I should point out that I had similar issues Tue night. I hadn’t updated my
pca used as the proxy since the fall 2008 release. I had to update to the
20090723 release that fixed the wget_proxy issue for https connections. While
the ssprot option was added, it was only to sunsolve. The change now always
redirects to an https. This means you need a later pca that supports the https
connection through a proxy. You also need to have a wget installed that
supports https transfers. The wget in Solaris 10 supports https connections,
but wget in previous versions does not. You also have to have your proxy
configured to allow HTTPS connections through the proxy with the CONNECT
command.
In short, https access is now required at some point to get the patches.
--Dave
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Don O'Malley
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:58 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] SunSolve updated -- improved patch downloading
Hi Jon,
Is this a once off failure or is it persistent?
Best,
-Don
Jon Whitehouse wrote:
Don,
Would that explain why I am getting this? (from pca -I --debug)
Looking for 141414-08 (1/3)
Trying http://sunsolve.sun.com/ (1/5)
/usr/sfw/bin/wget
"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=141414-08&method=h";
<http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=141414-08&method=h> --execute
http_proxy=http://xxx:8080 --header="Authorization: Basic
dW5peC5hZG1pbnNAemltbWVyLmNvbTp0b3l3aW5kb3dz" -O /pca/141414-08.tmp
--08:30:53-- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=141414-08&method=h
=> `/pca/141414-08.tmp'
Resolving proxy-server... xxx.xxx.xx.xx
Connecting to proxy-server|xxx.xxx.xx.xx|:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://getupdates2.sun.com/all_unsigned/141414-08.zip [following]
--08:30:54-- https://getupdates2.sun.com/all_unsigned/141414-08.zip
=> `/pca/141414-08.tmp'
Resolving getupdates2.sun.com... 198.232.168.157
Connecting to getupdates2.sun.com|198.232.168.157|:443... failed: Connection
refused.
Failed
When I point my web browser there I get:
The proxy was unable to fulfill your request because it could not contact the
computer at getupdates2.sun.com:80 (Reached maximum of 192 servers).
The website may be temporarily unavailable. If later attempts to access this
website are still unsuccessful, you may wish to contact the website's
administrator.
I know it isn't our proxy because I can get out to other sites just fine.
---
Jon Whitehouse
Systems Engineer - IT, Server Support
MS 5221
1800 W. Center Street
Warsaw, IN 46580
(574) 371-8684
(574) 377-2829 (cell)
[email protected]
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Don O'Malley
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:06 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] SunSolve updated -- improved patch downloading
Hi Craig,
Yeah, this is good news.
The new system went live on Tuesday.
Hopefully this should see an end to the "ERROR 500" problems that pca users
where sporadically hitting for a long time now.
I have been monitoring the new service since it has gone live and it really
does seem to be highly reliable so far.
One key point to note is that there will be a delay of up to 8 hours for wget
users after they associate a new contract with their SOA (via the "Edit
Contract" link) on SunSolve.
This is detailed in the Technical Instruction document for wget users -
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-9-240066-1.
(It is however expected that the advertised 8 hour delay, should behave closer
to a one hour delay in practice.)
There is one other important point for pca users registered in the Members
Support Center from this document:
"For users registering or updating contracts on the Member Support Center, an
initial wget access must be attempted to trigger the synchronization process."
I believe that the new download service will make a massive difference to pca
users with the huge reliability improvements it brings.
Best,
-Don
Craig Bell wrote:
It looks as if Sun is working to address some of our concerns with
downloading patches:
http://blogs.sun.com/miriamsblog/entry/sunsolve_7_3_is_live
Amongst the touted enhancements in v7.3, they mention improved patch
downloading:
Customer have been experiencing breaks in downloading of patches where
the back end systems have gone off line and the download was stopped.
This has now been addressed by using a new download service.
There are more details in the blog post. Thx... -cheers, CSB
