topic Re: depot server in Operating System - HP-UX

depot server

maliaka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:42:43 GMT

Is there a way to push a depot install from the depot server instead of login to each server to install the depot over the network?

10 points for the best answer!

Thanks in advance

Re: depot server

Dennis Handly — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:23:32 GMT

Not directly, you need to install an optional product, from swinstall:
+ To install and manage software simultaneously on multiple
remote hosts (including HP-UX, other UNIXr platforms, and
Windows NTr) from a central controller, you must purchase the
HP OpenView Software Distributor which provides extended
software management capabilities. Information specific only to
the OpenView product is marked with a heading similar the
following:

Re: depot server

whiteknight — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:30:40 GMT

Maliaka,

You can consider HP SIM. I remember you can push the patch depot install.

There is a whitepaper using HP SIM to simply manage server setup
- create depot.

WK

Re: depot server

Dennis Handly — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:37:13 GMT

>WK: You can consider HP SIM.

That's probably the replacement for HP OpenView Software Distributor.

Neither of these is mentioned in the 11.31 man page.

Re: depot server

Matti_Kurkela — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:31:16 GMT

man swinstall, see paragraph titled "Remote Operation".

You need to login once to each server to give them permission to receive the "push" installations from the depot server.

To enable the remote operations menus on the depot server, use the command:
touch /var/adm/sw/.sdkey

MK

Re: depot server

Geoff Wild — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:04:11 GMT

Yes - use swinstall....

Man page example:

To linkinstall the product TEST to the clients clientA, clientB from
the server:

swinstall -l -r -s :OS_700 TEST @ clientA clientB

Rgds...Geoff