HP-UX Software

A tool that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management

Assistant

on HP-UX systems. The SWA tool is the HP-recommended utility to use to maintain currency

 

with HP-published security bulletins and recommended patch levels for HP-UX 11i software.

 

SWA has been released for HP-UX 11i systems. SWA can perform a number of checks including

 

published security issues, installed patches with warnings, and missing patches with critical

 

fixes. Once an analysis has been performed, you can use SWA to download any recommended

 

patches or patch bundles and create a depot ready for installation.

Ignite-UX

An application that facilitates installing and configuring HP-UX systems. Ignite-UX provides

 

a toolset used on HP-UX for doing cold installs and system recovery. It uses SD for doing

 

package-based installs, and can also use golden images for supplying software.

installed product

A product that has been installed on a host so that its files can be used by end users. Contrasts

 

with a product residing in a depot on a host's file system. Sometimes referred to as an available

 

product.

Installed Products

Describes the products that are installed on any given host (or within an alternate root). Installed

Database

product information is created by the swinstall command, and managed by the swmodify

 

command. The contents of an IPD reside in a directory structure with a single common root.

IPD

See Installed Products Database.

IUX

See Ignite-UX.

object

The pieces of software that SD-UX packages, distributes, installs, and manages. There are three

 

classes of objects: software (installed on target roots or available in depots), containers (depot,

 

roots, alternate roots), and jobs.

patch

Software designed to update specific bundles, products, subproducts, filesets, or files on a

 

system. By definition, patch software is packaged with the is_patch attribute set to true.

patch bundle

Is a collection of patches that have been grouped into a single software object (bundle) to meet

 

a specific need.

 

See also bundle.

patch category

Patches have categories, or category tags, associated with them to simplify the process of

 

determining the general purpose of a specific patch.

patch rollback

The process of removing a patch from the system and restoring the system to the prepatched

 

state.

patch warning

Is a notification that a patch causes or exposes adverse behavior. Patch warnings provide specific

 

information about this incorrect behavior, as well as other important details and

 

recommendations.

prerequisite

A dependency in which one fileset requires another fileset to be installed or configured before

 

the first fileset can be installed or configured. For example, fileset A might require that fileset

 

B is installed before fileset A can be installed. Therefore, fileset B is a prerequisite for fileset A.

 

See also dependency, corequisite.

product directory

The root directory of a product object, in which most of its files are contained. You can change

 

(relocate) the default product directory when you install a locatable product.

rollback

See patch rollback.

SD

See Software Distributor.

SD-UX

HP-UX software management commands. These commands are referred to as SD-UX (Software

 

Distributor-HP-UX).

 

See also Software Distributor.

serial depot

See tape depot.

software depot

An SD format structure that contains one or more software products that can be installed on

 

other systems or copied to other depots.

Software

The native toolset used on HP-UX for managing software packages.

Distributor

 

software object

The objects packaged, distributed, installed, or managed by SD. A software object can be a file,

 

fileset, bundle, or product. Most operations are performed on filesets.

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