Users Guide

DSU Commands for Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
Description To get all the supported category values and display the
corresponding acronym for the category name from the catalog.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --get-categories or dsu —g
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --get-categories or dsu /g
Getting all components of the specied categories using DSU
Description To get all the upgradable components of the specied categories.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --category= <CATEGORY1,CATEGORY2,..> or dsu
—c
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --category= <CATEGORY1,CATEGORY2,..> or
dsu /c
Getting the upgradable updates
Description To get the list of upgradable components.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --apply-upgrades or dsu —u
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --apply-upgrades or dsu /u
Getting the downgradable updates
Description To get the list of downgradable components.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --apply-downgrades or dsu -d
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --apply-downgrades or dsu /d
Getting the equivalent version updates
Description To get the list of applicable components of the same versions for
updating. Example, if the installed version of the component is
same as the available version of the component in the catalog.
Hence to force install the below option is used.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --apply-equivalents or dsu —e
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --apply-equivalents or dsu /e
Applying the updates specied in the le list
Description To apply the updates specied in the le list, if applicable and
available in catalog.
Command Syntax for Linux
dsu --update-list=<FILENAME1,FILENAME2,...> or
dsu —l
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows
dsu --update-list=<FILENAME1,FILENAME2,...> or
dsu /l
Path of the le providing the inventory
Description To provide the path of the inventory le.
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