HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

Installation
Software Distributor
Chapter 8
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Software Distributor
Software Distributor (SD) is the HP-UX administration tool set used to deliver and
maintain HP-UX operating systems and layered software applications. Delivered as part
of HP-UX, SD can help you:
• Manage your OS, patches, and application software on HP-UX systems.
• Organize, standardize, and distribute software to your customers.
• Handle complex delivery challenges such as testing complete solutions for the
commercial and technical desktop.
For more information about SD, visit http://software.hp.com/SD_AT_HP/.
updated for
December 2004
This release has been updated to include a new version of the gzip command that
handles files larger than 2GB. Use caution when using gzip on files larger than 2GB,
since older gzip delivered with HP-UX cannot read them.
The swpackage command in this release has the ability to create a serial depot larger
than 2GB, but only when the new allow_large_serial_depot option is set to true. In
this release, all SD commands that can read serial depots (such as swpackage, swlist,
swcopy, and swinstall) can now read a serial depot larger than 2GB. Use caution when
creating serial depots larger than 2GB, since older SD cannot read them.
The swpackage (1M) manpage in this release was not updated to show this option, so the
description of the new swpackage option is included here:
allow_large_serial_depot=false
Determines whether a serial depot can be created larger than 2GB. In
the default state of false, this option tells swpackage to limit the size
of the depot to 2 gigabytes.
When set to true, this option tells swpackage to permit the creation of
a serial depot greater than 2GB. The depot is only usable by SD in the
HP-UX 11i v1 December 2004 OEUR, HP-UX 11i v2 Spring 2005
OEUR, and newer releases.
updated for June
2004
Software Distributor has been updated to a new version to reflect defect fixes only. (Since
the initial release of HP-UX 11i v1, SD has been updated periodically to incorporate
defect fixes.)
new at 11i
original release
Many changes have been implemented in Software Distributor since 11.0. The following
sections detail the changes. (For additional Software Distributor information, see also
“Known Compatibility Exceptions from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i” on page 297.)
Multiple Target Management Capabilities Enabled
As part of the Servicecontrol Manager integration, capabilities previously only available
through the OpenView Software Distributor version of SD-UX have been enabled. These
include the ability to distribute software to multiple remote targets (individually or
together), as well as job management capabilities for scheduling jobs and viewing (local
or remote) agent logfiles.