Software Distributor (SD-UX) Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 (762797-001, March 2014)
Table Of Contents
- Software Distributor Administration Guide
- Contents
- HP secure development lifecycle
- About This Document
- 1 Introduction to Software Distributor
- SD-UX Overview
- SD-UX Concepts
- Using the GUI and TUI Commands
- The Terminal User Interface
- Starting the GUI/TUI Commands
- Window Components
- Opening and closing items in the object list
- Marking Items in the Object List
- Preselecting Host Files
- Software Selection Window
- Session and File Management—The File Menu
- Changing Software Views—The View Menu
- Changing Options and Refreshing the Object List—The Options Menu
- Performing Actions—The Actions Menu
- Getting Help—The Help Menu
- XToolkit Options and Changing Display Fonts
- Working from the Command Line
- 2 Installing Software
- Installation with swinstall
- Features and Limitations
- Installing with the GUI
- Installing from the Command Line
- Installation Tasks and Examples
- Updating to HP-UX 11i
- Installing Patches
- Recovering Updated Files
- Installing Software That Requires a System Reboot
- Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs
- Re-installing Software Distributor
- Installing Multiple Versions
- Installing to an Alternate Root
- Compatibility Filtering and Checking
- Software Selection Checking
- Configuring Your Installation (swconfig)
- Verifying Your Installation (swverify)
- Installation with swinstall
- 3 Managing Installed Software
- 4 Managing Software Depots
- Depot Management Commands and Concepts
- Copying Software Depots
- Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg)
- Verifying Signed Software Signatures
- Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples
- Combining Patch Depots
- Creating a Tape Depot for Distribution
- Setting Depot Attributes
- Creating a Network Depot
- Managing Multiple Versions of HP-UX
- Listing Registered Depots
- Listing the Contents of a Depot (swlist -d)
- Source Depot Auditing
- Verifying a Depot (swverify -d)
- Removing Software from Depots
- Removing a Depot
- 5 HP-UX Patching and Patch Management
- 6 Using Jobs and the Job Browser
- 7 Remote Operations Overview
- 8 Reliability and Performance
- 9 SD-UX Security
- 10 Creating Software Packages
- Overview of the Packaging Process
- Identifying the Products to Package
- Adding Control Scripts
- Creating a Product Specification File (PSF)
- Product Specification File Examples
- PSF Syntax
- PSF Object Syntax
- Selecting the PSF Layout Version
- PSF Value Types
- Product Specification File Semantics
- Re-Specifying Files
- Packaging the Software (swpackage)
- Packaging Tasks and Examples
- Registering Depots Created by swpackage
- Creating and Mastering a CD-ROM Depot
- Compressing Files to Increase Performance
- Packaging Security
- Repackaging or Modifying a Software Package
- Packaging In Place
- Following Symbolic Links in the Source
- Generating File Revisions
- Depots on Remote File Systems
- Verifying the Software Package
- Packaging Patch Software
- Writing to Multiple Tapes
- Making Tapes from an Existing Depot
- 11 Using Control Scripts
- Introduction to Control Scripts
- General Script Guidelines
- Packaging Control Scripts
- Using Environment Variables
- Execution of Control Scripts
- Execution of Other Commands by Control Scripts
- Control Script Input and Output
- File Management by Control Scripts
- Testing Control Scripts
- Requesting User Responses (swask)
- Request Script Tasks and Examples
- 12 Nonprivileged SD
- A Command Options
- B Troubleshooting
- Error Logging
- Common Problems
- Cannot Contact Target Host’s Daemon or Agent
- GUI Won’t Start or Missing Support Files
- Access To An Object Is Denied
- Slow Network Performance
- Connection Timeouts and Other WAN Problems
- Disk Space Analysis Is Incorrect
- Packager Fails
- Command Logfile Grows Too Large
- Daemon Logfile Is Too Long
- Cannot Read a Tape Depot
- Installation Fails
- swinstall or swremove Fails With a Lock Error
- Use of Square Brackets ([ and ]) Around an IPv6 Address Causes an Error
- Some SD commands do not work after network configuration changes
- C Replacing or Updating SD-UX
- D Software Distributor Files and File System Structure
- Glossary
- Index
read permission, 93
README, 67
ready, 45, 89
with errors, 45, 89
with warnings, 45, 89
realm, 158
reboot, system, 50
reboot_cmd, 245
reconfigure, 245
reconfigure=true/false option, 53
recopy, 245
recovering updated files, 49
recovery, 138
referenced bundle, 232
refresh interval, Job Browser, 107
register_new_depot, 245
register_new_root, 245
registering depots, 93
reinstall, 245
reinstall option, 92, 135
reinstall_files, 135, 245
reinstall_files_use_cksum, 135, 245
reinstalling SD, 262
reliability, 133
remote access to Support Plus, 93, 95
remote operations, 116
installing software, 127
monitoring job results, 128
overview, 116
preferences, 126
software selection, 124
swlist, 129
target selection, 122
Remote Procedure Call (RPC), 157
remove_empty_depot, 245
remove_empty_depot_directory, 246
remove_obsolete_filesets, 246
remove_setup_cmd, 246
removing
dialog, 79
icon in Job Browser, 106
jobs, 113
simple, 81
software, 76
software from an alternate root, 82
software from depots, 101
software Job Browser, 112
repackaging software, 197
request script, 202, 215
examples, 223
keyword, 206
response file, 215
running from swinstall or swconfig, 222
swask command, 221
required permissions, troubleshooting, 256
resolver command, 257
response file, 215, 221
restarting the daemon, 38, 227
restricting access to depots, 147
restricting installation, 162
Resume button, 46
resume copy/install, 46
retry_interval, 135
retry_rpc, 134, 135, 246
retry_rpc_interval, 246
return_warning_exitcode, 247
reuse_short_job_numbers, 247
revision attributes, 237
rollback, 49
root
directory, 40
root ACL
control, 152
permissions, 154
RPC authorization, 159
RPC timeouts, 258
rpc_binding_info, 247, 258
rpc_binding_info_alt_source, 247
rpc_binding_info_source, 248
rpc_binding_info_target, 248
rpc_timeout, 134, 248, 258
run level, 17
Run Level requirements, 17
run_scripts, 248
S
samples
copying, 92
installation, 49
save session file option, -C, 46, 55, 58, 63, 73, 80, 90,
94, 113, 192, 221
save software group, 78
saving view information, 29
Scalability, 134
scheduling
icon in Job Browser, 105
script
fix, 202
interpreter, 204
other, 202
request, 202, 206, 215
sd
invoking, 103
security checks, 163
SD internal authentication, 158
SD-UX
commands, 19
manpages, 19
SD-UX controller, 116
secrets
default, 159
inter-host, 257
matching, 257
security, 159
security
default, 141
denied access, 256
depots, 93
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