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Installing, Upgrading, and Updating Software |
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Performing Other Operations on Installed Software Products
Reconfiguring an Installed Product
After you install a product, you can change the configuration
choices made during the installation. This is called reconfiguration.
You choose the options you want; the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility makes all the necessary
changes.
To change the configuration choices for an installed product, use the PRODUCT RECONFIGURE command. The product kit must be present in the user's default directory or specified by the /SOURCE qualifier or by the PCSI$SOURCE logical name.
Recording a Change in Volume Label in the
Product Database
To record
a changed volume label in the product database, enter the PRODUCT
REGISTER VOLUME command. You will be prompted for the old volume
label and the name of the device where the volume is mounted.
This command replaces all occurrences of the old volume label with the new volume label. (The POLYCENTER Software Installation utility reads the new label from the disk.)
Note that PRODUCT REGISTER VOLUME changes the information in the product database only; it does not change the label on the volume. To rename a volume, use the DCL command SET VOLUME. Then use PRODUCT REGISTER VOLUME to record the new name.
You can also use the PRODUCT REGISTER VOLUME command to record a change in the physical or logical device name.
Copying a Software Kit to a New Location
You can use the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility to copy product distribution kits
from one location to another. If you transfer a kit from tape to
disk, you can change the format from a sequential copy to a reference
copy.
To copy a software kit from one location to another, use the PRODUCT COPY command. Specify the current location with the /SOURCE qualifier and the new location with the /DESTINATION qualifier. For example:
$PRODUCT COPY/SOURCE=WORK_DISK:[KITS]/DESTINATION=LOCAL_DISK:[KIT_INSTALL] CMS
Converting a Software Kit from One Format
to Another
You can
convert a software kit from reference format (on disk or CD-ROM)
to sequential format, from sequential format to reference format,
or from sequential format to compressed format by using the /FORMAT
qualifier with PRODUCT COPY.
For example, to convert CMS from sequential format to reference format, enter the following command:
$PRODUCT COPY/FORMAT=REFERENCE/SOURCE=MUA1:/DESTINATION=LOCAL_DISK:[KIT_INSTALL] CMS
Retrieving
Product Information
All of the information stored by the product database (PDB)
can be accessed by using the SHOW OBJECT, SHOW PRODUCT, and SHOW
HISTORY commands. This section describes how to use these commands
to retrieve information from the PDB.
Displaying Information About Objects
To display information about the managed objects (for example,
files, accounts, and directories) associated with the products installed
on your system, use the SHOW OBJECT command.
SHOW OBJECT Command: Displaying Managed Object Information lists questions that can be answered with SHOW OBJECT.
Displaying Information About the Products
You can obtain information about products installed on your
system with the SHOW PRODUCT and SHOW HISTORY commands.
SHOW PRODUCT and SHOW HISTORY Commands lists some of the questions
that can be answered with these commands.
Retrieving Patch Recovery Information
You can access certain information in the patch recovery data
set by using the SHOW RECOVERY_DATA command.
SHOW RECOVERY_DATA Command: Displaying Patch Recovery Information lists questions that this command can answer.
Deleting
Patch Recovery Data
You might discover that you are running low on free system
disk space and, at the same time, have a stable software product
environment after installation of a number of patches. To increase
the size of the free disk space, you might want to consider deleting
some patch recovery data that you do not expect to use. The PRODUCT
DELETE RECOVERY_DATA command allows you to do this.
DELETE RECOVERY_DATA Command: Displaying Delete Options lists options that are available with
this command.
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