licence to install patches??

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

After issuing the following command to install ignite patches on a remote host,

swinstall -s /var/opt/ignite/depots/11i @ bird


I was a bit surprised to see a request for a licence to remotely install software..

how much, why and since when?

Later,
Bill

[Clemens van Everdingen · Accepted solution]

Hi Bill,

This is correct !
You need to have a license fro SD-UX to do a push install to a remote server.
If you do on the other hand a pull install from the remote server to a depot on another server you will find yourself out of trouble.

C.

[Stefan Farrelly]

since forever. Its always been expensive licensed software to 'push' a swinstall to a remote server. Running it on the local server - a 'pull' is the normal free way to do it. Products like OPC use SD pushing to install software to remote nodes - and OPC is chargeable also.

Software.hp.com should list how much it costs.

[Mateja Bezjak]

Hi Bill,

From the swinstall manual page:
2) (Optional) Enable the GUI interfaces for remote operations by
creating the .sdkey file on the controller. Use this command:

touch /var/adm/sw/.sdkey

If you have HP-UX 11i or HP-UX 11.0 you will be able to perform swinstall remotely.

Regards,
Mateja

[Stefan Farrelly]

Mateja - touching sdkey alone is not enough, if you read the manpage your need to install HP ServiceControl Manager first (which is licensed software), then you have to touch sdkey then the 'push' will work.

[Mateja Bezjak]

Hi Stefan

You don't need to install HP Service Control Manager. But if you want, it is free to download from http://www.software.hp.com/products/SCMGR/
More about remote operations is explained in Software Distributor Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i (Chapter:Remote Operations Overview):
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90754/B2355-90754.html
From my experience it is enough to just "touch /var/adm/sw/.sdkey"
You can test if touching .sdkey is enough by starting SD GUI (Action --> Add Targets

Regards,
Mateja

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

I'm nearly certain too that SCM is not as free as it seems - at least the web based component. Search forums for problems re that...

Later,
Bill