Table of Contents | |
1 HP-UX patches and patch management...................................................................... | 7 |
Patch management strategies................................................................................................................. | 7 |
How to get patches............................................................................................................................ | 8 |
Where to start.................................................................................................................................... | 8 |
2 Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems............................................................ | 9 |
Overview................................................................................................................................................. | 9 |
Before you begin..................................................................................................................................... | 9 |
Should you use standard HP-UX patch bundles?............................................................................. | 9 |
Should you use individual patches?................................................................................................. | 9 |
Standard HP-UX patch bundles...................................................................................................... | 10 |
Acquiring and installing standard HP-UX patch bundles................................................................... | 10 |
Acquiring the bundles..................................................................................................................... | 10 |
Installing the bundles...................................................................................................................... | 11 |
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)......................................................................... | 12 |
Acquiring and installing individual patches........................................................................................ | 13 |
Acquiring the patches...................................................................................................................... | 13 |
Installing the patches....................................................................................................................... | 15 |
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)......................................................................... | 16 |
3 HP-UX patch overview.................................................................................................. | 17 |
Patch-related concepts.......................................................................................................................... | 17 |
Patch identification.......................................................................................................................... | 17 |
HP-UX software structure............................................................................................................... | 17 |
Patch bundles................................................................................................................................... | 18 |
Software depots and patch depots.................................................................................................. | 18 |
Patch status...................................................................................................................................... | 19 |
Patch state........................................................................................................................................ | 19 |
State.................................................................................................................................................. | 20 |
Category tags................................................................................................................................... | 20 |
Which patches are on a system?........................................................................................................... | 21 |
Examples of the swlist command................................................................................................ | 22 |
Ancestors and supersession.................................................................................................................. | 25 |
Ancestors......................................................................................................................................... | 25 |
Advanced topic: determining patch ancestors........................................................................... | 25 |
Supersession.................................................................................................................................... | 26 |
Advanced topic: displaying supersession information............................................................. | 27 |
Advanced topic: supersession and the patch_state attribute............................................... | 28 |
Patch-related attributes......................................................................................................................... | 29 |
Patch dependencies............................................................................................................................... | 31 |
Types of dependencies..................................................................................................................... | 31 |
Corequisites and prerequisites........................................................................................................ | 31 |
Advanced topic: determining corequisite and prerequisite filesets with the swlist | |
command.................................................................................................................................... | 32 |
Enforced and unenforced (manual) dependencies......................................................................... | 32 |
Impact of dependencies on acquiring patches................................................................................ | 32 |
Patch rollback and commitment........................................................................................................... | 33 |
Patch rollback................................................................................................................................... | 33 |
Advanced topic: patch installation and rollback files................................................................ | 33 |
Patch commitment........................................................................................................................... | 33 |
Advanced topic: patch cleanup utility............................................................................................ | 34 |
HP-UX patch ratings............................................................................................................................. | 34 |
