Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

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Software Distributor Administration Guide
Table of Contents
About This Document
- Intended Audience
- HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers
- Typographic Conventions
- Publication History
- Related Documents
- HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction to Software Distributor
- 1.1 SD-UX Overview
- 1.2 SD-UX Concepts
- 1.3 Using the GUI and TUI Commands
- 1.4 Working from the Command Line
2 Installing Software
- 2.1 Installation with swinstall
- 2.2 Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
- 2.3 Verifying Your Installation (swverify)
3 Managing Installed Software
- 3.1 Listing Your Software (swlist)
- 3.2 Modifying the IPD (swmodify)
- 3.3 Removing Installed Software (swremove)
4 Managing Software Depots
- 4.1 Depot Management Commands and Concepts
  - 4.1.1 Depot Concepts
    - 4.1.1.1 Types of Depots
      - 4.1.1.1.1 Directory Depot
      - 4.1.1.1.2 Tape Depot
    - 4.1.1.2 Depot Registration
- 4.2 Copying Software Depots
- 4.3 Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg)
- 4.4 Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples
5 HP-UX Patching and Patch Management
6 Using Jobs and the Job Browser
- 6.1 Introduction
  - 6.1.1 Starting the Job Browser
- 6.2 Using the Job Browser
- 6.3 Monitoring Jobs from the Command Line
  - 6.3.1 swjob Attributes
  - 6.3.2 swjob Tasks and Examples
- 6.4 Managing and Tuning Jobs with Command Options
7 Remote Operations Overview
- 7.1 Introduction
  - 7.1.1 Differences Between Remote and Local Operations
- 7.2 Using the Remote Operations GUI
- 7.3 Setting Up Remote Operations
- 7.4 Remote Operations Tutorial
  - 7.4.1 Tutorial Set-Up
  - 7.4.2 How to Perform a Single-Target Installation
- 7.5 Remote Interactive swlist
- 7.6 Remote Operations from the Command Line
  - 7.6.1 Target Selections
    - 7.6.1.1 Syntax
    - 7.6.1.2 Target Files
  - 7.6.2 Examples
8 Reliability and Performance
- 8.1 Overview
- 8.2 Groups and Source Options
- 8.3 Large Numbers of Targets
- 8.4 Timeout Options
- 8.5 Retry RPC and Retry Interval
- 8.6 Retry Command
- 8.7 Database Checkpointing
- 8.8 Compression
  - 8.8.1 INDEX and INFO Compression
- 8.9 Staging
- 8.10 Recovery (Install Only)
- 8.11 Installation With Separate Configuration
- 8.12 Multiple Versions
9 SD-UX Security
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 The swacl Command
  - 9.2.1 swacl Output
- 9.3 Basic Security Tasks
- 9.4 How ACLs are Matched to the User
- 9.5 ACL Entries
- 9.6 Security on SD-UX Systems
- 9.7 SD-UX Internal Authentication
  - 9.7.1 SD-UX Credentials
    - 9.7.1.1 Controllers Run with the User’s Credentials and Privileges
    - 9.7.1.2 Agents Run with the System’s Identity
  - 9.7.2 Security Between Hosts: The Shared Secrets File
- 9.8 RPC Authorization
- 9.9 Security Use Models
- 9.10 Permission Requirements, by Command
10 Creating Software Packages
- 10.1 Overview of the Packaging Process
  - 10.1.1 Prerequisites
- 10.2 Identifying the Products to Package
  - 10.2.1 Determining Product Contents
  - 10.2.2 Determining Product Structure
- 10.3 Adding Control Scripts
- 10.4 Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
  - 10.4.1 Product Specification File Examples
    - 10.4.1.1 Minimal PSF
    - 10.4.1.2 Typical PSF
  - 10.4.2 PSF Syntax
- 10.5 Packaging the Software (swpackage)
  - 10.5.1 Using swpackage
    - 10.5.1.1 Output of Logfile Messages
- 10.6 Packaging Tasks and Examples
11 Using Control Scripts
- 11.1 Introduction to Control Scripts
  - 11.1.1 Types of Control Scripts
- 11.2 General Script Guidelines
- 11.3 Packaging Control Scripts
  - 11.3.1 Control Script Location on the File System During Execution
- 11.4 Using Environment Variables
- 11.5 Execution of Control Scripts
- 11.6 Execution of Other Commands by Control Scripts
- 11.7 Control Script Input and Output
- 11.8 File Management by Control Scripts
- 11.9 Testing Control Scripts
- 11.10 Requesting User Responses (swask)
  - 11.10.1 Using swask
- 11.11 Request Script Tasks and Examples
12 Nonprivileged SD
- 12.1 Overview
- 12.2 Setting Up Nonprivileged Mode
- 12.3 Default Configuration
- 12.4 Alternative Configuration
  - 12.4.1 Setting the Admin Directory Option
A Command Options
- A.1 Changing Command Options
- A.2 Options Listed Alphabetically
B Troubleshooting
- B.1 Error Logging
- B.2 Common Problems
C Replacing or Updating SD-UX
- C.1 Re-installing SD-UX
  - C.1.1 Prerequisites
  - C.1.2 Using install-sd
- C.2 Replacing an Unusable Version of SD-UX
- C.3 Installing a Newer Version of SD-UX
D Software Distributor Files and File System Structure
- D.1 Agent File System Structure
- D.2 Software Distributor Controller File System Structure
- D.3 Installed Products Database
Glossary
Index

Checkremove Analyzes each target to determine if removal and unconfiguration

can take place. (Executed by swremove.)

Configure

Configures installed filesets or products. (Executed by swconfig

and swinstall.)

Fix Corrects and reports on problems in installed software. (Executed

by swverify.)

Postinstall Performs additional install operations immediately after a fileset

or product has been installed. (Executed by swinstall.)

Postremove Performs additional remove operations immediately after a fileset

or product has been removed. (Executed by swremove.)

Preinstall Performs file operations (such as removing obsolete files)

immediately before installation of software files. (Executed by

swinstall.)

Preremove Performs additional file operations (such as removing files created

by a preinstall script) immediately before removal of software

files. (Executed by swremove.)

Request Requests an interactive response from the user as part of the

installation or configuration process. (Executed by swask,

swconfig, and swinstall.)

Unconfigure Undoes configurations performed by configure scripts. (Executed

by swconfig and swremove.)

Unpostinstall Undoes operations performed by a postinstall script in case

swinstall must initiate recovery during the installation process.

(Executed by swinstall.)

Unpreinstall Undoes operations performed by a preinstall script in case SD

must initiate recovery during the install process. (Executed by

swinstall.)

Verify Verifies the configuration of filesets or products (in addition to

the standard swverify checks.) (Executed by swverify.)

For More Information

See Chapter 11: “Using Control Scripts ” (page 265).

1.2.5 Environment Variables

SD-UX commands and programs are affected by external environment variables (such

as language and charset variables) and variables for use by control scripts. For a

description of external environment variables, see Chapter 11: “Using Control Scripts

” (page 265).

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