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swagentd Disabled
If the swagentd daemon has been disabled on the host, it can be enabled by the host’s system adminis-
trator by setting the SW_ENABLE_SWAGENTD
entry in /etc/rc.config.d/swconfig
to 1 and exe-
cuting
/usr/sbin/swagentd -r
.
EXAMPLES
swinstall
To invoke an interactive session of
swinstall
:
swinstall
Select the C and Pascal products from the network source software server (sw_server) and start an
interactive session:
swinstall -i -s sw_server cc pascal
Install the C and Pascal products to a set of remote hosts:
swinstall -s sw_server cc pascal @ hostA hostB hostC
Install the HP Omniback product from the directory depot
/tmp/software while in the directory
/tmp:
swinstall -s ./software Omniback
Update the HP Omniback product from a CD-ROM mounted at /cd:
swinstall -s /cd/swmedia Omniback
Install an incompatible version of HP Omniback into the directory /exports:
swinstall -x allow_incompatible=true -s/products Omniback,a=arch \
@ /exports
Install all products from the cartridge tape /dev/rmt/0:
swinstall -s /dev/rmt/0 \*
Reinstall the software_selections listed in the file
/tmp/install.products on the hosts listed in the
file
tmp/install.hosts:
swinstall -x reinstall=true -f/tmp/install.products \
-t/tmp/install.hosts
Execute swinstall interactively using the session file
/tmp/case.selections as a basis:
swinstall -i -S /tmp/case.selections
Install all the software from local depot /tmp/sample.depot.1
, using any response files generated by
request scripts:
swinstall -s /tmp/sample.depot.1 -x ask=true \*
Install Product1 from remote depot /tmp/sample.depot.1 on host swposix and use an existing
response file (previously generated by the swask command) located in /tmp/bar.depot:
swinstall -s swposix:/tmp/sample.depot.1 -c /tmp/bar.depot Product1
Install all products in remote depot /tmp/sample.depot.1 on host swposix, use any response files
generated by request scripts, create catalog /tmp/bar.depot and copy all response files to the new
catalog:
swinstall -s swposix:/tmp/sample.depot.1 -c /tmp/bar.depot \
-x ask=true \*
Install all products in remote depot /tmp/sample.depot.1 on host swposix, use response files,
run request scripts only when a response file is absent, create catalog /tmp/bar.depot and copy all
response files to the new catalog:
swinstall -s swposix:/tmp/sample.depot.1 -c swposix:/tmp/bar.depot \
-x ask=as_needed \*
Install all patches in the depot that correspond to currently installed software and are of the critical
category:
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