Software Distributor Administration Guide (March 2009)

Fix Corrects and reports on problems in installed software. Typical uses
are to create missing directories, correct file modifications (mode, owner,
group, major, minor), and to recreate missing symbolic links.
Verify Verifies the configuration of filesets or products, in addition to the
standard swverify checks.
(See Chapter 11: “Using Control Scripts ” (page 265) for more information.)
• Reports missing files, checks all file attributes including permissions, file types,
size, checksum, mtime, link source and major/minor attributes.
• Uses dependencies to automatically select software on which to operate (in addition
to any software you specify directly). See “Software Dependencies ” (page 30) for
more information.
2.3.2 The Verification Process
The software verification process has only two phases: selection and analysis.
Phase I: Selection
This phase consist of swverify resolving all information on the command line, including
all necessary host, software, dependency, and product information.
Phase II: Analysis
The analysis phase for swverify takes place on the host. The host’s environment is not
modified.
The sequential analysis tasks on each host are:
1. Initiate analysis
2. Process software selections. The system accesses the Installed Products Database
(IPD) or depot catalog to get the product information for the selected software:
For installed software, the system checks that all products are compatible with its
uname attributes. This check is controlled by the default option
allow_incompatible:
• If allow_incompatible is set to false, the system produces an error stating
that the product is not compatible with the host.
• If allow_incompatible is set to true, a warning is issued stating that the
product is not compatible.
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