SW-DIST Installation Examples

From CD-ROM

To install the new SW-DIST product from CD-ROM at /mount/cdrom_depot:

    cp /mount/cdrom_depot/catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/swgettools /var/tmp
 
    /var/tmp/swgettools -s /mount/cdrom_depot

From Tape

To install the new SW-DIST product from tape at /dev/rmt/0m:

    cd /var/tmp
 
    tar -xvf /dev/rmt/0m catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/swgettools
 
    cp /var/tmp/catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/swgettools /var/tmp/swgettools
 
    rm -rf /var/tmp/catalog
 
    /var/tmp/swgettools -s /dev/rmt/0m

From Remote Depot

To install the new SW-DIST from a remote depot on system swperf at /var/spool/sw, enter the following:

    rcp swperf:/var/spool/sw/catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/swgettools  /var/tmp
 
    /var/tmp/swgettools -s swperf:/var/spool/sw

Updating SD Without Root Access to the Remote Depot

If you are a system administrator and want to permit your users to update SD but do not want to grant root access to a remote depot, you have two options.

Option 1:

You can make the swgettools script file and the swagent.Z available to users via FTP.

Copy the swgettools and swagent.Z files from the tape or CD (in the catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles directory) to a location to which your users have FTP access.
Tell the user to:
1. FTP the two files into the /var/tmp directory on the system to be updated.
2. Use chmod +x to make the swgettools script executable.
3. Run swgettools and specify the remote depot location with the -s option (and, if necessary, -t to specify a temporary directory other than /var/tmp).




	NOTE: If you plan to use a temporary directory other then `/var/tmp`, then `cp` the `swgettools` script and the `swagent.Z` file to the directory you will use and specify the directory location on the `swgettools` command line using the `-t dir_path` command-line option.

Option 2:

Users can use the SD swcopy command to copy the SW-GETTOOLS and SW-DIST products from a registered remote source depot to a local depot before extracting the files. The remote source depot can be either a CD-ROM or a disk depot.

Tell the user to:

Use the swcopy command to copy both the SW-GETTOOLS and SW-DIST products to the local depot. For example, to copy SW-GETTOOLS and SW-DIST from the remote CD-ROM depot located at swperf:/mount/cdrom to a local depot in /tmp/depot:
swcopy -s swperf:/mount/cdrom SW-GETTOOLS @ /tmp/depot swcopy -s swperf:/mount/cdrom SW-DIST @ /tmp/depot

Copy the swgettools script from the local depot to /var/tmp:

    cp /tmp/depot/catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/swgettools /var/tmp

Execute the swgettools script, specifying the remote depot to update the SW-DIST product:
/var/tmp/swgettools -s swperf:/mount/cdrom
This updates the SD-UX commands on the host system, pulling the new versions from /tmp/depot.
Once the SD-UX commands are updated, use the swremove command to remove the temp depot /tmp/depot to free up space:
swremove /tmp/depot

The user can then use the new SD-UX commands to update the host system's operating system to 10.30.

Example:

cp /tmp/depot/catalog/SW-GETTOOLS/pfiles/sw* /usr/tmp
 
/usr/tmp/swgettools -s swperf:/mount/cdrom -t /usr/tmp

For More Information

Consult the swgettools(1M) man page (on a 10.10 or later system) for assistance:

If you encounter an error during the execution of the swgettools script and wish to evaluate the return codes.
For more information about the files used.

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