swcopy vs make_depots

[Jun Zhang_4]

Considering the disk space efficiency, I would like to copy only the needed bundles from CD to disk --- creating depots in so doing for later use. I guess make_depots command copies everything from the CD. Can I create depots without using make_depots but swcopy?

Jun Z

[Bernhard Mueller · Accepted solution]

Hi,

sure you can, just select a target, if such a directory does not exist swcopy will create it and it will be registered as a depot.

Verify after swcopy session using
swlist -l depot
swlist -s /path_to_depot

Regards,
Bernhard

[G. Vrijhoeven]

HI Jun Z.

If you have the CD you can install directly from it so you do not need to copy it to depot. If you need to install software on an other server ( lets call it server B) just run a swreg -l depot /cdrom/depotpath on serverA. Start a swinstall session on serverB and connect to Server A and install.

Gideon

[Steven E. Protter]

Attaching a potentially useful script.

SEP

[Geoff Wild]

Set enforce_dependencies=false when you copy - else some filesets may not get put into the depot - ie when creating a pacth depot:

swcopy -x enforce_dependencies=false -s /cdrom \* @ /var/software/patch/11i.jan2004

Rgds...Geoff