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
Rating details ..............................................................................................................36
HP patch rating of 2 ..........................................................................................................36
Rating details ..............................................................................................................37
HP patch rating of 3 ..........................................................................................................37
Rating details ..............................................................................................................37
Critical and noncritical patches................................................................................................37
Finding information for a specific patch.....................................................................................38
Patch documentation..........................................................................................................38
Advanced topic: the readme attribute...................................................................................39
Obtaining information using the HPSC..................................................................................39
Accessing information on the HPSC.................................................................................40
Patch warnings.......................................................................................................................40
The warning field...............................................................................................................40
Critical and noncritical warnings..........................................................................................41
How to handle patch warnings............................................................................................41
Questions to ask................................................................................................................42
Advanced topic: finding patches with warnings.....................................................................42
Backup and recovery..............................................................................................................42
Considerations..................................................................................................................43
4 Patch management overview......................................................................44
Patch management life cycle....................................................................................................44
HP service contracts................................................................................................................47
Patch management and software change management strategies..................................................47
Establishing a software change management strategy ............................................................47
Recommendations for software change management .............................................................48
Consideration of HP patch rating.........................................................................................49
Patch management and software depots...............................................................................49
Proactive patching strategy..................................................................................................50
Acquiring patches for proactive patching.........................................................................50
Advanced topic: HP-UX Software Assistant........................................................................51
Reactive patching strategy...................................................................................................51
Acquiring patches for reactive patching ..........................................................................52
Advanced topic: security patching strategy ...........................................................................52
Advanced topic: scanning for security patches ......................................................................53
Testing the patches to be installed ............................................................................................53
5 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?...................................................54
Key features...........................................................................................................................54
Standard HP-UX patch bundles.................................................................................................54
Obtaining standard HP-UX patch bundles..................................................................................56
6 Using the HP Support Center.....................................................................57
Obtaining an HPSC user account.............................................................................................57
Useful pages on the HPSC.......................................................................................................57
Find individual patches............................................................................................................58
Key features......................................................................................................................58
Accessing the patch database and finding an individual patch................................................58
Advanced topic: checking for special installation instructions........................................................60
Advanced topic: checking for all patch dependencies.................................................................61
Check for patches with dependencies...................................................................................61
Standard patch bundles...........................................................................................................64
Custom patch bundles - run a patch assessment..........................................................................64
Support information digests......................................................................................................64
Key features......................................................................................................................64
Ask your peers in the forums....................................................................................................64
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