase a service plan, see What Is a Subscription Key or Service Plan Number?.
Read the Software License Agreement. If the terms are acceptable, click the check box to accept the agreement, and then click Next.
The Remote Software Updates Service screen appears.
At the System Name field, type your host name.
To view the system information to be sent to Sun, click What gets sent.
A dialog box appears with the system information. Click OK to close the box.
(Optional) To use this system's registration as a profile to register your other systems, click Enable Auto Registration.
To successfully complete an autoregistration profile, you must be logged in as superuser.
See Registering Your Solaris Software by Using an Automatic Registration Profile or click Learn More or to get more information.
Your registration options are saved in a autoRegistrationProfile.xml file in the /usr/lib/breg/data/ directory.
To use the file to register other systems, place the file in the/usr/lib/breg/data/ directory on the system, reboot the system, and log in as superuser.
(Optional) To receive other information from Sun, click Yes, Sun may contact me with product and service information.
Click Finish to complete your system registration and send your system information to Sun.
To successfully complete the registration process, basic system information must be sent to Sun. The information to be sent is provided on the screen. The Registration Confirmation screen appears.
Click Close.
Your system is registered. You can use the Update Connection portal at to access updates and support according to the support contract level that you used to register the system.
To manually manage your updates and not register with the Sun Update Connection, perform the following steps:
Click Continue without providing a Service Plan Number.
Read the Software License Agreement. If the terms are acceptable, click the check box to accept the agreement, then click Next.
The System Registration screen appears. To successfully complete the registration process, basic system information must be sent to Sun. The information to be sent is displayed on the screen.
(Optional) To use this system's registration as a profile to register your other systems, click Enable Auto Registration.
See Registering Your Solaris Software by Using an Automatic Registration Profile or click Learn More for more information.
Your registration options are saved in a autoRegistrationProfile.xml file in the /usr/lib/breg/data/ directory.
To use the file to register other systems, place the file in the/usr/lib/breg/data/ directory on the system, reboot the system, and log in as superuser.
(Optional) To receive other information from Sun, click Yes, Sun may contact me with product and service information.
To complete your system registration and send your system information to Sun, click Finish.
The Registration Confirmation screen appears.
Click Close.
Your system is registered.
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Express 3/06
To successfully register, your system to be registered must be a desktop system with a monitor, keyboard, and graphics card. If your system has an Internet connection, basic system information, installed packages, and installed updates data to Sun. The system information is used to determine recommended updates. If your system does not have an Internet connection, you can receive updates by specifying a network proxy.
You must have a Sun Online Account. If you do not have a Sun Online Account, you can create an account during the registration process.
Reboot your system. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services .
The Registration screen appears.
Select Continue with Registration, then click Next.
The Sun Online Account screen appears.
If your system does not connect to the Internet, determine if you want to use a local source or a network proxy for updates. If your system is connected to the Internet or you do not want to specify a network proxy, go to Step 5.
To specify a network proxy, go to Step 4.
To specify the network proxy your system uses to connect to the Internet, click Configure Network Proxy Settings.
If your system is directly connected to the Internet, you do not need to specify network proxy information and you can go to Step 5.
At the Network Proxy Settings screen, click Enable Network Proxy.
In the Proxy Host Name field, type your proxy host name.
In the Proxy Port field, type your proxy port number.
If your proxy requires authentication, click Use Proxy Authentication. In the Proxy User Name field, type the proxy user name and in the Proxy Password field, type the proxy password.
To set these network proxy values and close the dialog box, click OK.
Type your Sun Online Account user name and password, then click Next.
The Activation of Services screen appears.
If you have a Sun Online Account, but cannot remember the password, then click Forgot Your User Name or Password.
After you retrieve your Sun Online Account information, restart the registration process.
If you do not have a Sun Online Account, click Create a Sun Online Account to register for an account. See How to Create a Sun Online Account: Solaris Express 3/06 for the steps to create an account.
Click Use Sun Update Manager using a local update source, such as Sun Connection Proxy, then click Next.
The Apply Updates Using a Local Source screen appears.
Type the URL for your local server, then click Next.
The System Registration screen appears.
To successfully complete the registration process, basic system information must be sent to Sun. The information to be sent is displayed on the screen.
(Optional) To use this system's registration as a profile to register your other systems, click Enable Auto Registration.
See Registering Your Solaris Software by Using an Automatic Registration Profile or click Learn More or for more information.
Your registration options are saved in a autoRegistrationProfile.xml file in the /usr/lib/breg/data/ directory.
To use the file to register other systems, place the file in the/usr/lib/breg/data/ directory on the system, reboot the system, and log in as superuser.
(Optional) To receive other information from Sun, click Yes, Sun may contact me with product and service information.
Click Finish to complete your system registration and send your system information to Sun.
The Registration Confirmation screen appears.
Click Close.
Your system is registered. You can use the Update Connection portal at to access updates and support according to the support contract level that you used to register the system.
How to Register Your Solaris Software Without Choosing an Update Option: Solaris Express 3/06
To successfully register, your system to be registered must be a desktop system with a monitor, keyboard, and graphics card. If you have an Internet connection. The Internet connection is used to send basic system information, installed packages, and installed patches to Sun. The system information is used to determine recommended updates. If your system does not have an Internet connection, you can receive updates by specifying a network proxy or local source.
You must have a Sun Online Account. If you do not have a Sun Online Account, you can create an account during the registration process.
Reboot your system. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services .
The Registration screen appears.
