HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack Read Before Installing June 2008 HP Part Number: 5992-4136 Published: June 2008 Edition: 1
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Table of Contents Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack June 2008.........................5 Media Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mounting the Support Pack DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Quality Pack Patch Bundles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack June 2008 The HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack June 2008 delivers the following: • diagnostics (Online Diagnostics and System Fault Management) • stable, defect-fix HP-UX patches (Quality Pack) • optional HP-UX core enhancements (Software Pack) June 2008 is the first release of the HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack. This DVD booklet outlines the contents of the HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack June 2008 media and describes its features.
Media Contents The Support Pack DVD includes the following software and documentation.
Software • The “/” Depot Contains the Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundles, Base Quality Pack (QPKBASE) and Applications Quality Pack (QPKAPPS): — Applications Quality Pack (QPKAPPS) patch bundle Includes all stable, defect-fix patches for HP-UX Operating Environment applications See “Quality Pack Patch Bundles” (page 10). — Base Quality Pack (QPKBASE) patch bundle Includes all stable, defect-fix patches for the Core OS, graphics, and key networking drivers. See “Quality Pack Patch Bundles” (page 10).
“Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2 Core Enhancements)” (page 13). Documentation • QPK bundle readme files and patch text files Are available in text and HTML formats with hyperlinks to patch text files. The bundle readme files and patch text files are located under the /cdrom/DOCS/QPK directory. • Diagnostics information Is accessible through the Diagnostics home web page: http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ • SPK bundle product and release notes Are located under /cdrom/DOCS/SoftwarePack/.
Mounting the Support Pack DVD 1. 2. 3. On the system, open a terminal window and log in as root. Insert the Support Pack DVD into the drive. If necessary, define a new directory as the mount point for the DVD drive. To define /cdrom as the mount point: # mkdir /cdrom 4. If necessary, identify the drive device file: # ioscan -fnC disk This command lists all recognized DVD drives and their associated device files. The filename will be something similar to /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 5.
Quality Pack Patch Bundles The Quality Pack (QPK) consists of two patch bundles: the Base Quality Pack bundle and the Applications Quality Pack bundle. The Base Quality Pack bundle includes all stable, defect-fix patches for the Core OS, graphics, and key networking drivers. The Applications Quality Pack bundle includes all stable, defect-fix patches for HP-UX Operating Environment (OE) applications. The Quality Pack Patch Bundles for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) are updated in the June 2008 Support Pack release.
Diagnostics The Support Pack diagnostics software consists of the following product bundles: • OnlineDiag bundle (Online Diagnostics) • SysFaultMgmt bundle (System Fault Management) Online Diagnostics tools: • • The Online Diagnostics product delivers the following EMS Hardware Monitors — enable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware products and be alerted of failure or any unusual activities.
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x autoselect_patches=false \ -s /cdrom/SoftwarePack OnlineDiags SysFaultMgmt 12
Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2 Core Enhancements) Hewlett-Packard’s Software Pack (SPK) delivers new, optional HP-UX 11i v2 core OS software. Recent SPK features are included in the HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack media. You can also download SPK products from the HP Software Depot: • Go to http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot. • Search for SWPACKv2 (use the search box). • Click HP-UX Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v2 Core Enhancements).
• • HP-UX Memory File System (bundle MemFS) SCTP (bundle HPUX-SCTP) Released June 2007 • DUMPAAEnable (bundle DUMPAAEnable) • Enhanced USERMOD-Enh command (bundle UsermodRestHome) • HP-UX LoginNLS (bundle LoginLang) • HP-UX Parallel Umounts (bundle UmountallCmdEnh) • HP-UX Role-Based Access Control (bundle AccessControl) • HP-UX Security Containment (bundle SecurityExt) • HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions (bundle StdModSecExt) • Node and Host Name Expansion (bundle NodeHostNameXpnd) • ONC with Publi
Installing SPK Products from the Support Pack DVD IMPORTANT: Before installing any SPK feature, read the feature’s product note or release note located in the /cdrom/DOCS/SoftwarePack/ directory. After mounting the Support Pack DVD (see “Mounting the Support Pack DVD” (page 9)), execute the following command line to install these products from the media. These swinstall options may reboot the system after installation of the selected products.
Known Problems This section contains critical, last-minute information about the contents of the HP-UX 11i v2 Support Pack. 0806 QPK on HP-UX 11i v2 0403 (or Earlier) Fails for Patch PHCO_37228 The June 2008 Quality Pack (QPK) delivers patch PHCO_37228. However, during install of patch PHCO_37228 on HP-UX 11i v2 March 2004 or earlier, the following error will appear: ": ELF-64 core file - IA64 from 'utmpd' - received SIGSEGV" What to Do Install patch PHCO_31588, which has the utmpd fix.
Web Resources For additional help with HP-UX patching, go to the web: • Latest HP-UX 11i v2 guides and white papers: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2 • Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems: http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html#Patch%20Management • HP-UX patches and patch information: http://itrc.hp.com Select the site (americas or asiapacific). Click maintenance and support (hp products), then select the appropriate patching tools.
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