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swinstall(1M) swinstall(1M)
DIAGNOSTICS
The swinstall and swcopy commands write to stdout, stderr, and to specific logfiles.
Standard Output
An interactive
swinstall or swcopy session does not write to stdout. A non-interactive
swin-
stall or swcopy session writes messages for significant events. These include:
• a begin and end session message,
• selection, analysis, and execution task messages for each target_selection.
Standard Error
An interactive
swinstall or swcopy session does not write to stderr. A non-interactive
swinstall
or swcopy session writes messages for all WARNING and ERROR conditions to stderr.
Logging
Both interactive and non-interactive
swinstall and swcopy sessions log summary events at the host
where the command was invoked. They log detailed events to the
swagent logfile associated with each
target_selection.
Command Log
The
swinstall and swcopy commands log all stdout and stderr messages to the the logfile
/var/adm/sw/swinstall.log
(/var/adm/sw/swcopy.log). Similar messages are logged
by an interactive
swinstall and swcopy session. The user can specify a different logfile by
modifying the logfile option.
Target Log
A
swagent process performs the actual install or copy operation at each target_selection.For
install tasks, the
swagent logs messages to the file var/adm/sw/swagent.log
beneath the
root directory (for example,
/ or an alternate root directory). For copy tasks, the
swagent logs
messages to the file
swagent.log beneath the depot directory (for example, /var/spool/sw
).
You can view the command and target log files with the
swjob or
sd command.
Source Depot Audit Log
If both source and target machine are updated to SD revision B.11.00 or later, the system adminis-
trator at the source depot machine can track which user pulls which software from a depot on the
source machine and when the software is pulled. (Note that a user running
swinstall/swcopy
from a target machine cannot set this option; only the administrator of the source depot machine
can set it. See the source_depot_audit option in the swagent (1M) man page.)
swagentd Disabled
If the
swagentd daemon has been disabled on the host, it can be enabled by the host’s system adminis-
trator by setting the SW_ENABLE_SWAGENTD
entry in /etc/rc.config.d/swconfig to 1
and exe-
cuting
/usr/sbin/swagentd -r
.
EXAMPLES
swinstall
To invoke an interactive session of
swinstall:
swinstall
Select the C and Pascal products from the network source software server (sw_server) and start an
interactive session:
swinstall -i -s sw_server cc pascal
Install the C and Pascal products to a set of remote hosts:
swinstall -s sw_server cc pascal @ hostA hostB hostC
Install the HP Omniback product from the directory depot /tmp/software while in the directory
/tmp:
swinstall -s ./software Omniback
Update the HP Omniback product from a CD-ROM mounted at /cd:
swinstall -s /cd/swmedia Omniback
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