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

Patch usage model 3: operating environment cold install
Cold install OE,
all patch bundles,
optional products
from OE DVD
Install additional HP
applications from
Application Software
Media and or/optional
core enhancements from
Software Pack (found on
Software Depot at
http://www.hp.com/
go/softwaredepot
Install
additional HP
Applications or
optional core
ehancements?
Find and
install 3rd
party
applications
Create final
recovery/
archive
image
E n d:
Functioning updated
system
Test/
validation/
reload data/
deploy
Run Software
Assistant (SWA)
to find additional
issues and their
resolution.
Updated products
and patches will be
identified; manual
actions might be
required.
Use SWA to create
depot of additional
patches, if needed.
Act on
recommended
actions from
SWA as
appropriate;
will include
manual
actions and
installation of
patches and
products
Begin:
First New HP-UX
11i v2/v3 System
Begin:
Additional HP-UX
11i v2/v3 Systems
Use factory
ignited
image?
Use an
existing
depots?
No
Use media
as source
for install?
Go to A
Go to A-1
Go to C
Go to C-1
Go to B – HP-UX
11i v2/v3
Depot Creation
Use an existing
customer created
“golden” image
or master depot?
Install from master
depots or
golden image
Do you want
to use Ignite-
UX depots?
Refer to the Ignite-UX website:
www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
Yes
A
NOTE: All 11i v1 OEUR media and Support Plus media (with the required patch bundles) used
during installation must come from the same media set. The 11i v2 and v3 OEUR media include
all standard patch bundles needed during installation.
Additional software can be obtained from the HP Software Depot.
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