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Software Distributor for HP-UX (SD-UX) provides you with a powerful set of tools for centralized HP-UX software management. When connected by a LAN or WAN, each computer running SD-UX can act as a server, allowing its resources to be managed or accessed by other machines, or as a client, managing or using the resources of other machines.

Software Distributor commands are included with the HP-UX operating system and, by default, manage software on a local host only. You can also enable remote operations, which let you install and manage software simultaneously on multiple remote hosts connected to a central controller.

Note that SD-UX running under HP-UX 11.00 and higher versions does not support NFS diskless clusters.

Network Requirements

  • Networked systems must support TCP/IP.

  • Because Software Distributor is based on distributed, client/server technology, it requires some networking functionality on the host system for proper execution. These networking services are only available in UNIX Run Level 2 (Multi-User mode) and above. Software Distributor cannot run in Single-User mode.

SD-UX Programs and Commands

The following list provides a brief description of each command and references for more detailed information.

Table 1-2 SD Commands

Command & Manpage

Description/Features

More Information

swinstall(1M)

  • Installs or updates software

  • Optional GUI

swlist(1M)

  • Lists installed software or software in depots or on media

  • Optional GUI

swcopy(1M)

  • Copies software from one depot to another

  • Optional GUI

swremove(1M)

  • Removes installed software or software in a depot

  • Optional GUI

swpackage(1M)

  • Creates packages of software which can then be used as a source for other SD-UX commands

swconfig(1M)

  • Runs configuration scripts on installed software

  • Configures, reconfigures, or unconfigures

swask(1M)

  • Runs interactive request scripts that gather information for later use by swinstall or swconfig

swacl(1M)

  • Specifies, lists, and changes Access Control Lists (ACLs) for SD security.

swverify(1M)

  • Verifies the integrity of installed software or depot software by comparing IPD information with the files actually installed

  • Runs verify and fix scripts

swmodify(1M)

  • Modifies the Installed Products Database (IPD) and various catalog files that contain information about the software on the system

swreg(1M)

  • Registers newly created depots to make them visible to other systems

sd(5)

  • Starts the Job Browser GUI to create, monitor, schedule, and delete jobs

  • Requires that remote operations are enabled

swjob(1M)

  • Monitors jobs from the command line

  • Requires that remote operations are enabled

install-sd(1M)

  • Re-installs SD-UX from media

swagentd(1M)

  • Daemon for SD-UX commands

  • Must be scheduled before a system is available as a destination for SD-UX commands

  • See manpage

 

The sd, swinstall, swcopy, swlist, and swremove commands each have an optional Graphical User Interface (GUI) with windows and pull-down menus. The GUI commands also work on text-based terminals, providing a Terminal User Interface (TUI), which uses the keyboard instead of the mouse for screen navigation.

You can invoke all SD-UX commands and programs from the command line. The syntax, options, defaults and operands are similar for all commands. See “Working from the Command Line” for more information.

SD-UX Online Documentation

To view the a manpage for each command, type:

mancommand_name

For additional technical information, type:

man 5 sd for SD-UX overview

man 4 sd for file layouts

man 4 swpackage for packaging file layouts



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