HP UX Patch Management manual 96

B
			Install all required
Review existing			software and patches
			in test and then
change			production
management
procedures
					No
Check with	Acquire software				Use	Create	Include required
application vendor	and patches on				DRD	recovery/	software in
for specific tools	media or from			to minimize		archive	master depot
recommendations	Web site			downtime?		image	or golden
and patches							image
					Yes
				Create clone
			* Ensure the latest				End :
			drd_unsafe_patch_list
							New software
			file is loaded
							deployed
			Apply all required
			software and patches
		to clone and test/validate
				Activate and
			reboot clone

NOTE: The latest OEUR media and AR media include new and updated software. The 11i v2 and v3 OEUR media include all standard patch bundles. The AR media only include the FEATURE11i patch bundle for applications on AR media that require patches during installation. Patch bundles can be obtained from the ITRC.

The new HP-UX 11i v2 Software Pack media include the SPK product bundles with required patches in the same depot. Selection of the desired SPK product bundle will automatically select the required patches. Most product bundles from the HP Software Depot will also include required patches in the same depot.

Older SPK bundles that include patches (from 11i v1 and v2 releases) should be in a separate depot from the standard patch bundles. This requirement might result in two install sessions with two system reboots.

Additional software can be obtained at the HP Software Depot.

*More information is available in the Managing Rare DRD-Unsafe Patches white paper, available at http://www.hp.com/go/drd-docs.

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