HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide, June 2007

Installing HP Applications and Patches
HP-UX Patching and Patch Management
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HP-UX Software Assistant
HP-UX Software Assistant (SWA) C.01.01 is a command-line based tool
that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin
management on HP-UX systems. The SWA tool is new for HP-UX
releases as of January 2007. It includes Security Patch Check (SPC)
functionality, and is the HP-recommended utility to use to maintain
currency with HP-published security bulletins for HP-UX software. The
bundle name is SwAssistant. The product number is B6834AA. It
replaces the Security Patch Check tool (SecPatchCk bundle name) and
ITRC Patch Assessment tool.
Dynamic Root Disk Toolset
A new Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) toolset is being introduced as part of
the June 2007 operating environments. The bundle name is
DynRootDisk. The product name is DRD. Administrators can use DRD to
reduce downtime for system maintenance by creating an inactive clone of
the booted system and patching the clone. The patched clone can then be
booted at a convenient time. For more information on DRD, see the
information library at: http://docs.hp.com/en/DRD
In addition, the IT Resource Center is a good resource for patches, tools,
and information: http://itrc.hp.com
Documentation and References
You can find the following documentation on the HP Technical
Documentation Web site at: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2
•The Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems
provides information and procedures on how to acquire and install
standard HP-UX patch bundles, including the Hardware
Enablement (HWE) and Quality Pack (QPK) bundles. Go to the HP
Technical Documentation Web site and look for the guide under the
Patch Management Collection:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2
• The HP-UX Software Assistant web site at
https://www.hp.com/go/swa. The web site provides a product
overview, download links, documentation links, and installation
instructions.
• The IT Resource Center is a good resource for patches, tools, and
information: http://itrc.hp.com