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Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

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Introduction to Software Distributor
SD-UX Concepts
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SD-UX Concepts
Understanding SD-UX concepts, terms, and model of software
management will help you use the commands and programs most
effectively. For additional definitions, see the Glossary.
Important Terminology
Host refers to any system on which software is to be installed or
managed using the SD-UX commands. A local host is the system on
which you invoke SD-UX commands.
When you have enabled remote operations, you can use SD-UX to
operate on one or more remote hosts—a host other than the system on
which the SD-UX command has been invoked. (See Chapter 6, “Remote
Operations Overview,” on page 189 for more information on remote
operations.)
A controller is the SD-UX program or command (swinstall, swcopy, etc.)
that you invoke on your system. The controller may work with data or
start processes on other systems.
A depot is a repository of software products that can be managed by
SD-UX. A depot consists of either a (specially formatted) directory, or
physical media such as tapes, CD-ROMs or DVDs. (CD-ROM and DVD
depots are really just special instances of directory depots). Directory
depots are useful because you can access them via a network. They are
often used to store collections of software copied from other depots.
In general, the term target refers to either a host (specifically, the host’s
file system) or a depot that resides on a host. The term source refers to a
depot from which software is being installed or copied (sometimes
referred to as a source depot).
For example, a basic install operation with the swinstall command
involves installing software from a source depot to a target location on
the host itself. The source depot might be physical media accessible from
the target, or a directory depot on some server on the network. The
target host might be the same host on which the command was invoked
(i.e., the local host) or, if remote operation is enabled, some other host on
the network.