4.1.3 Repository exclusion

During operation involving updating of a repository, the repository might get locked and the operation might not be possible. There are 2 types of locks, namely exclusive lock and shared lock. There are following restrictions during an operation:

You cannot perform operations, which are meant for exclusive lock or shared lock during exclusive lock.
You cannot perform operations, which are meant for another shared lock at the same time during shared lock.

The following table describes the lock types and target operations:

Table 4‒1: Lock types and target operations
Lock type	Target operation	Explanation
Exclusive lock	Operation to be performed using update based command	The following commands will be targeted: csccompodeploy command csccompoundeploy command cscpasswd command cscrepctl command cscsvcctl command cscsvsetup command cscsvunsetup command
Shared lock	Operation to be performed using reference based command	The following commands will be targeted: cscpidelete command cscpireexec command cscpiselect command cscrepdiff command cscrepls command cscstatus command cscsvcls command cscsvconfig command cscutil command cscresinfo command
Shared lock	Operation to be performed on the screen of an operating environment	-

Legend:: -: Not applicable.

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