ups and upd for product installers

7/1/98


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ups and upd for product installers

In a nutshell

Target audience

Some Assumptions...

Act 1a - installing a new product instance

Examples of ups list - 1

Examples of ups list - 2

keywords for the -K switch

check the status of any Fermilab product

check the status of the product on the distribution node

Examples of upd list - 1

Examples of upd list - 2

Act 1b - installing a new product instance

Example of .upsfiles/dbconfig file

Example of .updfiles/updconfig file

download and install the new instance

other examples of upd install

Act 1c - installing a new product instance

Act 2a - shifting the test and current versions

Examples: checking your database status

Act 2b - doing the shuffle, moving current to old, and test to current

Act 3 - removing the old version and software

a brief intro to table files, and other useful info

Example table file: exmh

table file actions - a limited ‘need to know’ for installers

dependent products

Example: ups list -l

Example: ups depend

keeping a product up-to-date

Example: upd update

Example: upp subscription file

Example: upd fetch

Author: Mike Stolz

Email: uas-group@fnal.gov

Home Page: http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/ups/