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

Listing Software by Levels...............................................................................................68
Specifying Product Level ...........................................................................................68
Specifying Subproduct Level ......................................................................................69
Specifying Fileset Level .............................................................................................69
Specifying Files Level ................................................................................................69
Depot Lists ..............................................................................................................70
Verbose List ............................................................................................................70
Modifying the IPD (swmodify)...................................................................................................72
IPD Contents......................................................................................................................73
Using swmodify.................................................................................................................73
swmodify Tasks and Examples ............................................................................................76
Adding Information to the IPD.........................................................................................76
Changing Existing IPD Information...................................................................................76
Defining New Objects...................................................................................................76
Removing Installed Software (swremove)....................................................................................76
swremove Features and Limitations.......................................................................................76
Using the swremove GUI.....................................................................................................77
Removing with the Command Line........................................................................................80
Remove Tasks and Examples...............................................................................................81
Removing Bundles.........................................................................................................82
Removing Patches .........................................................................................................82
Removing Multiple Versions ...........................................................................................82
Removing Software from an Alternate Root ......................................................................82
4 Managing Software Depots.......................................................................83
Depot Management Commands and Concepts...........................................................................83
Depot Concepts.................................................................................................................83
Types of Depots............................................................................................................84
Directory Depot........................................................................................................84
Tape Depot.............................................................................................................84
Depot Registration.........................................................................................................84
Copying Software Depots........................................................................................................84
swcopy Features and Limitations..........................................................................................85
Using the swcopy GUI........................................................................................................85
Using the swcopy Command Line.........................................................................................90
Copy Tasks and Examples...................................................................................................92
Simple swcopy Examples...............................................................................................92
Using Software Codewords and Customer IDs ..................................................................92
Multiple Software Products in Depots ..............................................................................92
Registering and Unregistering Depots (swreg) ............................................................................93
Register Media or Create Network Depot?............................................................................93
Registration and Security.....................................................................................................93
Authorization ....................................................................................................................93
Using swreg......................................................................................................................93
swreg Examples.................................................................................................................94
Verifying Signed Software Signatures........................................................................................95
Using swsign ....................................................................................................................96
swsign Examples................................................................................................................97
Additional Depot Management Tasks and Examples...................................................................97
Combining Patch Depots.....................................................................................................97
Creating a Tape Depot for Distribution..................................................................................98
Setting Depot Attributes......................................................................................................98
Creating a Network Depot..................................................................................................98
Managing Multiple Versions of HP-UX..................................................................................99
Listing Registered Depots.....................................................................................................99
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