Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

About This Document

This guide describes using Software Distributor (SD) to deliver, manage and maintain

HP-UX operating systems and layered software applications. This guide is written for

experienced HP-UX system administrators who are responsible for setting up and

maintaining HP-UX servers and workstations.

Intended Audience

This guide is written for the following types of users and administrators:

• Stand-alone HP-UX users, primarily concerned with quick and easy access to the

right software management tools to get their normal work done. This may include

software installation, viewing, or removal and basic depot management.

• HP-UX system administrators, primarily concerned with keeping other users up

and running. Additional software management tasks may include more complex

depot management, security, patch management, remote operations, and

performance management.

• Software packagers, primarily concerned with packaging software into SD-usable

format and writing scripts that may accompany the packaged software.

HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers

Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The

following table shows the releases available for HP-UX 11i.

Table 1 HP-UX 11i Releases

Supported Processor ArchitectureRelease IdentifierRelease Name

PA-RISCB.11.11HP-UX 11i v1

Intel® Itanium®

PA-RISC

B.11.23HP-UX 11i v2

Intel® Itanium®

PA-RISC

B.11.31HP-UX 11i v3

1 PA-RISC is supported on HP-UX 11i v2 starting with the September 2004 release.

The uname(1) command with the -r option returns the release identifier.

You can also determine the update release date and the Operating Environment by

entering the following:

# swlist | grep HPUX11i

The resulting output will list the current release identifier, update release date, and

Operating Environment. For example:

Intended Audience 19