HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.7 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (766145-001, March 2014)

NOTE: In the following procedure, swinstall does not reinstall any patches or applications
that are already installed. You can ignore messages to that regard. The software you need will be
installed properly. Do not reinstall any patches without consulting HP Support first.
The swinstall option -x autoreboot=true in the following procedure ensures that any
software that requires a system reboot will be installed. If none of the installed software requires
a reboot, the system will not be rebooted. See also “Will Installing HP-UX HIDS v4.7 Reboot My
Agent System?” (page 20).
1. Log in as superuser (root) on the HP-UX HIDS administration system.
2. Make sure you are the only user on the system, since the installation might require a reboot.
3. On your administration system, install one of the admin software depots described in “Making
Depots” (page 15), as follows:
a. • 11i Admin Depot
Install the ids_11i_admin depot (a reboot may occur):
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s depotsys:
/var/depot/ids_11i_admin *
b. • 11i Admin and Agent Depot
Install the ids_11i_admin+agent depot (a reboot may occur):
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s depotsys:
/var/depot/ids_11i_admin+agent
IMPORTANT: Make sure to run swinstall with dependencies enforced (i.e., do NOT
invoke swinstall with "-x enforce_dependencies=FALSE) to prevent unusable
software from being installed on the system.
4. On each of your agent systems, install one of the agent software depots described in “Making
Depots” (page 15), as follows:
a. Log in as superuser (root) on each HP-UX HIDS agent system.
b. Install the ids_11i_agent agent depot (a reboot may occur):
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s depotsys:
/var/depot/ids_11i_agent
Will Installing HP-UX HIDS v4.7 Reboot My Agent System?
The installation scripts for HP-UX HIDS try to avoid unnecessary system reboots. However, in some
circumstances, a system reboot might be required. Those circumstances are (in order of priority):
1. If you choose the Reinstall Filesets option in the graphical interface to swinstall, all HIDS
filesets will be installed, and a system reboot will occur.
2. If you pass the -x reinstall=true option to the command-line invocation of swinstall,
all HIDS filesets will be installed, and a system reboot will occur.
3. If you are installing HP-UX HIDS v4.7 on a system for the first time (a fresh install), a reboot
will occur.
Table 5 Reboot Matrix
Update to Version 4.7Update from:
RebootNot installed
No RebootVersion 4.4
No RebootVersion 4.3
No RebootVersion 4.2
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