HP-UX Software Assistant Administration Guide (December 2011)

5 Networking options..................................................................................23
Using SWA in secure network environments...............................................................................23
Using proxy servers with Software Assistant................................................................................23
Using the download_cmd extended option.................................................................................23
Running SWA on a system without access to the Internet..............................................................24
6 Running SWA from within HP SIM..............................................................26
The Central Management Server...............................................................................................26
Launching SWA.....................................................................................................................26
Using the SWA scheduling under HP SIM..................................................................................26
Generate report.....................................................................................................................26
Selecting target systems......................................................................................................27
Verifying selected systems...................................................................................................29
Setting report options for SWA in HP SIM.............................................................................29
Running your SWA job in HP SIM........................................................................................33
The multisystem summary report...........................................................................................35
Review jobs...........................................................................................................................35
Monitoring and maintaining your SWA tasks.............................................................................36
Viewing Task Results...........................................................................................................36
Viewing All Scheduled Tasks...............................................................................................36
Authorizing non-privileged users...............................................................................................37
Requirements.....................................................................................................................38
How to authorize a non-privileged user to run SWA................................................................38
7 Support and other resources......................................................................40
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................40
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................40
HP contact information.......................................................................................................40
Subscription service............................................................................................................40
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................40
Related information.................................................................................................................41
Documents........................................................................................................................41
Websites..........................................................................................................................41
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................41
A Useful files and directories.........................................................................43
B Troubleshooting SWA................................................................................45
Log files.................................................................................................................................45
The swa.conf file.....................................................................................................................45
Common errors......................................................................................................................45
CRL checking error when getting catalog..............................................................................45
Failed to read swa_catalog.xml...........................................................................................45
Proxy errors.......................................................................................................................46
HP SIM errors related to SWA..................................................................................................46
SWA installation error........................................................................................................46
Glossary....................................................................................................47
Index.........................................................................................................49
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