Ignite-UX Custom Configuration files

As in in the pr
evious section, there are several ways to deal with this:
 Always place the applications depot into the core OE depot. This also assumes a different
version of VxVM/VxFS is not available on the application media - you can’t cold install a
different version of VxVM/VxFS to the version available from the core OE media.
 Use the
load_order keyword to change the load order of the depots so that the applications
depot is always loaded after the core OE depot and before any other depots. The core OE depot
is always loaded at load order 0, and by default other depots are loaded at load order 5.
Change the applications depot so it has a load order of 1 to 4 to ensure it is loaded before the
vPars software.
It is important to understand the impacts of the choices you make when deciding how your depots
and configuration will be laid out.
Other software could be affected in similar ways to this vPars example.
Resolving applications that are not in SD format
There are two solutions when you find that you have an application that is not in SD format:
 Package an application in SD format
 Define an application in a non-SD format
T
he following topics describe both solutions.
Package an application in SD format
You could learn how to write an SD product specification file (psf) for use with swpackage to
produce an SD depot of your application. Learning how to write a PSF can be difficult and time
consuming. For information regarding the creation of PSF files, see Software Distributor
Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i.
Alternatively, you can use the HP Software Package Builder (SPB) product makes it easy to package
applications into SD format. SPB provides a window into the software package structure, showing
attributes that can be set for each package element.
You can find SPB product information and download it from the HP Software Depot at:
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=SwPkgBuilder
Once you have the software in SD format, using either solution, you can:
1. copy it into a depot;
2. run make_config to generate a config file;
3. then run manage_index to add the configuration file to the desired cfg clause in
/var/opt/ignite/INDEX.
Important:
SD depots must contain software in bundles after you have packaged
the soft
ware. If it is not packaged at the bundle level, you will have to
create a bundle for it with the make_bundles command.
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