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

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2.4.1 Executing the distribution job by the managing server

To register and execute a distribution job, use the distributor tool command rdsafind. See the following:

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(1) Notes on executing a distribution job for the UNIX version of another company's software

(1) Notes on executing a distribution job for the UNIX version of another company's software

This subsection provides notes on executing a distribution job of the UNIX version of another company's software.

(a) Options that cannot be specified when a distribution job is executed

When you use the rdsafind command to register or execute a distribution job for the UNIX version of another company's software, do not specify the following options:

(b) Settings that must be specified on the distribution-destination systems

When a distribution job for the UNIX version of another company's software is executed, one of the standard OS installation commands shown in Table 2-10 is executed on the distribution-destination systems. The command must be placed in the directory shown in Table 2-10.

Table 2-10 OS-standard installation commands and options

OS Installation command Options Directory for storing the installation command
HP-UX swinstall -s, -x autoreboot=false, and
-x reinstall=true (options for overwrite installation)
-x autorecover_product=true (option for the recovery facility)
-c (option for a response file)
/usr/sbin
Solaris pkgadd -d, -n, -r (options for a response file)
-a (option for the installation management file)
AIX geninstall -d, -Z, and -I F (options for overwrite installation)

Note that the version of the distribution-destination systems must be 08-00 or later.

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