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
Copy additional
HP products from
Application
Software Media
into Application
Depot
Copy optional
core
enhancements
from
Software
Pack (SPK)
Install
additional
products and
patches from
additinal 11 i
depots
Copy QPKAPPS
bundle from OE
media into
Application Depot
Cold install
OE from
Core Depot
Installing
additional
HP
products?
Installing
optional
core
enhancements?
Create 11i install
depot (Core Depot)
with desired OE
content (including
all patch bundles)
and additional
products from
OE DVD
Find and install
required 3rd party
software, other
non-OE
applications
and hardware
products/patches
Create
Ignite-UX
configurations
Create final
recovery/
archive
image
End :
Deploy system to
production
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
B
C
No No
Yes Yes
Go to C - HP-UX
11i2/v3 Depot Install
C-1
NOTE: Refer to the Ignite-UX Administration Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs.
Ignite-UX commands and SD commands may be used in creating depots for installation and update.
More information may be found at http://www.hp.com/go/sw-deployment-docs.
SPK bundles should not be included in a depot with any other patches or patch bundles.
HP applications and SPK bundles may be acquired from http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot
104 Patch usage models