Frequently Asked Questions About Updating; Do I Apply All The Patches In The Catalogs? How Do I Know Which Patches To Apply?160; How Do I Re-Add The Catalogs For Oes 2 In My Zenworks Management Daemon Configuration After Removing One Or More Of Them - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

7.6 Frequently Asked Questions about Updating

This section contains the following information:
Section 7.6.1, "Do I apply all the patches in the catalogs? How do I know which patches to
apply?," on page 160
Section 7.6.2, "How do I re-add the catalogs for OES 2 in my ZENworks Management
Daemon configuration after removing one or more of them?," on page 160
Section 7.6.3, "What about YaST Online Update?," on page 161
7.6.1 Do I apply all the patches in the catalogs? How do I know
which patches to apply?
In OES 1, we recommended that all the patches in the channel be applied. However, in OES 2 the
dependency checking has been improved to help you understand more about each patch listed in the
catalogs.
Each patch has a category and a status associated with it. The categories state whether the patch is a
security patch, a recommended patch, or an optional patch. The
the patch is needed or not needed and whether it has been applied. When you are using the Novell
Updater, only the patches that are needed and have not been applied display in the list of patches.
Therefore, you can just apply all the security patches and wait to apply other patches that might
change how a feature or product works.
7.6.2 How do I re-add the catalogs for OES 2 in my ZENworks
Management Daemon configuration after removing one or
more of them?
To re-add the catalogs and services needed for updating your version of OES 2 to the ZENworks
Management Daemon configuration:
1 Delete the
rm /var/cache/SuseRegister/lastzmdconfig.cache
2 At the command line, enter
suse_register -a email=email_address -a regcode-
sles=SLES_registration_code -a regcode-oes=oes2_registration_code
For example,
suse_register -a email=joe@example.com -a regcode-sles=4adab769abc68 -a
regcode-oes=30a74ebb94fa
Performing this procedure removes the complete ZENworks Management Daemon
configuration, then registers the server in the Novell Customer Center again. When you register
the server in the Novell Customer Center again, it adds all the catalogs and services that are
need for updating your version of OES 2.
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/var/cache/SuseRegister/lastzmdconfig.cache
command shows whether
rug pch
file.