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Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Client Description and User's Guide
- cabinet
- A unit for grouping and managing resources packaged in a package storehouse on the managing server. Cabinets can be set at the managing server or at a packager.
- client services (JP1/Software Distribution Client)
- Functions for a relay system, distribution-destination system, and packager. Normally, the client services start automatically when the machine is started, and are available as resident services.
- client workstation
- A UNIX distribution-destination system that is connected to the managing server (JP1/Software Distribution Manager) via a relay system.
- collection-information file
- A file for setting information about the resource files to be collected (collection information). Remote collection is performed at the managing server according to the settings in this file.
- collection script file
- A file required when collecting resource files from a Windows machine. This file contains information about the resources to be collected and the collection method.
- collection storehouse
- An area on the managing server for storing resource files collected from the distribution-destination systems.
- core-related information
- Core-related information is required to investigate failures. For example, the contents of core files and information about OS libraries are acquired as core-related information.
- distribution-destination system
- A system on which a package can be remotely installed. A UNIX distribution-destination system is called an end workstation if it is connected directly to the managing server. A distribution-destination system connected via a relay system is known as a client workstation.
- distributor tools
- Managing server facilities that run on JP1/Software Distribution Client. Only when you want to use JP1/Software Distribution Client as the managing server, you use a command to start and use these facilities. The managing server of JP1/Software Distribution Client is effective for only those systems (JP1/Software Distribution Client) that are directly connected via a LAN.
- end workstation
- A UNIX distribution-destination system that is connected directly to the managing server without being routed through a relay system.
- event log (event log file)
- A collection of JP1 events output by JP1/Software Distribution Client.
- external program processing for collection
- User-specific processing that starts before or after file collection execution.
- file transfer server
- A process that runs on relay systems and end workstations. The file transfer server controls file transfer between the managing server and distribution-destination systems, and between each relay system and distribution-destination systems.
- FireWall-1
- A firewall applicable to a JP1/Software Distribution system. This firewall uses the packet filtering gateway method.
- full package ID
- A unique name within the system that identifies a package for distribution and management. A full package ID is a period-separated list of the packager type code, cabinet ID, package ID, version, and generation number.
- Gauntlet
- A firewall applicable to a JP1/Software Distribution system. This firewall uses the application gateway method.
- generator
- A program that installs packages distributed from the managing server. Client services of JP1/Software Distribution Client provide the standard generator, and generator tools also provide a generator.
- generator tools
- Additional capabilities for JP1/Software Distribution Client running as a distribution-destination system. These tools start automatically during installation of software that is distributed using the generator tools for JP1/Software Distribution Manager. The generator tools are extensions of the client services and offer more precise control over installation of distributed software.
- host file
- A file that defines the attributes of the managing server. A host file is used to specify a different managing server from the one specified in the settings file, or to execute packaging operations simultaneously with remote installation and collection, using VOS3 Software Distribution as the managing server.
- ID group
- An identifier for a group of distribution-destination systems. An ID group can be created from either the managing server or distribution-destination system.
- ID group definition file
- A file that defines the ID group to which the local UNIX machine belongs.
- installation script file
- A file that encodes the procedure for installing software on a Windows machine. This file is required for distributing a shared package to a distribution-destination system running under Windows.
- job
- Instructions from the managing server to a distribution-destination system for executing distribution or collection.
- job management file
- A file in which jobs are registered for execution by the managing server. This file also manages information about the status of jobs after execution.
- JP1 event
- Information that is sent to JP1/Base to report any phenomenon that occurs in the system.
- managing server
- A system that distributes packages and manages distribution status and the status of the distribution-destination systems.
- Multi-Software Distribution function
- A function that runs more than one managing server on a single machine. Up to eight managing servers can run on a single machine.
- multiple LAN connections
- A function of JP1/Software Distribution for handling systems that are composed of multiple local area networks (LANs). Using this function, you can preset the LAN to be used for JP1 transmission on hosts that are connected to multiple LANs. JP1/Software Distribution can be set for independent communication, separate from the system or other applications, allowing flexibility for a multiplicity of network structures and operating methods.
- Hosts connected to multiple LAN may also be called multi-homed hosts or multiple Network Interface Card (NIC) hosts.
- JP1/Software Distribution supports the following multiple LAN connection environments:
- environments separated into multiple networks
- environments with duplex networks
- package
- Software that is registered and ready for distribution.
- package attribute file
- Attribute information (package ID, distribution conditions, and so on) about the packages registered on the managing server.
- package ID
- A name assigned to a resource when it is packaged.
- package status file
- A JP1/Software Distribution Manager file that contains information about the package installation status on each distribution-destination system.
- package storehouse
- An area on the managing server for storing packages for remote installation.
- packager
- A system at which packages are registered on the managing server for remote installation. JP1/Software Distribution Client has this function. A relay system or distribution-destination system can also serve as a packager.
- packaging
- Operation to register software in a managing server.
- packaging-information file
- A file used for setting information about the resources to be packaged. Information written in a packaging-information file is stored in a package attribute file on the managing server.
- relay system
- A system positioned between the managing server and distribution-destination systems. A relay system distributes packages to the distribution-destination systems, and forwards collected resources back to the managing server. A number of relay systems can be connected in a hierarchy.
- reserved ID group
- A default ID group used when no ID groups have been defined. Reserved ID groups classify each relay system, or all the clients directly under a relay system, by names differentiated by the operating system.
- resource file
- Software stored in the package storehouse and collection storehouse of the managing server.
- settings file
- A file used for setting the operating environment of the JP1/Software Distribution programs.
- shared package
- User data or a user program that can be distributed to both UNIX and Windows distribution-destination systems.
- system configuration information
- Information about the network configuration of the JP1/Software Distribution system, including host names, IP addresses, and distribution-destination names of the relay systems and distribution-destination systems. The environment settings at these systems are automatically reported and stored in a system configuration file on the managing server (JP1/Software Distribution Manager).
- system information
- Information about the hardware, such as disk space and memory capacity, at each distribution-destination system. The managing server collects system information from the distribution-destination systems, and uses the information to check the status of a distribution-destination system before remote installation, for example.
- temporary collection storehouse
- An area on a relay system or end workstation for temporarily keeping resource files collected from distribution-destination systems.
- temporary job storehouse
- An area on a relay system for temporarily storing jobs that are executed from the managing server via that relay system.
- temporary package storehouse
- An area on a relay system for temporarily keeping packages distributed from the managing server via that relay system.
- user inventory
- Information collected and managed on a Windows managing server, according to items specified by the administrator. The user at a distribution-destination system must enter information about the local system for the requested items.
- user resource status file
- A file that records the status of user resources on a distribution-destination system. This file is used to report information about the resources installed locally to the managing server. The reported information is stored in a package status file on the managing server.
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