Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (5900-3011, April 2013)

Find and
install 3rd
party
applications
Add patches
to master
depot(s)
if desired
Create final
recovery/
archive
image
E nd:
Functioning updated
system
Test/
validation/
roll into
production
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
swcopy additional
HP applications
from Application
Software Media
into
Application Depot
swcopy optional
core
enhancements
from
Software
Pack (SPK)
swinstall
Update-UX
from
Core Depot
swcopy QPKAPPS
from OE
media into
Application Depot
Install/
upgrade
additional HP
products?
Installing
optional core
enhancements?
swcopy OE, optional drivers,
QPK, HWE, and optional
products from OE media into
new Core Depot
B
C
No No
Yes
Yes
Go to C - HP-UX
11i2/v3 Depot Update
Update 11i OE,
optional drivers,
QPK, HWE and
optional
products from
11i Core Depot
using Update-UX
Update
additional
products,
patches and/or
optional core
features from
11i depot(s)
using swinstall
NOTE: Problems might be encountered if non-OE applications are installed simultaneously to the
OE installation. A two-depot model is recommended.
HP applications and SPK bundles may be acquired from http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot.
For more information, see HP-UX Installation and Update Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
106 Patch usage models