Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Introduction to Software Distributor
SD-UX Concepts
Chapter 128
A basic copy operation (using the swcopy command) is very similar,
except that the target is a depot on the host, rather than the host itself.
For most operations, controller programs access hosts and depots using
an agent called swagent, which performs the basic software management
tasks. The agent is accessed via a daemon called swagentd. When SD-UX
operates on the local host, both controller and agent run on the local
host. For remote operations, the agent runs on a remote host.
Figure 1-1, “SD-UX Systems,” shows how software can be developed and
then packaged into SD-formatted media, which can either be accessed
directly or copied to a depot directory on a server and accessed via the
network.
Figure 1-1 SD-UX Systems
Software Structure
SD-UX commands work on a hierarchy of software objects that make up
the applications or operating systems components you want to manage.
Software Objects
Bundles Collections of filesets, possibly from several different
products, “encapsulated” for a specific purpose.
Bundles can reside in software depots, and SD-UX
commands act on bundles as single entities. All HP-UX