Software Distributor Administrator Guide (September 2010)

U
UDP/IP User Datagram Protocol. Comparable with TCP/IP, but runs connections less and is intended to
be used in more reliable network environments (LAN).
Uname
Attribute
When a target is contacted for a software management operation, the system’s four uname
attributes (operating system name, release, version and hardware machine type) are obtained.
Used to determine software compatibility with the proposed host.
Unconfigure
Script
An optional script that undoes the configuration done by the configure script. Unconfigure scripts
are associated with filesets and are automatically executed by swremove before the removal of
filesets begins. You can also run unconfigure scripts with swconfig.
Unregister Using the swreg command to remove the registration of a depot. This makes the depot unavailable
to network access.
Update Overwriting software objects already installed on the system and replacing them with new objects.
update-ux A command that automates part of the HP-UX update process. It replaces the swgettools script
used in previous versions of SD-UX. The install-sd updates the SD-UX product without performing
an OS update.
User name The user (or host system for agents making remote procedure calls (RPCs) to other agents) that
is originating the RPC call.
UUID In packaging, a keyword that for the vendor object. Useful for NetLS vendors and for those who
want to select products from two vendors who have chosen the same vendor_tag.
V - Z
Vendor If a vendor specification is included in the PSF, swpackage requires the vendor and tag keywords.
Vendor_tag Associates the product or bundle with the last-defined vendor object, if that object has a matching
tag attribute.
Verbose
Listing
A listing that is used to display all attributes for products, subproducts, filesets, or files.
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