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Chapter 18. Using the Tivoli Software Distribution packaging tool

The Tivoli Software Distribution packaging tool supports automated distribution between a single Tivoli Software Distribution server and its TCP/IP-connected clients. The Tivoli Software Distribution tool works either by itself or in conjunction with TeamConnection's Gather tool to enable you to distribute ®les through Tivoli Software Distribution. Use of this tool requires you to be familiar with Tivoli con®guration and system administration so that TeamConnection can start Tivoli Software Distribution to distribute ®le packages.

The Tivoli Software Distribution distribution tool must be run on a Tivoli managed node running on any of TeamConnection's UNIX platforms or Windows NT.

The Tivoli Software Distribution distribution tool includes a sample build script named softdist (on UNIX platforms) or softdist.exe (on Windows NT). It can be run from within a TeamConnection builder. This build script maps TeamConnection build parameters to the command line syntax for the Tivoli Software Distribution tool through the teamcpak command line interface.

You can use Tivoli Software Distribution as a builder for packaging in two ways:

vIntegrate it with the gather step, so that the Gather tool leaves the package ®les in a directory from which Tivoli Software Distribution picks them up.

vUse it without the gather step. In this case, the build script for Tivoli Software Distribution must set up the directory and move ®les into it to interface correctly with the teamcpak command.

To simplify the interface, the Tivoli Software Distribution tool uses a select set of options. If you want to take full advantage of Tivoli Software Distribution features, you can import a Tivoli Software Distribution package speci®cation. Importing a package speci®cation provides you access to all Tivoli Software Distribution functions.

The Tivoli Software Distribution tool produces a Tivoli File Package, which is used for distribution.

Using the teamcpak command with Tivoli Software Distribution

To start the Tivoli Software Distribution tool, use the teamcpak command. This command is found in the directory where the TeamConnection family server is installed. If it is started from a build script, it needs to be in the execution path of the build server.

The complete syntax of the teamcpak softdist command follows. You must specify the command parameters in the order shown.

teamcpak [-i] [-o "string"] softdist inputFile

-iSpeci®es that only oneinputFile is speci®ed in the command: an include ®le containing the list of input ®les. This parameter is optional.

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