Problem with Updating clients with UNIX command

Hi.
Until this day, I used to update all our 50 client macs by manually logging in as administrator via ARD and choosing Software Update from the apple menu, this works always and I use our own servers SUS so the downloading is really fast. Still, this clearly is time consuming and annoying when you have this many clients. I have now done some search and I know I could do this by sending unix command to clients using ARD. First I had problems with running the command, then I noticed I need to run this as root. Then it "works".
Works, not quite. It starts to run, and I can see all the output. I have tried this with few clients and the results are confusing. The following is an output from one client I send the command "softwareupdate -i -r"
SIBELIUS411 (172.17.6.36)
2011-03-25 13:13:20.610 softwareupdate[1692:392b] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/PPDInstallerRI3222E3L.pkg
2011-03-25 13:14:09.636 softwareupdate[1692:392b] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.NetworkUtility"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:14:09.798 softwareupdate[1692:392b] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.remoteinstallmacosx"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:14:09.801 softwareupdate[1692:392b] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.server.SystemImageUtility"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:19:40.016 softwareupdate[1692:903] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/PPDInstallerRI3222E3L.pkg
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2009 Apple
Downloading Safari
Verifying Safari
Waiting to install Safari
Downloading Mac OS X Update Combined
Verifying Mac OS X Update Combined
Waiting to install Mac OS X Update Combined
Downloading Ricoh Printer Software Update
Verifying Ricoh Printer Software Update
Waiting to install Ricoh Printer Software Update
Downloading iWeb Update
Verifying iWeb Update
Waiting to install iWeb Update
Downloading Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4
Verifying Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4
Waiting to install Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 4
Downloading iTunes
Verifying iTunes
Waiting to install iTunes
Downloading Remote Desktop Client Update x signature
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Verifying Remote Desktop Client Update
Waiting to install Remote Desktop Client Update
Checking packages…
Installing
Waiting for other installations to complete…2011-03-25 13:20:01.468 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.remoteinstallmacosx"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:20:01.471 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.server.SystemImageUtility"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:20:01.540 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.NetworkUtility"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:20:01.731 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.remoteinstallmacosx"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:20:01.734 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.server.SystemImageUtility"></bundle>
2011-03-25 13:20:01.808 softwareupdate[1692:37b7] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.NetworkUtility"></bundle>
Validating packages…
Writing files…
Running package scripts…
Removing old files…
Optimizing system for installed software…
Moving items into place…
Registering updated components…
And thats it, it stops there. Few clients completed the task, but the output says that they skipped the installation of all updates. In the case above, there is some skipping too, and I don't know what it means. Yesterday I left one client to this part where its Registering updated components.... , and today when I came in, it's still there, and the task is still running. When I update the clients with the Software Update from apple menu, it takes usually 10 minutes max to complete the whole process, download and install. After I restarted the same client and ran the manual Software Update from apple menu, it shows the same updates, it didn't do anything???
Am I doing something wrong with the command?

I am having the same issue. I send the unix command to some test clients to install all updates. The process never finishes and stays at "Registering updated companents....". (See screen shot)
I have manually restarted some of the clients after waiting a very long time. All updates seem to have been installed. I am wondering why the task hangs at this point. I want to be able to ran ASU with this Unix method on the 450+ macs that I manage at work, but it scares me that the task never seems to finish.

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+ start tnameserv
+ start CORBA client
Then the client errors when trying to narrow the obj ref from the
naming
service, into the CORBA IDL defined interface using,
org.omg.CORBA.Object obj =naming.resolve(nn);
StockTrader trader =StockTraderHelper.narrow(obj); // THIS
ERRORS..!!!
throwing a CORBA.BAD_PARAM exception.
any ideas..?
Thanks in advance,
-hari
----- Original Message -----
From: Eduardo Ceballos <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: weblogic.developer.interest.rmi-iiop
To: Hari Rajapakshe <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: problem using CORBA clients with RMI/EJBservers..!!!???
Please see the post on june 26, re Errors compiling... somewherein
there,
I suspect, you are referring to the rmi class file when you are
obliged
to
completely segregate these from the idl class files.
Hari Rajapakshe wrote:
Hi,
I have a question on using EJB / or RMI servers with CORBA
clients
using
RMI-IIOP transport, which in theory should work, but in practice
has
few
glitches.
Basically, I have implemented a very simple server,
StockTreader,
which
looks up for a symbol and returns a 'Stock' object. In the firstexample, I
simplified the 'Stock' object to be a mere java.lang.String, so
that
lookup
would simply return the 'synbol'.
Then I have implemented the above, as an RMI-IIOP server (case
1)
and a
CORBA server (case 2) with respective clients, and the pair of
client-servers work fine as long as they are CORBA-to-CORBA andRMI-to-RMI.
But the problem arises when I tried using the RMI server (via
IIOP)
with
the
CORBA client, when the client tries to narrow the object ref
obtained
from
the naming service into the CORBA idl defined type (StockTrader)
it
ends
up
with a class cast exception.
This is what I did to achieve the above results:
[1] Define an RMI interface StockTrader.java (extending
java.rmi.Remote)
with the method,
public String lookup( String symbol) throws RMIException;
[2] Implement the StorckTrader interface (on a
PortableRemoteObject
derived
class, to make it IIOP compliant), and then the server to
register
the
stock
trader with COS Naming service as follows:
String homeName =....
StockTraderImpl trader =new StockTraderImpl();
System.out.println("binding obj <" homeName ">...");
java.util.Hashtable ht =new java.util.Hashtable();
ht.put("java.naming.factory.initial", args[2]);
ht.put("java.naming.provider.url", args[3]);
Context ctx =new InitialContext(ht);
ctx.rebind(homeName, trader);
[3] Generate the RMI-IIOP skeletons for the Implementation
class,
rmic -iiop stock.StockTraderImpl
[4] generate the IDL for the RMI interface,
rmic -idl stock.StockTraderImpl
[5] Generate IDL stubs for the CORBA client,
idlj -v -fclient -emitAll StockTraderImpl.idl
[6] Write the client to use the IDL-defined stock trader,
String serverName =args[0];
String symList =args[1];
StockClient client =new StockClient();
System.out.println("init orb...");
ORB orb =ORB.init(args, null);
System.out.println("resolve init name service...");
org.omg.CORBA.Object objRef
=orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService");
NamingContext naming=NamingContextHelper.narrow(objRef);
... define a naming component etc...
org.omg.CORBA.Object obj =naming.resolve(...);
System.out.println("narrow objRef: " obj.getClass() ":"
+obj);
StockTrader trader =StockTraderHelper.narrow(obj);
[7] Compile all the classes using Java 1.2.2
[8] start tnameserv (naming service), then the server to
register
the
RMI
server obj
[9] Run the CORBA client, passing it the COSNaming service ref
name
(with
which the server obj is registered)
The CORBA client successfully finds the server obj ref in the
naming
service, the operation StockTraderHelper.narrow() fails in thesegment
below, with a class cast exception:
org.omg.CORBA.Object obj =naming.resolve(...);
StockTrader trader =StockTraderHelper.narrow(obj);
The <obj> returned by naming service turns out to be of the
type;
class com.sun.rmi.iiop.CDRInputStream$1
This is of the same type when stock trader object is registeredin a
CORBA
server (as opposed to an RMI server), but works correctly with
no
casting
excpetions..
Any ideas / hints very welcome.
thanks in advance,
-hari

