Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Client Description and User's Guide

2.3.1 Resource classification

Packaged resources are managed on the managing server in two logical categories: packager type and cabinet. These are fundamental package attributes. The administrator needs to be aware of these two package categories when listing package attributes or distributing packages.

The following restrictions apply to the number of packages and cabinets that can be created in a package storehouse:

Maximum 1,296 cabinets per packager type

Maximum 5,000 packages per cabinet

Organization of this subsection

(1) Packager type

(2) Cabinet

(1) Packager type

The packager type is an attribute that represents the type of system on which a particular package was registered. In commands and messages, the packager type is shown as either of the following one-letter alphabetic codes (packager type code):

Package registered by UNIX packager (packager type code: C)

The resource was packaged from a UNIX packager.

Package registered by Windows packager (packager type code: D)

The resource was packaged from a Windows packager.

Except for shared packages, registered packages can only be distributed to the same type of system as the type of packager used. That is, the distribution-destination system must be of the same packager type. For example, a package registered by a UNIX packager can be distributed to a UNIX system, but not to a Windows system.

(2) Cabinet

At packaging time, the user specifies a package ID and cabinet ID. Packages that have the same packager type and the same cabinet ID are managed on the managing server as belonging to the same logical group of packages. A single package can be registered under different cabinet IDs, which enables package management by generation.

Whenever a user specifies a new cabinet ID at packaging time, the managing server creates a new cabinet in the package storehouse. This takes longer than registering the package in an existing cabinet.

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