Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Glossary
INDEX/INDEX file
Glossary496
each of which runs on a different
combination of hardware and operating
system. Incompatible software does not
operate on the host(s) because of the host’s
computer hardware or operating system.
The default condition in swinstall is to
disallow selection and installation of
incompatible software.
INDEX/INDEX file In packaging, an
INDEX file defines attribute and
organizational information about an object
(for example, depot, product, or fileset).
INDEX files exist in the depot catalog and
the Installed Products Database to describe
their contents.
INFO An INFO file provides information
about the files contained within a fileset.
This information includes type, mode,
ownership, checksum, size, and pathname
attributes. INFO files exist in the depot
catalog and the Installed Products Database
to describe the files contained in each
existing fileset.
Input Files Defaults files, option files,
software selection files, target host files, and
session files that modify and control the
behavior of the SD-UX commands.
install-sd A command that lets you install
the SD-UX product from media or a depot
onto a workstation or server. You may need
to install SD-UX if the version on your
system is corrupted or deleted. This
command, along with update-ux, replaces
the older swgettools command.
Installed Product A product that has been
installed on a host so that its files can be
used by end-users, as opposed to a product
residing in a depot on a host’s file system.
Sometimes referred to as an available
product.
Installed Products Database (IPD)
Describes the products that are installed on
any given host (or within an alternate root).
Installed product information is created by
swinstall, and managed by swmodify. The
contents of an IPD reside in a directory
structure with a single common root.
Instance_ID A product attribute in the
Installed Products Database (IPD) that lets
you uniquely identify products with the
same tag (name) or revision.
IPD See See Installed Products Database.
Is_Locatable In packaging, a keyword that
defines whether a product can be installed to
an alternate product directory or not. If
specified, the attribute is set to a value of
true. If not specified, the attribute is
assigned a value of false.
IUI Interactive User Interface, a generic
term that can mean either the Graphical
User Interface (GUI) or the Terminal User
Interface (TUI).
J
Job A SD-UX task created by the swinstall,
swcopy, swremove, swverify, or swconfig
commands. You create, monitor, schedule,
and delete jobs using the Job Browser. You
can also monitor jobs using the swjob
command.
Job Browser A GUI program that lets you
create, monitor, schedule, and delete jobs.
The GUI is activated by the sd command.
You can also monitor jobs using the swjob
command.
Job ID Unique numbers generated by
SD-UX to identify jobs.