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

Tape Media Software media that uses tar to store SD-UX software products and control files. It usually resides
on a serial media such as a DDS, cartridge, nine-track, or other tape, though it can also be a
regular file that contains the tar archive. Within the tar archive, directory and file entries are
organized using the same structure as any other depot.
Tape Source See tape depot.
Target Any system on which software is to be installed or managed with SD-UX. There are typically
multiple targets on a network, identified by system name, network address, user name, or by a
user group. Targets can contain a primary root, an alternate root, or depots. A target may also
be the object of remote operations.
Target Group Most SD-UX commands let you use the -t target_file option to read a list of previously
defined target selections as operands for the command. You can also read or save target group
files from the GUI programs when remote operations are enabled.
Target Selection A group of systems or software objects that you have selected as targets for an operation. You
can save these selections for later re-use. See target group.
Title A one-line, full name attribute that identifies the product with a title.
TUI Terminal user interface. A character-based display with windows and pull-down menus that works
on ASCII terminals. The TUI uses the keyboard to navigate (no mouse). See also Command Line
User Interface and Graphical User Interface.
TUI See Terminal User Interface.
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.
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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