That is a Sun side of the HTTP communication issue. The server is either to
busy or down.
HTTP Error 503 - Service unavailable
Introduction
The Web server (running the Web site) is currently unable to handle the
HTTP request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The
implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated
after some delay. Some servers in this state may also simply refuse the socket
connection, in which case a different error may be generated because the socket
creation timed out.
503 errors in the HTTP cycle
Any client (e.g. your Web browser or our CheckUpDown robot) goes through
the following cycle when it communicates with the Web server:
* Obtain an IP address from the IP name of the site (the site URL
without the leading 'http://'). This lookup (conversion of IP name to IP
address) is provided by domain name servers (DNSs).
* Open an IP socket connection to that IP address.
* Write an HTTP data stream through that socket.
* Receive an HTTP data stream back from the Web server in response.
This data stream contains status codes whose values are determined by the HTTP
protocol. Parse this data stream for status codes and other useful information.
This error occurs in the final step above when the client receives an HTTP
status code that it recognises as '503'.
From: pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at] On
Behalf Of McGranahan, Jamen
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:44 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: [pca] Service Unavailable
We've been using PCA for several months now and it works really well. The past
couple of days, however, we've not been able to download patches. We're getting
ERROR 503: Service Unavailable. We're using the most current version of PCA.
Last known successful download was Thursday, Sept 17 (our servers run PCA once
a week, each at a different day). See below for details from one of our servers:
# pca.pl -i --debug
Option install: 1
Option patchdir: /exlibris/patches/.
Option user: -------------
Option passwd: --------------
Option syslog: local0
Option debug: 1
ARGV: missing
Version: 20090827-01
Config files: ./pca.conf pca.conf
Found /usr/local/bin/wget (1.11.4, 11104, https)
Using /usr/local/bin/wget
Prerequisites for threads not met, setting threads to 0
Never update
Expanded patch list: missing
xref mtime: Wed Sep 23 05:42:47 2009
xref now : Wed Sep 23 08:37:52 2009
xref ctime: Wed Sep 23 06:55:33 2009
xref age : 6139
Local file /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref is up to date
Reading from /usr/bin/showrev -p 2>/dev/null
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Sep/22/09
119042-09 required by 119757: obsolete, replaced with 138217-01
138217-01 required by 119757: already installed
119254-51 required by 119757: already installed
121901-01 required by 119757: obsolete, replaced with 126538-01
126538-01 required by 119757: obsolete, replaced with 140899-01
140899-01 required by 119757: already installed
120011-09 required by 119757: already installed
139520-02 required by 119757: already installed
120201-04 required by 125719: already installed
118833-36 required by 140919: already installed
120011-14 required by 140919: already installed
127127-11 required by 140919: already installed
137137-09 required by 140919: already installed
139555-08 required by 140919: already installed
Host: acorn6 (SunOS 5.10/Generic_141414-10/sparc/sun4v)
List: missing (9/42)
Patch IR CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
119757 15 < 16 RS- 7 SunOS 5.10: Samba patch
Looking for 119757-16 (1/9)
Trying https://sunsolve.sun.com/ (1/1)
/usr/local/bin/wget
"https://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=119757-16&method=h";
--ca-certificate=./pca.pl --header="Authorization: Basic
ZGFsZXBvdWx0ZXI6WE5wQ1JaNWc=" -O /exlibris/patches/./119757-16.tmp
--2009-09-23 08:38:05--
https://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=119757-16&method=h
Resolving sunsolve.sun.com... 192.18.108.40
Connecting to sunsolve.sun.com|192.18.108.40|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable
2009-09-23 08:38:06 ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.
Failed
Failed (patch not found)
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* Jamen McGranahan
* Systems Services Librarian
* Library Information Technology Services
* Vanderbilt University
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* 110 21st Avenue South
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