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

7.6 Acquiring software information

You can acquire information for software installed on lower-level systems from the managing server.

In addition, information can be periodically collected if the managing server is a Windows version of JP1/Software Distribution Manager 02-02 or later. There are three types of collection periods: daily, weekly, and monthly. For details, see the Windows manual. When a collection period is specified, information on the added software is collected only when new software information is added. Software information acquisition is executed while the system is running even if you specify the acquisition execution timing.

Note that information about deleted software is not reported to the managing server, and therefore is not automatically deleted from the managing server. To check the latest software information, delete the package status file of the managing server, and then acquire software information.

The following shows software information that is acquired from the managing server. For JP1/Software Distribution SubManager Version 06-51 or earlier or JP1/Software Distribution Client Version 06-51 or earlier, only software information on Hitachi program products and UAPs is acquired.

Managing server		Acquired information
UNIX	Windows (GUI)
rdsdmcnf -d	Search for software installed by JP1/Software Distribution.	Information for Hitachi program products and UAPs is acquired.
Not applicable	Search for all software.	When the managing server is UNIX version Hitachi program products and other companies' software and patch information# is acquired When the managing server is Windows version Search results derived from the search list are acquired in addition to Hitachi program products and other companies' software and patch information#. If you select Specify drive to be searched for, all fixed drives are searched. Other companies' software information and patch information is acquired from the output results of the following command: HP-UX /usr/sbin/swlist -lproduct Solaris /usr/bin/pkginfo -l -c application Command to acquire patch information: /usr/bin/showrev -p AIX /usr/bin/lslpp -lc Command to acquire patch information: /usr/sbin/instfix -ic
Not applicable	Search for software that adds or deletes applications.	Hitachi program products, other companies' software and patch information# is acquired.
Not applicable	Search files.	File search function is not supported. If Search for file is specified at the Windows managing server, the information that is acquired is identical to that acquired when Search for software installed at JP1/Software Distribution is specified is acquired.
Not applicable	Search for Microsoft Office products	Search for Microsoft Office products is not supported.
Not applicable	Search for anti-virus products	Search for information on anti-virus products is not supported.

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By creating the following files, you can suppress the output of patch information.

• For systems other than HP-UX: /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
• For HP-UX: /var/opt/NETMDMW/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation

Create this file from the prompt screen. The following shows an example of creating the file for other than HP-UX.

1. > /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
2. cp /dev/null /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
3. cat /dev/null > /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
4. echo > /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation

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