Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

2.3 Verifying Your Installation (swverify)..........................................................................74
2.3.1 Features and Limitations.......................................................................................74
2.3.2 The Verification Process .......................................................................................75
2.3.3 Using swverify......................................................................................................77
2.3.4 Verification Tasks and Examples..........................................................................78
3 Managing Installed Software.....................................................................................................81
3.1 Listing Your Software (swlist).......................................................................................81
3.1.1 swlist Features and Limitations............................................................................81
3.1.2 Using the swlist GUI.............................................................................................82
3.1.2.1 Searching and Moving Through the List .....................................................82
3.1.2.2 Changing the View .......................................................................................83
3.1.2.3 Performing Actions.......................................................................................83
3.1.3 Using the Command Line.....................................................................................83
3.1.4 Software Listing Tasks and Examples...................................................................86
3.1.4.1 Using Options to Change List Appearance..................................................88
3.1.4.2 Listing Attributes..........................................................................................89
3.1.4.3 Creating Custom Lists ..................................................................................89
3.1.4.4 Listing Patches..............................................................................................90
3.1.4.5 Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs ...........................................90
3.1.4.6 Listing Software by Levels............................................................................90
3.1.4.6.1 Specifying Product Level .....................................................................91
3.1.4.6.2 Specifying Subproduct Level ...............................................................91
3.1.4.6.3 Specifying Fileset Level ........................................................................92
3.1.4.6.4 Specifying Files Level ...........................................................................92
3.1.4.6.5 Depot Lists ...........................................................................................93
3.1.4.6.6 Verbose List ..........................................................................................93
3.2 Modifying the IPD (swmodify).....................................................................................96
3.2.1 IPD Contents.........................................................................................................96
3.2.2 Using swmodify....................................................................................................97
3.2.3 swmodify Tasks and Examples ..........................................................................100
3.2.3.1 Adding Information to the IPD...................................................................100
3.2.3.2 Changing Existing IPD Information...........................................................100
3.2.3.3 Defining New Objects.................................................................................101
3.3 Removing Installed Software (swremove)..................................................................101
3.3.1 swremove Features and Limitations...................................................................101
3.3.2 Using the swremove GUI....................................................................................102
3.3.3 Removing with the Command Line....................................................................106
3.3.4 Remove Tasks and Examples..............................................................................108
3.3.4.1 Removing Bundles......................................................................................108
3.3.4.2 Removing Patches ......................................................................................109
3.3.4.3 Removing Multiple Versions ......................................................................109
3.3.4.4 Removing Software from an Alternate Root ..............................................109
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