Information about the package, whatsup, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The whatsup package is designed for, Node up/down detection utility.
Package Name:
whatsup
Summary:
Node up/down detection utility
Description:
Whatsup is a cluster node up/down detection utility. Whatsup can quickly calculate and output the up and down nodes of a cluster. Whatsup allows some tools, such as Pdsh, to operate more quickly by not operating on down nodes. Whatsup calculates the up and down nodes of a cluster through one of several possible backend tools and several optional cluster node databases.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.14
Release:
11.el6
Size:
60 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the whatsup package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install whatsup
This command will install whatsup on the server.
yum remove whatsup
This command will un-install whatsup on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove whatsup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove whatsup
This command will un-install whatsup on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove whatsup when using the -y flag.
yum update whatsup
This command will update whatsup to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove whatsup, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update whatsup
This command will update whatsup to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove whatsup when using the -y flag.
yum info whatsup
This command will show you core information about the whatsup package.
yum deplist whatsup
This command will show you the dependencies for whatsup. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update whatsup
This command will check if there is an update waiting on whatsup. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.