HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90011, September 2010)
when an opportunity to reboot the system is available, the patched
or updated clone can be booted. This reduces system downtime to
just the time it takes to reboot to the clone. Also, if necessary, the
changes can be quickly backed out by simply rebooting to the original
clone.
Software Manager Software Manager is used by Ignite-UX and Update-UX to perform
software installation. Software Manager improves software selection,
provides support for OEs, and provides update support for preview
and a terminal user interface (TUI). See the manpages swm(1M) and
swm-oeupdate(1M) for more details.
Further Reading about Software Maintenance on HP-UX
See also the following manpages for additional information about various software packaging
utilities supported by HP-UX:
ar(1)
The ar command maintains groups of files combined into a single archive file. Its
main use is to create and update library files as used by the link editor (see ld(1)). It
can be used, however, for any similar purpose.
cpio(1)
The cpio command saves and restores archives of files on magnetic tape, other
devices, or a regular file, and copies files from one directory to another while
replicating the directory tree structure.
gzip(1)
The gzip command compresses files to save disk space. It can compress single files
or whole directory structures, packaging the files of the directory structure into a
single archive in the process.
pax(1)
The pax command extracts, writes, and lists archive files and copies files and
directory hierarchies. A more contemporary utility, pax performs basically the same
functions as the older (still available) utilities cpio and tar.
sd(5) sd — overview of Software Distributor: commands to create, distribute, install,
monitor, and manage software.
shar(1)
The shar command bundles the named files and directories into a distribution
package suitable for mailing or moving to a new location. Use the posix shell
(/usr/bin/sh) to unpack the archive. If any named files contain unusual data,
shar uses uuencode to protect the data from certain mailers that do not properly
handle the file’s native format. See uuencode(1). If uuencode is used to encode the
data, a uudecode script is included in the shar package so that the shell can still be
used to unpack the archive.
tar(1)
The tar command saves and restores archives of files on a magnetic tape or in a
disk file.
Networking Services
HP-UX provides a rich and robust set of networking services covering:
• Electronic Mail
• Remote Logins / Terminal Emulation
• File Transfers
• Web Access
• Remotely Mounted File Systems
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