cfgsa cfgsa
NAME
cfgsa - create selection and override files
SYNOPSIS
cfgsa AA
DESCRIPTION
The cfgsa tool creates selection files and override files based on the
release indexes in the Authorized Area at AA. Selection files are used
with distaa to load subsets of products from distribution media into an
Authorized Area. Override files are used with config or install++ to
constrain product configurations to a subset of those permitted by the
product release indexes.
The cfgsa tool uses the release indexes for the products in the Author-
ized Area at AA as the source of its configuration questions. The save
command to cfgsa places the override file it creates into the
install/overrides directory of this Authorized Area.
The cfgsa tool is interactive and accepts the following commands at its
CFGSA> prompt.
Commands
Although they are shown here in lowercase, you can enter cfgsa commands
in upper, lower, or mixed case. You can also abbreviate them to the
point of uniqueness. The cfgsa tool accepts the following commands at
its CFGSA> prompt:
available
Display a list of all the products in the Authorized Area at AA.
This is the list of products you can choose from with the select
command. The cfgsa tool executes an available command whenever it
starts up.
constrain
Begin a constraint session for the selected product. (see the
select command below). The constrain command causes cfgsa to
present the series of configuration questions defined by the release
index, and constrained by the current active override file for the
product, if one exists. After displaying each question, cfgsa
presents three types of possible constraints:
user Allow the user the full range of choices permitted by the
release index for the product at configuration time. This is
the default constraint type selected by hitting <RETURN> at the
constraint type prompt.
limit
Limit the user to a subset of the choices permitted by the
release index. Choosing limit causes cfgsa to display the set
of responses to the question allowed by the release index. You
can then choose a subset of those responses to be presented at
configuration time.
answer
Answer the question for the user. at configuration time.
Choosing answer causes cfgsa to display the set of responses to
the question allowed by the release index. The response you
choose becomes the answer to the configuration question posed
by the release index, and the user will not see the question at
configuration time.
The CFGSA> prompt returns after all of the configuration questions
posed by the release index have been presented for constraint. A
constraint session can be terminated early by using the abort com-
mand.
exit Exit the cfgsa tool. If you have not yet saved all the constraints
you have made, cfgsa asks for confirmation before terminating.
generate template
Create a selection file, named aa.template, and a matching override
file named ov.template, for the selected product in the current
working directory.
help Display a summary of the cfgsa commands accepted at the current
prompt.
revert
Remove all constraints imposed on the selected product during the
current cfgsa session.
save Save the constraints imposed on the selected product in the active
override file for the product in the authorized area at AA. If
there already is an active override file for the product in the
Authorized Area, cfgsa will ask you to confirm that you want to
overwrite the existing active override file.
select product_name product_version
Select version product_version of the product named product_name
from the list of available products.
show List all of the questions in the release index for the selected pro-
duct, together with the constraints imposed on the product confi-
guration by the currently active override file and any choices made
during the current cfgsa session.
EXAMPLES
cfgsa //sr10_node/authorized_area
Begins an interactive configuration session for the products loaded into
the Authorized Area at //sr10_node/authorized_area.
FILES
AA/install/tools/cfgsa
The executable for Domain/OS systems.
AA/install/tools_sr9/cfgsa
The executable for pre-SR10 systems.
AA/install/help/cfgsa.hlp
The help file for cfgsa.
AA/install/ri.*/ri.*
The release indexes for products in the Authorized Area at AA.
AA/install/overrides/ri.*
The active override files for products in the Authorized Area at AA,
or the override file created by the save command.
The selection file created
by the generate command.
The override file created
by the generate command.
SEE ALSO
config.hlp, install++.hlp.