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HP Part Number: B2355-90127

Published: April 1997

© Copyright 1997 Hewlett-Packard Company .

Table of Contents

Printing History
About This Manual
1 Introduction to Software Distributor
SD-UX Commands Overview
Understanding SD-UX Terms and Concepts
The Roles Systems Play
Sharing Software in a Diskless Cluster
Installing "Protected" Software
SD-UX Software Structure
Executing SD-UX Commands
Using the Command Line Interface
Using the Graphical or Terminal User Interfaces
Using the On-line Help System
Installed Products Database
2 Installing and Copying Software
Installing or Copying Software Using the Command Line
Using swinstall to Update
Sample Install/Copy Operations
Command Options
Command Operands
Changing Options and Defaults
Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs
Recovering Updated Files
Installing/Copying Software with the Graphical or Terminal User Interface
Selecting the Source
Analyzing Your Installation Or Copy
Installing/Copying the Product - the Install (Copy) Dialog
Advanced Topics for swinstall and swcopy
Installing to an Alternate Root
Installing/Updating Software on a Cluster Server
Changing Defaults and Options
Compressing Files to Increase Performance
Software Dependencies
Compatibility Filtering and Checking
Installing Multiple Versions
Installing Software That Requires a System Reboot
Managing Patches
Using the Source Depot Audit Log
3 Configuring and Verifying Software
The swconfig Command
Configuring Software Using the Command Line
Changing Options and Defaults
The Configuration Process
Configure Phase
Executing Configure Scripts
Verifying Your Installation
The swverify Command
Command Options
The Verification Process
4 Registering Software Depots
Depot Commands
Command Options
Changing Options and Defaults
Authorization
Registering Depots
5 Listing Software
The swlist Command
Command Options
Command Operands
A Simple List
Creating Software Lists
Specifying Product Level
Specifying Subproduct Level
Specifying Fileset Level
Specifying Files Level
Depot Lists
Verbose List
Using Interactive swlist
Searching and Moving Through the List
Changing the View
Performing Actions
Advanced Topics for swlist
List Defaults
Creating Custom Lists
More swlist Examples
6 Removing Software
Removing Installed Software Using the Command Line
The swremove Command
Command Options
Command Operands
Changing Options and Defaults
Removing Installed Software with the GUI/TUI
Selecting Software to Remove
Analyzing a Removal
Getting More Details
The Remove Window
Monitoring the Removal Process
Removing Software from Depots
Selecting The Target Depot Path
Selecting Software
Analyzing the Removal from a Depot
Removing the Product from a Depot
Advanced Topics for swremove
Changing swremove Defaults
Removing Software from an Alternate Root
Removing Software From a Diskless Cluster
Removing Patches
Dependencies
Multiple Versions
7 Modifying IPD or Catalog Contents
Using swmodify To Change/Add Software Information
swmodify Examples
The swmodify Command
Command Operands
Changing Options and Defaults
swmodify and the Product Specification File (PSF)
8 Controlling Access to Software Objects
Access Control Lists
ACL Entries
ACL Keys
ACL Permissions
Editing ACLs: The swacl Command
Command Operands
Changing Options and Defaults
How swacl Works
How ACLs are Matched to the User
How ACLs Protect Objects
Host System ACLs
Depot ACLs
Product ACLs
ACL Templates
Task-Specific Permission Requirements
Packaging
Listing
Copying
Installing
Removal
Configuration
Verify
Registering Depots
Sample ACLs for Editing
9 Creating Software Packages
Prerequisites
Overview of the UNIX Packaging Process
Identifying the Products to Package
Determining Product Contents
Determining Product Structure
Writing A UNIX Control Script
Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
Packaging Specification File Examples
PSF Syntax
Packaging the Software (swpackage)
swpackage Overview
Command Syntax
Package Selection Phase
Package Analysis Phase
The Package Building Phase
Output of Logfile Messages
Verifying the Software Package
Advanced Packaging Topics
Changing Options in the Defaults File
Registering Depots Created by swpackage
Packaging Security
Repackaging or Modifying a Software Package
Packaging In Place
Following Symbolic Links in the Source
Generating File Revisions
Overriding Disk Space Analysis Errors
Writing to Multiple Tapes
Making Tapes from an Existing Depot
Creating a Depot and Mastering It to CD-ROM
Depots on Remote File Systems
A Default Options and Keywords
Introduction
Defaults Listed Alphabetically
B Control Scripts
Introduction
Types of Control Scripts
Control Script Format
General Script Guidelines
Environment Variables
Execution of Control Scripts
Details Common to All Control Scripts
Checkinstall Scripts
Preinstall Scripts
Postinstall Scripts
Configure Scripts
Unconfigure Scripts
Verify Scripts
Checkremove Scripts
Preremove Scripts
Postremove Scripts
Execution of Other Commands by Control Scripts
Input To and Output From Control Scripts
File Management by Control Scripts
Testing Control Scripts
Testing Installation Scripts
Testing Configuration Scripts
Testing Removal Scripts
C Replacing or Updating SD-UX
Introduction
Getting SD-UX Tools from Media
Prerequisites
Procedure
Updating the OS
swgettools Information
Syntax
Options
SW-DIST Installation Examples
Updating SD Without Root Access to the Remote Depot
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

1-1 SD-UX Systems
1-2 HP-UX Software Structure
1-3 The Terminal User Interface (TUI)
1-4 Sample Command
1-5 GUI Window Components
1-6 A Typical On-line Help Screen
2-1 Specify Source Dialog
2-2 Software Selection Window
2-3 Analysis Dialog
2-4 Disk Space Analysis Dialog
2-5 Install Dialog
2-6 Options Editor Dialog
2-7 Manage Patch Selection Dialog
5-1 The swlist Browser
8-1 Access Control Lists
8-2 ACL Templates
9-1 An Overview of the Packaging Process

List of Tables

1 Title not available (About This Manual )
2-1 Install Status
2-2 Install Defaults
5-1 The -l Options
5-2 Listing Depots
5-3 Sample Attributes
8-1 ACL Entry Types
8-2 ACL Entry Key Values
8-3 ACL Permission Definitions
9-1 Keywords Used in the Product Specification File
A-1 loglevel and logdetail Option Combinations
B-1 Control Script Keywords
   


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