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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software
3.7 Using the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
To run the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility as a batch job, see
Section 3.8.6.
Table 3–3 lists DCL commands the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility
can perform and describes each of them.
Table 3–3 DCL Commands and Descriptions
DCL Command Description
PRODUCT CONFIGURE Creates a product configuration file (PCF)
PRODUCT COPY Copies a software product kit or converts it to
another format
PRODUCT EXTRACT FILE Retrieves a specified file or files from a software
product kit packaged in sequential format
PRODUCT EXTRACT PDF Retrieves the product description file (PDF)
from a software product kit packaged in
sequential format
PRODUCT EXTRACT PTF Retrieves the product text file (PTF) from a
software product kit packaged in sequential
format
PRODUCT EXTRACT RELEASE_
NOTES
Retrieves the release notes for a selected
product
PRODUCT FIND Displays the name of product kits found in a
specified directory
PRODUCT INSTALL Installs one or more software products and
updates the product database
PRODUCT LIST Lists a file or files contained in a specified
product kit that is packaged in sequential
format
PRODUCT PACKAGE Creates a software product kit.
PRODUCT RECONFIGURE Modifies the configuration choices for an
installed product and updates the product
database
PRODUCT REGISTER PRODUCT Records product information in the product
database
PRODUCT REGISTER VOLUME Records a volume label change of the volume
containing the installed products
PRODUCT REMOVE Removes a product from the system and from
the product database
PRODUCT SHOW HISTORY Displays in chronological order the operations
performed on software products
PRODUCT SHOW OBJECT Displays information about objects created
during software product installation
PRODUCT SHOW PRODUCT Displays information about installed products
PRODUCT SHOW UTILITY Displays information about the POLYCENTER
Software Installation utility
Privileges Required
The POLYCENTER Software Installation utility requires specific privileges to
perform certain operations, as shown in Table 3–4.
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