Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Glossary
Critical Fileset
Glossary494
Critical Fileset A fileset containing
software critical to the correct operation of
the host. Critical filesets are those with the
reboot and/or kernel fileset flags. During
swinstall’s load phase, critical filesets are
loaded and customized before other filesets.
Cumulative patch See superseding patch.
D
Daemon The SD-UX program that
schedules the agent to perform software
management tasks. On a SD-UX controller,
the daemon polls the job queue for scheduled
jobs.
data_model_revision The internal
attribute for SD-UX INDEX file syntax.
Layout_version 1.0 uses
data_model_revision 2.40; whereas,
layout_version 0.8 uses data_model_revision
2.10.
DCE Distributed Computing Environment.
Technology used by SD-UX for distributed
communications. Controllers, daemons, and
agents communicate using the DCE Remote
Procedure Call (RPC).
Default Hosts File The file (either
/var/adm/sw/defaults.hosts for system
level defaults) or
/$HOME/.sw/defaults.hosts for user level
defaults) that contains the default list of
hosts for SD-UX commands.
Defaults File The file (either
/var/adm/sw/defaults for system-wide
defaults or
$HOME/.sw/defaults for user- level
defaults), which contains the default options
and operands for each SD-UX command.
Default Options Changeable values that
affect SD-UX command behaviors and
policies. Default options are contained in the
defaults file. See Appendix A, “Command
Options,” on page 421 for more information.
Delegation SD-UX provides a controlled
access to depot-resident products: both the
host where the agent is running and the user
initiating the call (delegation) must have
read access.
Dependency A relationship between fileset
in which one requires another in a specific
manner. For example, before fileset A can be
installed, it may require fileset B to be
installed. SD-UX supports corequisite,
exrequisite, and prerequisite dependencies.
See Dependent.
Dependent A fileset that has a dependency
on another fileset. For example, if fileset A
depends on fileset B, then B is a dependent
or has a dependency on A.
Depot A repository of software products and
a catalog, organized so SD-UX commands
can use it as a software source. The contents
of a depot reside in a directory structure
with a single, common root. A depot can exist
as a directory tree on a SD-UX file system or
on CD-ROM media, and it can exist as a tar
archive on a serial media (tape). All depots
share a single logical format, independent of
the type of media on which the depot resides.
Depots can reside on a local or remote
system. You can package software directly
into a depot or copy packaged software into
the depot from elsewhere.
Depot Source See depot.
Destination The path at which a file will
be installed.