Creating a patch depot on tape

[JHL_1]

I'm installing java via swinstall and all of the necessary patches. I've got both the applications and patches on tape as .tar files. Is there a way to use the tape itself as a depot (then allowing other users to use the same tape as a depot for other machines)instead of copying the files to a file system depot?

[harry d brown jr]

Look at swcopy and swpackage

live free or die
harry

[Martin Johnson]

A file system depot will install faster than a tape depot.

HTH
Marty

[harry d brown jr]

Marty,

I think they are looking for a simple way to distribute "packages" to machines possibly not on the same network.

live free or die
harry

[Cheryl Griffin · Accepted solution]

The tarballs on tape are not in a swinstall recognized format as they currently exist. You could swpackage them and then copy that to the tape, so that the tape can be used as a depot:


Place the java app and patches in a depot on the system. For this example it's in /tmp/java/java_depot, then:
# swpackage -d /dev/rmt/0m -s /tmp/java/java_depot -x target_type=tape

The depot is now on tape.

Cheers,
Cheryl