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I show you the output:
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password:
2009-09-22 12:14:31.712 softwareupdate456 loader:didFailWithError:NSError "XML parser error:
Encountered unknown tag style on line 5
Old-style plist parser error:
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Malformed data byte group at line 5; invalid hex
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2005 Apple
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Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2005 Apple
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I have a Powerbuilder application that runs very well with Win XP and Oracle client 8 to 10.
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Best regards.

user1931557 wrote:
Hi,
I have a Powerbuilder application that runs very well with Win XP and Oracle client 8 to 10.
With new computers (Win 7), we try to use instant client... but there are problems with accents ! In fact, all accents are replaced by a "¿" in the database.
It only appears when we are using our programs from a Win 7 machine with instant client.
Do you know if there is something to configure to solve this problem ?
Best regards.
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I use Mozilla Firefox and isn't always updated the tables because it shows dialog for downloading file "f". I rename the file to txt and I see the text "IBMPC/WIN_NT-8.1.0"...
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I saw that many people had the same problem but I don't see a solution.
As I put up, I want to remove my tables on APEX and copy the table of my Oracle database with the update dates.
The posts are from the same problem as my English is very bad, it got to help explain the problem.
I have a page with a pl/sql code. This code in Oracle is correctly.
For example, with this code I update the table PRUEBAS with the data of TABLEX.
BEGIN
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE "PRUEBAS"';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE TABLE "PRUEBAS"
AS
SELECT AAA,
BBB,
CCC
FROM TABLEX';
END;
But, in this code, I have the problem.
BEGIN
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE "PRUEBAS"';
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
END;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE TABLE "PRUEBAS"
AS
SELECT AAA,
BBB,
CCC
FROM TABLEX@DB_LINK';
END;
I sometimes get an error. Sometimes it works fine, but half of the tries Apex returns "IBMPC/WIN_NT-8.1.0" in the browser and I am not using an IBM PC or Win NT...
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I used a synonym and I have the same problem.
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The problem is in Mozilla Firefox and in IE.
I have the OracleXE 10g (Application Express 3.0.1.00.08).
And the question is.. ... ... ... ... What is the solution? :)
Thanks.
John.

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Just so as you remember that jquery/javascript is completely client side.
JSP/JSTL is completely server side.
The only way to invoke java/JSP from javascript code is to make an http request - normally via ajax.
Given that, it doesn't make sense to put jquery code and a JSTL update query within the same JSP page.
The code to update the database should be a seperate resource called by ajax from the main page.
In that case, it doesn't have to be (and probably shouldn't be) done with JSTL. It is better done with java code within servlet/beans.
cheers,
evnafets

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I am trying to connect a system, with my oracle server, but the client machine is also having oracle installed on it. Is it possible to connect same machin with my oracle server. I am working on Oracle 8i.

Except version incompatibility, any Oracle system can connect to any Oracle DB, any Oracle server can work as Client to another Oracle server.
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I am having weird NullPointerException with a WebService client I generated with the WEB Service Proxy wizard in JDeveloper 10.1.3.
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This works fine, but I think there might be a better solution.
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I've got the following select statement that is pulling 29 records:
SELECT
PPA.PROJECT_ID,
PPA.SEGMENT1,
peia.expenditure_item_id,
peia.expenditure_type,
pec.expenditure_comment
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where
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I want to move data from one column to another. I thought I could just query points2 column then use a cfloop to update the data to points1 column. Finally null out points2 column.
Below is my code on the first 2 steps. Unfortunately, I get the following error:
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from leaderboard
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Like Dan said before, I think you could replace this:

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SELECT leaderID, points2
from leaderboard
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</cfquery>

<cfloop query="getPoints" startrow=1 >
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       UPDATE leaderboard
       SET points1=#getPoints.points2#
       WHERE (leaderID=#getPoints.leaderID#) AND (tournID = 1)
    </CFQUERY>
</cfloop>
With this:
<cfquery name="updatePoints" datasource="#dsn#">
UPDATE leaderboard
SET points1=points2
WHERE (points2 IS NOT NULL) AND tournID =1
</cfquery>
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