Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (5900-3011, April 2013)
Table Of Contents
- Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems
- Contents
- 1 HP-UX patches and patch management
- 2 Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems
- 3 HP-UX patch overview
- 4 Patch management overview
- Patch management life cycle
- HP service contracts
- Patch management and software change management strategies
- Establishing a software change management strategy
- Recommendations for software change management
- Consideration of HP patch rating
- Patch management and software depots
- Proactive patching strategy
- Reactive patching strategy
- Advanced topic: security patching strategy
- Advanced topic: scanning for security patches
- Testing the patches to be installed
- 5 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?
- 6 Using the HP Support Center
- Obtaining an HPSC user account
- Useful pages on the HPSC
- Find individual patches
- Advanced topic: checking for special installation instructions
- Advanced topic: checking for all patch dependencies
- Standard patch bundles
- Custom patch bundles - run a patch assessment
- Support information digests
- Ask your peers in the forums
- Search knowledge base
- 7 Using software depots for patch management
- Common software distributor commands for patching
- Depot types
- Using depots
- Viewing depots
- Creating and adding to a directory depot
- Registering and unregistering directory depots
- Verifying directory depots
- Removing software from a directory depot
- Removing a directory depot
- Installing patches from a depot
- Custom patch bundles
- 8 Using HP-UX Software Assistant for patch management
- 9 Using Dynamic Root Disk for patch management
- 10 The Patch Assessment Tool
- 11 Support and other resources
- A Patch usage models
- Glossary
- Index
NOTE: The latest OEUR media and AR media include new and updated software. The 11i v2
and v3 OEUR media include all standard patch bundles. The AR media only include the FEATURE11i
patch bundle for applications on AR media that require patches during installation. Patch bundles
can be obtained from the HPSC.
The new HP-UX 11i v2 Software Pack media include the SPK product bundles with required patches
in the same depot. Selection of the desired SPK product bundle will automatically select the required
patches. Most product bundles from the HP Software Depot will also include required patches in
the same depot.
Older SPK bundles that include patches (from 11i v1 and v2 releases) should be in a separate
depot from the standard patch bundles. This requirement might result in two install sessions with
two system reboots.
Additional software can be obtained at the HP Software Depot.
* More information is available in the Managing Rare DRD-Unsafe Patches white paper, available
at http://www.hp.com/go/drd-docs.
Patch usage model 1: hardware/application software change 101