Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2488, September 2012)

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 Installed Products Database.
IPv6 address IPv6 address is the next generation network address format. It is a 128-bit address represented
as eight fields of up to four hexadecimal digits. A colon (:) separates each field. An example of
an IPv6 address is 3ffe:ffff:101::230:6eff:fe04:d9ff.
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.
K
Kernel Fileset A fileset that contains files used to generate the operating system kernel. During the swinstall load
phase, kernel filesets are loaded and customized before other filesets.
Keyword In packaging, a word (or statement) that tells swpackage about the structure or content of the
software objects being packaged by the user. Packaging information is input to swpackage using
a Product Specification File.
L
Load/Load Phase The third phase of a software installation or copy operation; when swinstall and swcopy load
product files on to the host; and when swinstall performs product-specific customization.
Local Host The host on which SD-UX commands are being executed. Sometimes called the administrative
host. The local host executes the controller, which may direct operations on multiple remote
systems when remote operations are enabled.
Locatable Product A product that can be relocated to an alternate product directory when it is installed. If a product
is not locatable, then it must always be installed within the defined product directory.
Logging Each SD-UX command records its actions in log files (the swlist command is an exception).
The default location for the various log files is /var/adm/sw/<command>.log
M
Machine_Type In packaging, a keyword that type of systems on which the product will run. If not specified, the
keyword is assigned a wildcard value of * (meaning it will run on all machines.) If there are
multiple machine platforms, you must separate each machine designation with a | (vertical bar).
Make Tape Phase In packaging software to a distribution tape, this phase actually copies the contents of the
temporary depot to the tape.
Media Physical data storage media on which software is stored, such as tape, CD-ROM, or DVD.
Minfree Minimum Free Threshold, the minimum amount of free disk space required to store products being
packaged.
multi_stream See multiple architecture.
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