Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)
Table Of Contents
- Software Distributor Administration Guide
- Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Introduction to Software Distributor
- 1.1 SD-UX Overview
- 1.2 SD-UX Concepts
- 1.3 Using the GUI and TUI Commands
- 1.3.1 The Terminal User Interface
- 1.3.2 Starting the GUI/TUI Commands
- 1.3.3 Window Components
- 1.3.4 Opening and closing items in the object list
- 1.3.5 Marking Items in the Object List
- 1.3.6 Preselecting Host Files
- 1.3.7 Software Selection Window
- 1.3.8 Session and File Management—The File Menu
- 1.3.9 Changing Software Views—The View Menu
- 1.3.10 Changing Options and Refreshing the Object List—The Options Menu
- 1.3.11 Performing Actions—The Actions Menu
- 1.3.12 Getting Help—The Help Menu
- 1.3.13 XToolkit Options and Changing Display Fonts
- 1.4 Working from the Command Line
- 2 Installing Software
- 2.1 Installation with swinstall
- 2.1.1 Features and Limitations
- 2.1.2 Installing with the GUI
- 2.1.3 Installing from the Command Line
- 2.1.4 Installation Tasks and Examples
- 2.1.4.1 Updating to HP-UX 11i
- 2.1.4.2 Installing Patches
- 2.1.4.3 Recovering Updated Files
- 2.1.4.4 Installing Software That Requires a System Reboot
- 2.1.4.5 Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs
- 2.1.4.6 Re-installing Software Distributor
- 2.1.4.7 Installing Multiple Versions
- 2.1.4.8 Installing to an Alternate Root
- 2.1.4.9 Compatibility Filtering and Checking
- 2.2 Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
- 2.3 Verifying Your Installation (swverify)
- 2.1 Installation with swinstall
- 3 Managing Installed Software
- 3.1 Listing Your Software (swlist)
- 3.1.1 swlist Features and Limitations
- 3.1.2 Using the swlist GUI
- 3.1.3 Using the Command Line
- 3.1.4 Software Listing Tasks and Examples
- 3.2 Modifying the IPD (swmodify)
- 3.3 Removing Installed Software (swremove)
- 3.1 Listing Your Software (swlist)
- 4 Managing Software Depots
- 4.1 Depot Management Commands and Concepts
- 4.2 Copying Software Depots
- 4.3 Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg)
- 4.4 Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples
- 4.4.1 Combining Patch Depots
- 4.4.2 Creating a Tape Depot for Distribution
- 4.4.3 Setting Depot Attributes
- 4.4.4 Creating a Network Depot
- 4.4.5 Managing Multiple Versions of HP-UX
- 4.4.6 Listing Registered Depots
- 4.4.7 Listing the Contents of a Depot (swlist -d)
- 4.4.8 Source Depot Auditing
- 4.4.9 Verifying a Depot (swverify -d)
- 4.4.10 Removing Software from Depots
- 4.4.11 Removing a Depot
- 5 HP-UX Patching and Patch Management
- 6 Using Jobs and the Job Browser
- 7 Remote Operations Overview
- 8 Reliability and Performance
- 9 SD-UX Security
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 The swacl Command
- 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
- 9.8 RPC Authorization
- 9.9 Security Use Models
- 9.10 Permission Requirements, by Command
- 9.10.1 Packaging (swpackage)
- 9.10.2 Listing (swlist)
- 9.10.3 Job Browsing (sd, swjob)
- 9.10.4 Copying (swcopy)
- 9.10.5 Installing (swinstall)
- 9.10.6 Removal (swremove)
- 9.10.7 Configuration (swconfig)
- 9.10.8 Verify (swverify)
- 9.10.9 Registering Depots (swreg)
- 9.10.10 Changing ACLs (swacl)
- 9.10.11 Request Scripts (swask)
- 9.10.12 Modify (swmodify)
- 10 Creating Software Packages
- 10.1 Overview of the Packaging Process
- 10.2 Identifying the Products to Package
- 10.3 Adding Control Scripts
- 10.4 Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
- 10.4.1 Product Specification File Examples
- 10.4.2 PSF Syntax
- 10.4.2.1 PSF Object Syntax
- 10.4.2.2 Selecting the PSF Layout Version
- 10.4.2.3 PSF Value Types
- 10.4.2.4 Product Specification File Semantics
- 10.4.2.4.1 Vendor-Defined Attributes
- 10.4.2.4.2 Distribution (Depot) Specification
- 10.4.2.4.3 Vendor Specification
- 10.4.2.4.4 Category Specification
- 10.4.2.4.5 Product or Bundle Specification
- 10.4.2.4.6 Control Script Specification
- 10.4.2.4.7 Subproduct Specification
- 10.4.2.4.8 Fileset Specification
- 10.4.2.4.9 Dependency Specification
- 10.4.2.4.10 Control Script Specification
- 10.4.2.4.11 File Specification
- 10.4.2.5 Re-Specifying Files
- 10.5 Packaging the Software (swpackage)
- 10.6 Packaging Tasks and Examples
- 10.6.1 Registering Depots Created by swpackage
