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

4 Managing Software Depots
SD-UX uses software that is packaged and stored in a registered depot. This chapter discusses
copying, listing, registering, removing, and verifying depot software.
Table 20 Chapter Topics
Topics:
“Depot Management Commands and Concepts” (page 85)
“Copying Software Depots” (page 86)
“Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 95)
“Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples” (page 97)
4.1 Depot Management Commands and Concepts
The following commands will help you perform depot management tasks:
Table 21 Commands for Depot Management
More Information/ExamplesCommand(s)Depot Task
• “Copying Software Depots” (page 86)
• “Combining Patch Depots” (page 97)
swcopyCopy
• Chapter 10: “Creating Software Packages ” (page 171)
• “Creating a Tape Depot for Distribution” (page 97)
swcopy, swpackageCreate
• “Listing Registered Depots” (page 99)
• “Listing the Contents of a Depot (swlist -d) ” (page 99)
swlist -dList
• “Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 95)
swregRegister
• “Removing Software from Depots” (page 101)
• “Removing a Depot” (page 101)
swremove -dRemove
• “Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 95)
swreg -uUnregister
• “Verifying a Depot (swverify -d) ” (page 101)
swverify -dVerify
• “Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples” (page 97)
Additional tasks
4.1.1 Depot Concepts
A depot is a special type of directory formatted for use by SD-UX commands, and used to contain
software products. You can create a depot by using swcopy to copy software directly from physical
media or by using swpackage to make a software package containing the depot.
When a depot resides on a networked system, that system can act as a source for software: other
systems on the network can install software products from that server instead of installing them
each time from media.
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