Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Printers, Software, and Performance
About Patches
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About Patches
You can find information about patches at:
• In the US, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, use:
http://us-support.external.hp.com
• In Europe, use:
http://europe-support.external.hp.com
From there you can obtain a list of patches and their descriptions. You
can also search for and download available patches.
Other useful information about patches can be found at the following
URLs:
• http://devresource.hp.com/STK/toc_ref.html#HP-UX
• http://software.hp.com
• http://itresourcecenter.hp.com (This URL requires a free
registration.)
Additionally, HP-UX Patch Management, a guide to patching HP-UX
11.x systems, can be found at http://docs.hp.com.
Recommended Patches - Extension Software
HP recommends that you install the patches from Extension Software.
Extension Software is a CD-ROM that contains HP-UX core patches
for each version of HP-UX. The patches in the bundle have been tested as
a single unit and therefore the possibility of conflicting patches is
minimized.
All customers with an HP-UX Software Support contract are shipped
Extension Software every two months. Each CD-ROM supersedes the
previous one.
Installing Extension Software
Step 1. Put the “HP-UX Extension Software” CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Step 2. Make sure the CD-ROM drive is mounted: