Terms

This chapter uses the following terms:

Certified Object (CO)

Component that has passed the certification process of the Certification Lab and is available for download and management.

Component

Any logical unit that is, or can be, part of a machine. Such a unit is not only a software component itself, but also any logical construct of the component hierarchy.

Components list

Organizational structure of software in Sun Update Connection – Enterprise, using a hierarchy of logical holders for actual software packages.

Inventory

(1) List of components installed on a managed host. (2) List of components on the universal server.

Knowledge Base

A local knowledge base is a private, on-site only, collection of NCO listings and their deployment rules as generated by the Local Expansion technology.

Local Expansion technology

Application that generates knowledge for local components unknown to the universal server.

Local Files

Files that you add to the local knowledge base. Categorized as the following:

• Action – Script or binary that directly causes a change in a host. Defined as a pre-action or a post-action according to its order in a job.

• Configuration File – Non-action file that can contain user-defined macros.

• Macro – Script or binary that overwrites a variable with a value, usually taken from a host to localize a file.

• Probe – Script or binary that runs a test on a host as a job prerequisite.

Local Software (NCO)

Component from a local environment, a third party, or Solaris that has not passed certification and is not permitted to be distributed without a specific license.

Also known as a Non Certified Object (NCO).