HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 5 Miscellaneous Topics (vol 9)

s
sd(5) sd(5)
(HP-UX Software Distributor)
NAME
sd - overview of Software Distributor: commands to create, distribute, install, monitor, and manage
software
SYNOPSIS
sw<command> [XToolkit Options][
-r|-d][-i][-l][
-p][-R][-u][-v][-V]
[
-a attribute][-c catalog][
-C session_file][-D acl_entry][-f software_file][
-F acl_file]
[
-J jobid][-l level][
-M acl_entry][-Q date][-s source][-S session_file]
[
-t target_file][-x
option=value][-X option_file][software_selections][
@ target_selections]
Remarks
• You can enable Software Distributor (SD) for software management on remote systems. See the
Remote Operation section below for details.
• Type man 4 sd
to view the sd(4) manual entry for descriptions of all SD objects, attributes and
data formats.
• Type
man 4 swpackage
to view the swpackage(4) manual entry for description of the Product
Specification File (PSF) used as input to the
swpackage command.
DESCRIPTION
See the Software Distributor Administration Guide, available at
http://docs.hp.com for a complete
description of SD.
The SD command and related programs:
•
sd - Lets you interactively create, schedule, and monitors software jobs and log files. Also lets you
launch the install, copy, and remove commands.
• swacl - Modifies Access Control Lists (ACLs), which control SD security.
• swagentd - Daemon that serves local or remote SD software management tasks and starts the
SD agent.
• swask - Runs scripts that request user responses to be used in software installation or
configuration.
• swcluster - Configures diskless clients (HP-UX 10.X only).
• swconfig - Configures, unconfigures, or reconfigures installed software.
• swcopy - Copies software products into depots for subsequent installation or distribution.
• swinstall - Installs and configures software products.
• swjob - Creates and monitors software jobs and log files.
• swlist - Displays information about software products.
• swmodify - Modifies software product information in a target root or depot.
• swpackage - Packages software products into a distribution directory or serial-format depot.
• swreg - Registers or unregisters software depots or roots.
• swremove - Removes and unconfigures software products.
• swverify - Verifies software products.
• install-sd - Retrieves and installs the SD product (and any related patches) from new media.
The following sections highlight the features that these commands support.
Remote Operation
You can enable Software Distributor (SD) to manage software on remote systems. To let the root user from
a central SD controller (also called the central management server or manager node) perform operations on
a remote target (also called the host or agent):
1) Install a special HP ServiceControl Manager fileset on the remote systems. This permits root access
from the controller system by automatically setting up the root, host, and template Access Control
Lists (ACLs) on the remote machines. To install the fileset, run this command on each remote system:
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