Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (5900-2561, March 2013)

7 Remote Operations Overview
This chapter presents an overview of remote operations, describing set-up, features, and important
concepts to help you effectively manage software across multiple systems. More information about
remote operations is also presented in Chapter 6: “Using Jobs and the Job Browser” (page 105)
Table 29 Chapter Topics
Topics:
“Introduction” (page 119)
“Setting Up Remote Operations” (page 124)
“Remote Operations from the Command Line” (page 132)
“Using the Remote Operations GUI” (page 120)
“Remote Operations Tutorial” (page 124)
“Remote Interactive swlist” (page 132)
7.1 Introduction
In addition to its ability to “pull” software from a central depot, Software Distributor also provides
powerful features for remote operations that let you “push” software to remote systems (targets)
from the local host. You can use these features interactively and monitor results of all SD-UX
commands with the Job Browser or from the command line with the swjob command.
NOTE: The Terminal User Interface (TUI) is not available for remote operations.
7.1.1 Differences Between Remote and Local Operations
In general, all Software Distributor features that apply to local operation also apply to remote
operations. Additional features of remote operations are summarized in this section.
7.1.1.1 Remote Targets
For local operations, the target consists of the local host or depots on the local host. For remote
operations, the target can be one or more remote systems. A target can also contain depots and
act as a source to serve other targets.
7.1.1.2 Controller, Daemon, and Agent Programs
The controller programs provide the user interface for SD-UX tasks and programs. The controller’s
role collects and validates data it needs to start a task and to display information on the task’s
status. The controller also distributes software to remote target machines.
On each target, the SD-UX daemon runs in the background, listening for requests coming from the
controller. When a request is received, the daemon schedules the SD-UX agent to perform the task.
The daemon also schedules the agent to answer requests from other agent programs that want to
use one of the host’s depots as a source.
NOTE: You must restart the SD-UX daemon if you change daemon options, or the system will not
recognize the changes. See “Using Command Options” (page 37) for more information.
7.1.1.3 Job Management
With SD-UX remote operations, you can create jobs for immediately execution or schedule them
for later execution. In addition, you can browse the scheduled, active, and completed jobs using
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