HP UX Patch Management manual 4

HP patch rating of 1 ........................................................................................................................	35
Rating details .............................................................................................................................	35
HP patch rating of 2 ........................................................................................................................	35
Rating details .............................................................................................................................	35
HP patch rating of 3 ........................................................................................................................	35
Rating details .............................................................................................................................	35
Critical and noncritical patches............................................................................................................	36
Finding information for a specific patch...............................................................................................	36
Patch documentation ......................................................................................................................	36
Advanced topic: the readme attribute............................................................................................	38
Obtaining information using the ITRC...........................................................................................	38
Accessing information on the ITRC...........................................................................................	38
Patch warnings......................................................................................................................................	38
The warning field............................................................................................................................	39
Critical and noncritical warnings....................................................................................................	39
How to handle patch warnings.......................................................................................................	40
Questions to ask...............................................................................................................................	40
Advanced topic: finding patches with warnings............................................................................	40
Backup and recovery............................................................................................................................	41
Considerations.................................................................................................................................	41
4 Patch management overview......................................................................................	42
Patch management life cycle.................................................................................................................	42
HP service contracts..............................................................................................................................	45
Patch management and software change management strategies.......................................................	45
Establishing a software change management strategy ..................................................................	45
Recommendations for software change management ...................................................................	46
Consideration of HP patch rating....................................................................................................	47
Patch management and software depots.........................................................................................	47
Proactive patching strategy.............................................................................................................	48
Acquiring patches for proactive patching..................................................................................	48
Advanced topic: HP-UX Software Assistant..............................................................................	49
Reactive patching strategy...............................................................................................................	49
Acquiring patches for reactive patching ...................................................................................	50
Advanced topic: security patching strategy ...................................................................................	50
Advanced topic: scanning for security patches ..............................................................................	51
Testing the patches to be installed .......................................................................................................	51
5 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?...............................................................	52
Key features..........................................................................................................................................	52
Standard HP-UX patch bundles...........................................................................................................	52
Obtaining standard HP-UX patch bundles..........................................................................................	53
6 Using the IT Resource Center......................................................................................	55
Obtaining an ITRC user account...........................................................................................................	55
Useful pages on the ITRC.....................................................................................................................	55
Find individual patches........................................................................................................................	55
Key features.....................................................................................................................................	56
Accessing the patch database and finding an individual patch.....................................................	56
Advanced topic: checking for special installation instructions............................................................	58
Advanced topic: checking for all patch dependencies.........................................................................	59
Check for patches with dependencies.............................................................................................	59
Standard patch bundles........................................................................................................................	62
Custom patch bundles - run a patch assessment..................................................................................	62
Support information digests.................................................................................................................	62
Key features.....................................................................................................................................	62

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