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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software
3.7 Using the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility
3.7.5 Using a Product Database
The POLYCENTER Software Installation utility automatically stores information
about product installation, configuration choices, and objects, such as files and
directories, that make up the product in the product database. The product
database is useful for recalling information about products installed on your
system and for detecting and tracking product dependencies.
3.7.5.1 Adding Information to the Database
Although the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility stores product
information for you automatically, you can also add your own information. When
you perform a task, you can include a remark—a comment to be recorded in
the product database—along with the other information about the task being
performed.
To add a remark to the product database, use the /REMARK qualifier with any of
the following DCL commands:
• PRODUCT RECONFIGURE
• PRODUCT INSTALL
• PRODUCT REMOVE
• PRODUCT REGISTER PRODUCT
Refer to the OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference Manual for
information about this command and the /REMARK qualifier.
3.7.5.2 Registering a Noncompliant Product
To register a product that was installed with a tool other than the POLYCENTER
Software Installation utility, enter PRODUCT REGISTER PRODUCT. This
command records information that a PDF provides. For example:
$ PRODUCT REGISTER PRODUCT TOOLCHEST
If you do not have a PDF for a product you want to register, enter the following
command:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:PCSI$REGISTER_PRODUCT.COM
This procedure prompts you for the product name, version, and producer. For
example, the producer for DIGITAL products is DEC. The procedure uses
this information to create a temporary, minimal PDF. It then executes the
PRODUCT REGISTER PRODUCT command to register the product, and deletes
the temporary PDF.
Because PCSI$REGISTER_PRODUCT.COM creates only a minimal PDF, it
cannot register with the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility database all
the information about the product. For this reason, if a PDF for the product is
available, use it.
Although a transition PDF is intended specifically for PRODUCT REGISTER
PRODUCT, you can also register full and operating system PDFs.
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