Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Managing Software Depots
Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples
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9. Insert the HP-UX 11i CD2. Wait for the drive’s busy light to stop
blinking.
10. Repeat Steps 6 through 8 using CD2 and the Support Plus CD.
The network depot is now ready for you to use to update your HP-UX
10.20 or 11.0 system to HP-UX 11i.
Managing Multiple Versions of HP-UX
You can use your HP-UX 11i system to manage depots for HP-UX 11.00
and 10.20, with the following guidelines:
• HP recommends that you do not mix OS versions within the same
depot. That is, locate 10.20 software in 10.20 depots, 11.00 software
in 11.00 depots, and 11i software in 11i depots.
• You can manage 11.00 depots from 11i without any special
considerations—although you should maintain the segregation of
11.00 and 11i software in separate depots. Although the formats are
similar, 11i software may contain vendor-defined attributes not
recognized by 11.00 systems. This results in warnings when 11.00
systems access 11i software.
• For 10.20 depots:
— To create 10.20 depots from an 11i system, you must use the
correct layout_version. For example:
swcopy -x layout_version=0.8 ...
swpackage -x layout_version=0.8 ...
From then on, your 11i system can maintain the 10.20 depot.
— SD-UX will generate warnings if you attempt to put
layout_version=1.0 software (11.00 or 11i format) into a
layout_version=0.8 (10.20) depot.
Listing Registered Depots
swlist can display lists of registered depots residing on a host. To do this,
use combinations of the -l depot option.
To list all depots on the local host, type:
swlist -l depot