Software Distributor (SD-UX) Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (762797-001, March 2014)

Graphical User
Interface (GUI)
An OSF/Motif ™ user interface, with windows and pull-down menus, provided with the sd,
swinstall, swcopy, swlist, and swremove commands. See also the Command Line User Interface
(CLUI) and Terminal User Interface (TUI).
Group In SD-UX security, a set of users.
Group Name In SD-UX security, the user’s primary group.
GUI See Graphical User Interface.
HOME A variable that contains the path of the current user’s local log-in directory.
Host A computer system upon which SD-UX operations are performed. See local host and controller.
Host ACL The ACL that is attached to and controls access to the host object.
HPSC HP Support Center. A website that provides central access to documentation and support content
for HP products.
Incompatible
Software
Software products are created to run on specific computer hardware and operating systems.
Many versions of the same products may exist, each of which runs on a different combination of
hardware and operating system. Incompatible software does not operate on the host(s) because
of the host’s computer hardware or operating system. The default condition in swinstall is to
disallow selection and installation of incompatible software.
INDEX/INDEX file In packaging, an INDEX file defines attribute and organizational information about an object
(for example, depot, product, or fileset). INDEX files exist in the depot catalog and the Installed
Products Database to describe their contents.
INFO An INFO file provides information about the files contained within a fileset. This information
includes type, mode, ownership, checksum, size, and pathname attributes. INFO files exist in the
depot catalog and the Installed Products Database to describe the files contained in each existing
fileset.
Input Files Defaults files, option files, software selection files, target host files, and session files that modify
and control the behavior of the SD-UX commands.
install-sd A command that lets you install the SD-UX product from media or a depot onto a workstation or
server. You may need to install SD-UX if the version on your system is corrupted or deleted. This
command, along with update-ux, replaces the older swgettools command.
Installed Product A product that has been installed on a host so that its files can be used by end-users, as opposed
to a product residing in a depot on a host’s file system. Sometimes referred to as an available
product.
Installed Products
Database (IPD)
Describes the products that are installed on any given host (or within an alternate root). Installed
product information is created by swinstall, and managed by swmodify. The contents of an IPD
reside in a directory structure with a single common root.
Instance_ID A product attribute in the Installed Products Database (IPD) that lets you uniquely identify products
with the same tag (name) or revision.
IPD See Installed Products Database.
IPv6 address IPv6 address is the next generation network address format. It is a 128-bit address represented
as eight fields of up to four hexadecimal digits. A colon (:) separates each field. An example of
an IPv6 address is 3ffe:ffff:101::230:6eff:fe04:d9ff.
Is_Locatable In packaging, a keyword that defines whether a product can be installed to an alternate product
directory or not. If specified, the attribute is set to a value of true. If not specified, the attribute is
assigned a value of false.
IUI Interactive User Interface, a generic term that can mean either the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
or the Terminal User Interface (TUI).
Job A SD-UX task created by the swinstall, swcopy, swremove, swverify, or swconfig commands. You
create, monitor, schedule, and delete jobs using the Job Browser. You can also monitor jobs
using the swjob command.
Job Browser A GUI program that lets you create, monitor, schedule, and delete jobs. The GUI is activated by
the sd command. You can also monitor jobs using the swjob command.
Job ID Unique numbers generated by SD-UX to identify jobs.
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