Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

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.
Multiple
Architecture
A single product that contains different versions of the same fileset.
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