Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Remote Operations Overview
Introduction
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NOTE You must restart the SD-UX daemon if you change daemon options, or
the system will not recognize the changes. See “Using Command
Options” on page 59 for more information.
Job Management
With SD-UX remote operations, you can create jobs for immediately
execution or schedule them for later execution. In addition, you can
browse the scheduled, active, and completed jobs using either the
command line interface (with the swjob command) or the interactive
interface (with the sd command).
Compatible Software
The swconfig, swinstall, and swverify commands let you detect and
enforce the use of compatible software (i.e., ensure software products are
compatible with system types and operating systems). When you select
multiple targets for a remote operation, SD-UX lets you select only the
software compatible with all targets.
Dependencies Between Software
As with local operations, the swask, swconfig, swcopy, swinstall,
swremove, and swverify commands support dependencies between
filesets and products. If you have a software selection that specifies a
dependency on other filesets or products, the command automatically
selects that software. (This step is executed on the local host. You can
override this policy with the autoselect_dependencies default option.)
With remote operations, dependencies are analyzed on each target and a
fileset will not install if dependencies are not met on that target. (You
can override this policy using the enforce_dependencies default
option.)
Session Files
You can use the session file command options to build, save, and reuse
sessions with most commands. With remote operations, target selections
are saved along with options, source information, and software
selections.