HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide, June 2003

Updating Applications
HP-UX Patching Resources
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HP Security Bulletins
HP Security Bulletins are e-mailed periodically to announce critical
patches for your system. To subscribe, go to HP’s IT Resource Center:
http://itrc.hp.com
Select: Maintenance and Support -> Support Information Digests
HP-UX Support Plus
To keep your OS and HP-UX applications up-to-date, critical patches and
general-release patches are delivered periodically to subscribers of
HP-UX Support Plus service. You will need to install those patch bundles
when they arrive. For more information on Support Plus, go to this web
site:
http://software.hp.com/SUPPORT_PLUS
After installing the needed patch bundles from the Support Plus CD
supplied with 11i, you should maintain your system by using the patch
management tools available on HP’s IT Resource Center.
Other HP-UX Patching Resources
If you are not familiar with patching HP-UX, documents in the Patch
Management
section of HP’s documentation web site may be helpful:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/
General guidelines for patching HP-UX are provided in the HP-UX
11.0/11i Software Transition Kit:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK/hpuxpatch.html
Also see “Managing Patches” in the Software Distributor Administration
Guide.
Installing Patches
Follow these steps to install each patch you’ve downloaded on each
system prior to updating it to HP-UX 11i v1:
Step 1. Back up your system!
Step 2. Log in as root.