Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Remote Operations Overview
Introduction
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Additional GUI Components
SD-UX adds extra components to the GUI programs when remote
operations are enabled. Otherwise, the programs are almost identical to
those used for local operations. (See “Using the Remote Operations GUI”
on page 193.)
Software and Target Lists
Most SD-UX commands let you read lists of software selections from
separate input files. With remote operations, you can also read target
lists from separate files. The local controller GUI also lets you use
software and target lists.
Remote Patch Operations
You can use the SD-UX remote operations features for patch
management. You can explicitly select patches for multiple remote
systems at one time. Note, however, that the patch_match_target
option works with only one remote system at a time. See “Installing
Patches to Remote Systems” on page 174 for more information.
Limitations
• You cannot use remote operations to directly “push” an HP-UX OS
update to remote systems.
• Remote operations do not apply to the following SD-UX commands:
—install-sd
—swpackage
—swmodify