HP-UX Software Assistant Frequently Asked Questions

HP‐UXSoftwareAssistant(SWA)

QuestionsandAnswers

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SWAsimplifiespatchandsecuritybulletinmanagementonHP‐UXSystems

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Questions

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General ............................................................................................................................... 2

Q1:WhatisSWA? .......................................................................................................... 2

Q2:WhatversionsofHP‐UXaresupportedbySWA?................................................... 2

Q3:DoesSWAsupportLinuxandWindows? ................................................................ 2

Q4:IsSWAintegratedwithHPSIM? ............................................................................. 2

Q5:WhathappenedtoSecurityPatchCheck(SPC)? ....................................................

Q6:WherecanIgethelpwithSWA?............................................................................. 2

Installation.......................................................................................................................... 3

Q1:HowdoyouinstallSWA? ........................................................................................ 3

Q2:HowdoyouinstallSWAforusewithHPSIM? ....................................................... 3

Q3:WhatareSWA’sdependencies? ............................................................................. 3

Analyzers ............................................................................................................................ 3

Q1:WhatisanSWAanalyzer?....................................................................................... 3

Q2:Whatarethedefaultanalyzers? ............................................................................. 3

Q3:CanSWAtellmeifIhavealistofpatchesonmysystem?..................................... 3

Q4:CanSWAhandlepatcheswithdependencies? ....................................................... 4

Q5:TheQPKmayincludepatcheswithwarnings,canSWAhelpmeidentifythem? .. 4

Q6:WhatistheAUTOanalyzerIseeinmyreport? ...................................................... 4

Reports................................................................................................................................4

Q1:WhatisthedefaultreportgeneratedbySWA?...................................................... 4

Q2:WhatistheActionreport?...................................................................................... 4

Q3:WhatistheIssuereport? ........................................................................................ 4

Q4:WhatistheDetailreport?....................................................................................... 4

Q5:WhatistheHTMLreport?....................................................................................... 5

Q6:Whatisdetectionconfidence(DC)?........................................................................ 5

Networking ......................................................................................................................... 5

Q1:DoesSWAuseaninternetconnection?.................................................................. 5

Q2:CanIuseproxieswithSWA? ................................................................................... 5

Q3:IfIdo

n’thaveproxies,canIuseSWA? ................................................................... 5

Q4:IfIdon’thaveaninternetconnectioncanIuseSWA? .......................................... 6

Q5:Whatisthecheck_crloptionfor? ........................................................................... 6

CommandLineOptions...................................................................................................... 6

Q1:HowcanIeasilyfindthecommandlineoptions? .................................................. 6

Q2:CanIperformapartialSWAoperation?................................................................. 6

Q3:CanIspecifymoretha

noneignorefileonthecommandline? ............................. 6