My original question:
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Hello everybody,
I need to know if is there any utility for T64 Unix that checks which
software is installed in my machine. I don't need operating system software
detect (I could find it with setld) only, for example finders for database
managers, Patrol, Tuxedo, network monitoring utilities, backup products and
so on.
I understand that the number of applications found is limited to the
most known, but perhaps it would be enough.
I've tried with sys_check, which detects Oracle, Patrol, SAP,
Samba.... but I need a bigger catalogue.
Please, respond to romero_a5_at_tsm.es
Thanks in advance!
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Finally I obtained two anwsers about. Special thanks to Stan Horwitz and
Alan.
To make the software inventory about applications that doesn't
install/license using setld / lmf utilities, they suggested me to do what
I suspected from the beginning.... i.e. to make my own application by
checking conditions that should be certain when a product is installed. For
example, sys_check tests the existence of /etc/oratab file to start a more
extensive analysis about Oracle installation.
So my solution would be to interview the customer about applications that
they suspect to have in their machines, and build a tests' set. Obviously,
this solution doesn't ensures a total detection, but customer knows that's
impossible in their machines.
Another solution suggested by Stan was to install every products into a
directory (of course using this directory as a mount point for several file
systems). This way allows you list all software installed by viewing this
directory's content. The problem is system administratos should to keep in
mind this when they add new software.
Received on Fri Aug 31 2001 - 07:48:53 NZST