Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)
4 Managing Software Depots
SD-UX uses software that is packaged and stored in a registered depot. This chapter
discusses copying, listing, registering, removing, and verifying depot software.
Table 4-1 Chapter Topics
Topics:
“Depot Management Commands and Concepts” (page 113)
“Copying Software Depots” (page 115)
“Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 125)
“Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples” (page 128)
4.1 Depot Management Commands and Concepts
The following commands will help you perform depot management tasks:
Table 4-2 Commands for Depot Management
More Information/ExamplesCommand(s)Depot Task
• “Copying Software Depots” (page 115)
• “Combining Patch Depots” (page 128)
swcopyCopy
• Chapter 10: “Creating Software Packages ” (page 221)
• “Creating a Tape Depot for Distribution” (page 128)
swcopy, swpackageCreate
• “Listing Registered Depots” (page 131)
• “Listing the Contents of a Depot (swlist -d) ” (page 131)
swlist -dList
• “Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 125)swregRegister
• “Removing Software from Depots” (page 133)
• “Removing a Depot” (page 133)
swremove -dRemove
• “Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ” (page 125)swreg -uUnregister
• “Verifying a Depot (swverify -d) ” (page 132)swverify -dVerify
• “Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples”
(page 128)
Additional tasks
4.1.1 Depot Concepts
A depot is a special type of directory formatted for use by SD-UX commands, and used
to contain software products. You can create a depot by using swcopy to copy software
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