Solaris WBEM Services Administrator's Guide

Packages

The Solaris_Application1.0.mof file contains classes that represent standard Solaris packages. These packages can be individually installed in and removed from the Solaris operating environment.

The following table lists the attributes you can set for your application packages, shows the field in which the package attribute is displayed when you run the pkginfo command, and describes the package attribute.

Table B-2 Package Information You Can Provide
 Package Attributepkginfo Field Description

Name 

PKGINST

The name you assign to your package. Names typically take the form of 3 to 4 uppercase characters indicating the vendor, and up to 5 lowercase characters to uniquely identify the package. 

Description 

DESC

A brief description of the package in the form of a character string. 

Caption 

NAME

An additional brief description of the package in the form of a character string. 

Category 

CATEGORY

Type of information contained in the package, for example, if the package contains video, graphic, or Java applications. The category is formed by a free-form string that usually contains the term system or application. The category string can be comprised of multiple terms separated by commas. Possible values include: ALE, graphics, java, video, JFP, SyMON.

Architecture 

ARCH

System architecture to which the package applies. The Architecture attribute can be a string or an enumeration. Use all to specify a generic text package such as a package that consists of man pages. Specify sparc or i386 to represent a binary (represented by its processor type) , or sparc.sun4u to specify a kernel (represented as a subclass of its processor type).

Base Directory 

BASEDIR

Valid UNIX path that indicates the top-level directory where the package was installed. 

Manufacturer 

VENDOR

Manufacturer of the product. 

Build Number 

PSTAMP

String showing the build host name followed by a time stamp. 

Install Date 

INSTDATE

Date and time values that indicate when the operating system was installed. 

Support Information 

HOTLINE

Character string that provides information about who to call for support.