swinstall from a remote host

[Alex Lavrov.]

Hello,

I saw similar thread, but the solution provided is not working for me.

I downloaded a depot (ISEEPlatform) and registred it on some server.
swreg -l depot /dir/Iseeblabla.depot

Now, from other server, I'm doing swinstall, but when I select that depot, I get an error about "local tape device" and it can not install it.

How to resolve it?
And why some depots are working for the remote installation and some don't?

thanx.

[harry d brown jr]

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harry d brown jr

[Steve Steel]

hi


try

swinstall -s remotemach:/dir/Iseeblabla.depot

However it depends on the format since a tar file depot is handled as a local tape.

Then you must use swcopy to move it to a directory depot


Steve Steel

[RAC_1]

Where the depot lies?? If it is complaing about local tape, you need to do as follows.

mkdir /tmp/something.

swcopy -s "absolute_path_of_depot" "product_name" @ /tmp/something.

Now, from other server, do as follows.

swinstall -s "first_server:/tmp/something"

Anil

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

There are actually two types of depot packages: standard (reaady to use) depots and tape images. The tape image is used for ISEE and also for the STM/EMS online diagnostics. swinstall has an option to select local tape but not a remote tape image. Unfortunately, swreg will register this image without comment. You'll need to use swcopy to unpack the image into standard depot format, then register the swcopy's destination depot location.

[Alex Lavrov.]

Yep, I already swcopied it.
It's just I don't understand what's the problem to install t from the remote depot, even if it's a tar file.

[Alex Lavrov.]

Bill, thanx for explanation, now I see what's the problem