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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M)

NAME

swagentd, swagent - daemon that invokes swagent; serve local or remote SD software management tasks

SYNOPSIS

swagent executed by swagentd only.

swagentd [-k][-n][

-r][-x option=value ][-X option_ﬁle ]

Remarks

• This command supports operation on remote systems. See Remote Operation below.

• For an overview of all SD commands, see the sd (5) man page by typing

man5sdon the command

line.

DESCRIPTION

The roles of UNIX target and source systems require two processes known as the

daemon and agent.

For most purposes, the distinction between these two processes is invisible to the user and they can be

viewed as a single process.

Each SD command interacts with the daemon and agent to perform its requested tasks.

The

swagentd daemon process must be scheduled before a UNIX system is available as a target or

source system. This can be done either manually or in the system start-up script. The swagent agent

process is executed by swagentd to perform speciﬁc software management tasks. The swagent agent

is never invoked by the user.

Remote Operation

You can enable SD to manage software on remote systems. To let the root user from a central SD con-

troller (also called the central management server or manager node) perform operations on a remote tar-

get (also called the host or agent):

1) Set up the root, host, and template Access Control Lists (ACLs) on the remote machines to permit

root access from the controller system. To do this, run the following command on each remote sys-

tem:

/usr/lib/sw/mx/setaccess

controller

NOTES:

• controller is the name of the central management server.

• If remote system is 11.00, make sure SD patch PHCO_22526 or a superseding patch is

installed on remote system before running

setaccess.

• If remote system is older than 11.00 or for some other reason does not have

setaccess in

place, copy

setaccess script from an 11.11 or higher system to the remote system.

swinstall, swcopy, and swremove have enhanced GUI interfaces for remote operations.

Enable the enhanced GUIs by creating the .sdkey ﬁle on the controller. Use this command:

touch /var/adm/sw/.sdkey

See sd(5), swinstall (1M), swcopy (1M), swjob (1M), swlist (1M) or swremove(1M) for more informa-

tion on interactive operations.

NOTE: You can also set up remote access by using

swacl directly on the remote machines to grant root

or non-root access to users from the controller system.

Disable and Enable

The

swagentd daemon can be disabled by the system administrator by setting the

SW_ENABLE_SWAGENTD entry in /etc/rc.config.d/swconfig to 0 and executing:

/usr/sbin/swagentd -k

The swagentd daemon can be enabled by the system administrator by setting the

SW_ENABLE_SWAGENTD entry in /etc/rc.config.d/swconfig to 1 and executing:

/usr/sbin/swagentd -r

HP-UX 11i Version 3: March 2011 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1

Summary of content (6 pages)

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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) NAME swagentd, swagent - daemon that invokes swagent; serve local or remote SD software management tasks SYNOPSIS swagent executed by swagentd only. swagentd [-k] [-n] [-r] [-x option=value ] [-X option_file ] Remarks • This command supports operation on remote systems. See Remote Operation below. • For an overview of all SD commands, see the sd(5) man page by typing man 5 sd on the command line.
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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) Options The swagentd command supports the following options to control its behavior. (These options do not apply to swagent, which you cannot start from the command line.) -k The kill option stops the currently running daemon. Stopping the daemon will not stop any agent processes currently performing management tasks (such as installing or removing software), but will cause any subsequent management requests to this host to be refused.
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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) -1 means that there is no limit. minimum_job_polling_interval=1 Defines in minutes how often the daemon wakes up to scan the job queue to determine if any scheduled jobs must be started. When set to 0, no scheduled jobs will be initiated. rpc_binding_info=ncacn_ip_tcp:[2121] ncadg_ip_udp:[2121] Defines the protocol sequence(s) and endpoint(s) on which the daemon listens and which the other commands use to contact the daemon.
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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) loaded. Please Note: Transition links do not exist on 11.31 and newer releases so there are no install setup steps to perform; therefore, the install_setup_cmd is never executed for these releases. kernel_build_cmd=/usr/sbin/mk_kernel Defines the script called by the agent for kernel building after kernel filesets have been loaded. kernel_path=/stand/vmunix Defines the path to the system’s bootable kernel.
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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) Session File swagentd and swagent do not use a session file. Environment Variables The environment variables that affect the swagentd and swagent commands are: LANG Determines the language in which messages are displayed. If LANG is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default value of C is used. See the lang (5) man page by typing man 5 sd for more information.
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swagentd(1M) swagentd(1M) logfile by modifying the logfile option.) Agent Log When operating on (alternate) root file systems, the swagent logs messages to the file var/adm/sw/swagent.log beneath the root directory (for example, / or an alternate root directory). Source Depot Audit Log If both source and target machine are updated to HP-UX version 10.