- 10.6.2 Creating and Mastering a CD-ROM Depot
- 10.6.3 Compressing Files to Increase Performance
- 10.6.4 Packaging Security
- 10.6.5 Repackaging or Modifying a Software Package
- 10.6.6 Packaging In Place
- 10.6.7 Following Symbolic Links in the Source
- 10.6.8 Generating File Revisions
- 10.6.9 Depots on Remote File Systems
- 10.6.10 Verifying the Software Package
- 10.6.11 Packaging Patch Software
- 10.6.12 Writing to Multiple Tapes
- 10.6.13 Making Tapes from an Existing Depot
- 11 Using Control Scripts
- 11.1 Introduction to Control Scripts
- 11.2 General Script Guidelines
- 11.3 Packaging Control Scripts
- 11.4 Using Environment Variables
- 11.5 Execution of Control Scripts
- 11.5.1 Details Common to All Control Scripts
- 11.5.2 Checkinstall Scripts
- 11.5.3 Preinstall Scripts
- 11.5.4 Postinstall Scripts
- 11.5.5 Configure Scripts
- 11.5.6 Unconfigure Scripts
- 11.5.7 Verify Scripts
- 11.5.8 Fix Scripts
- 11.5.9 Checkremove Scripts
- 11.5.10 Preremove Scripts
- 11.5.11 Postremove Scripts
- 11.5.12 Request 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)
- 11.11 Request Script Tasks and Examples
- 12 Nonprivileged SD
- A Command Options
- B Troubleshooting
- B.1 Error Logging
- B.2 Common Problems
- B.2.1 Cannot Contact Target Host’s Daemon or Agent
- B.2.2 GUI Won’t Start or Missing Support Files
- B.2.3 Access To An Object Is Denied
- B.2.4 Slow Network Performance
- B.2.5 Connection Timeouts and Other WAN Problems
- B.2.6 Disk Space Analysis Is Incorrect
- B.2.7 Packager Fails
- B.2.8 Command Logfile Grows Too Large
- B.2.9 Daemon Logfile Is Too Long
- B.2.10 Cannot Read a Tape Depot
- B.2.11 Installation Fails
- B.2.12 swinstall or swremove Fails With a Lock Error
- C Replacing or Updating SD-UX
- D Software Distributor Files and File System Structure
- Glossary
- Index
network requirements, 23
network servers, 112
network source, 112
networking requirements, 23
nodes, definition, 26
nonprivileged SD, 295
limitations, 296
overview, 295
packaging requirements, 296
set up, 296
num_entries value, 336
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object list, 33
object permissions, 198
objects, software, 27
objects_to_register, 318
on-line Help, 44
one_liner, 318
one_liner= default, 88, 90
open item, 41
option menu, 141
options
alphabetic list of, 300
and defaults, swconfig, 100
and defaults, swremove, 107
changing, 50, 299
compress_index, 307
create_time_filter, 309
editor, 40
job-related, 148
menu, 40
precedence, 299
preserve_create_time, 320
OS update, 312, 323
os_name, 318
os_release, 319
overview, commands, 25
P
package_in_place, 319
packaging
ACLs, 258
CD-ROM, 257
failures, 339
for nonprivileged SD, 296
making tapes, 264
overview, 217, 249
registering depots, 256
remote file systems, 262
repackaging, 260
security, 258
writing to tapes, 263
packaging command, 249
Packaging Specification File (PSF)
and swmodify, 97
partitioning filesets on multiple tapes, 263
patch_commit, 319
patch_filter, 319
patch_match_target, 320
patch_one_liner, 320
patch_save_files, 320
patches, 306, 319
managing, 133
performance, 171
permission bits, 204
permission specification, default, 243
policy-setting, 50, 299
polling interval, increasing, 339
polling_interval, 320
polling_interval option, 339
postinstall script, 266
details, 280
postremove script, 266
details, 283
pre-specified selections, 61, 120, 146
preinstall script, 266
details, 279
preremove script, 266
details, 282
prerequisite, 30, 241
definition, 31
preserve_create_time option, 320
preview, 321
preview option, -p, 61, 72, 106, 120
privileged functions, 205
problem solving, 331
product, 27
description button, 57, 105, 117
description, swremove, 104
level, specifying (swlist), 91
summary button, 57, 105, 117
product ACL
control, 198
permissions, 201
templates, 202, 204
product specification, 233
Product Specification File (see PSF)
Product Summary, swremove, 104
product-location directory pair, 109
product_specification_file (PSF) for swmodify, 97
product_template, 202
products, 218
Products Ready column, 59, 119
Projected Actions
swremove, 105
proof of trustworthiness, 207
protected software, 31
protected software, installing example, 66
protecting SD objects, 198
protocol sequence, 300, 324
PSF
and swmodify, 97
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