Select Continue with Registration, then click Next.
The Sun Online Account screen appears.
Type your Sun Online Account user name and password. Click Next.
If you have a Sun Online Account, but cannot remember the password, click Forgot Your User Name or Password.
After you retrieve your Sun Online Account information, restart the registration process.
If you do not have a Sun Online Account, click Create a Sun Online Account to register for an account. See How to Create a Sun Online Account: Solaris Express 3/06 for the steps to create an account.
The Activation of Services screen appears.
Click Register the Solaris software without choosing an update option, then click Next.
The System Registration screen appears.
To successfully complete the registration process, basic system information must be sent to Sun. The information to be sent is displayed on the screen.
(Optional) To use this system's registration as a profile to register your other systems, click Enable Auto Registration.
See Registering Your Solaris Software by Using an Automatic Registration Profile or click Learn More or to get more information.
Your registration options are saved in a autoRegistrationProfile.xml file in the /usr/lib/breg/data/ directory.
To use the file to register other systems, place the file in the/usr/lib/breg/data/ directory on the system, reboot the system, and log in as superuser.
(Optional) To receive other information from Sun, click Yes, Sun may contact me with product and service information.
To complete your system registration and send your system information to Sun, click Finish.
The Registration Confirmation screen appears.
Click Close.
To make changes to your registration, use the CLI or the Update Manager application. See Registering Your Solaris Software With the CLI or the Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide.
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Automatically Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05
You can configure Update Manager to automatically manage updates on your system. To manually download the updates from Sun, and the commands to manage the updates, see How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05.
Reboot your Solaris system. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services .
The Registration screen appears.
Select Register and Receive Software Updates, and click Next.
Select Register to Manage Updates to use the Update Manager GUI to manage updates automatically.
If your system does not connect to the Internet, determine if you want to use a local source or a network proxy for updates. If your system is connected to the Internet and you do not want to specify a local source or network proxy, go to Step 7.
To specify a local source for updates, go to Step 5.
To specify a network proxy, go to Step 6.
If your system is not directly connected to the Internet and you want to retrieve updates from a local source, enable the Update Connection Proxy.
Click Configure the System to Retrieve Updates From a Local Source.
The Use a Local Source of Updates screen appears.
In the Patch Source URL field, type the URL to the local update source.
The Update Connection Proxy URL has this form:
http://server-name:3816/solaris
Click Finish to set these update source values, and to return to the Sun Online Account screen.
If your system is not directly connected to the Internet and you use a network proxy, enable the network proxy feature.
Click Configure Network Proxy Settings.
The Network Proxy Settings screen appears.
Click Enable Network Proxy.
In the Proxy Host Name field, type the host name for the proxy.
In the Proxy Port field, type the port number for the proxy.
If a user name and password are needed for proxy authentication, click Enable Network Proxy.
In the Proxy User Name field, type the proxy user name.
In the Proxy Password field, type the proxy user password.
To set these network proxy values and close the dialog box, click OK.
Type your Sun Online Account user name and password, then click Next.
If you have a Sun Online Account, but cannot remember the password, click Forgot Your User Name or Password.
After you retrieve your Sun Online Account information, restart the registration process.
If you do not have a Sun Online Account, click Create a Sun Online Account to register for an account. See How to Create a Sun Online Account: Solaris Express 10/05 for the steps to create an account.
The Terms of Use and Software License screen appears.
Decide whether you want access to all updates, or only security and hardware support updates.
To access all updates, select Enter Sun Subscription Key and type your subscription key in the Key field.
Your subscription key might be your support contract number. If you do not have a subscription key, sign up for a Solaris OS support plan. For information about general Solaris OS support plans, go to .
To access only security and hardware support updates, click Continue Without a Subscription Key or Enter One Later.
You can specify a subscription key at any time to gain access to all Solaris software updates. See Sun Update Manager 1.0 Administration Guide for the steps to specify a subscription key in the Update Manager GUI.
Read the Terms of Use and Software License Agreement. If the terms are acceptable, click the check box to accept the agreement.
You cannot use the Update Manager software unless you agree to the terms of use and the software license.
Click Next.
If you supplied a subscription key, the Remote Software Updates Service screen appears. Go to Step 9. From this screen, you can view demonstrations (demos) of Update Connection and Update Manager.
If you did not supply a subscription key, the System Registration screen appears. Go to Step 11.
Decide whether to manage updates on your systems remotely or locally.
To manage updates remotely, click Activate Remote Update Management Using the Sun Update Connection.
If you choose to manage updates remotely, you can still use Update Manager to manage updates locally on your system.
To view your system information that is sent to Sun, click What Gets Sent.
To manage updates locally, click Activate Local Update Management.
To view your system information that is sent to Sun, click What Gets Sent.
To complete your system registration, click Finish.
System information is sent to Sun. The Registration Confirmation screen appears.
Click Close to close the registration wizard.
The Checking dialog box shows the progress of update analysis on your system. Your system is registered. To view available updates, go to the Update Connection application.
How to Register Your Solaris Software to Manually Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05
To use the Update Manager GUI to manage updates automatically, see How to Register Your Solaris Software to Automatically Manage Updates: Solaris Express 10/05.
Reboot your Solaris system.
Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services .
The Registration Wizard appears.
Select Register and Receive Software Updates, and click Next.
Click Apply Updates Manually.
Click Finish to exit the Registration Wizard.
You are ready to manually manage updates on your system by using the smpatch add and smpatch remove commands.