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
Search knowledge base..........................................................................................................64
Key features .....................................................................................................................65
7 Using software depots for patch management..............................................66
Common software distributor commands for patching..................................................................66
Depot types...........................................................................................................................67
Directory depots................................................................................................................67
Tape depots......................................................................................................................68
Using depots..........................................................................................................................68
Choosing depot type and depot location..............................................................................69
Viewing depots......................................................................................................................69
Examples of the swlist command..........................................................................................70
Creating and adding to a directory depot.................................................................................71
Copying patches to depots..................................................................................................72
Advanced topic: HP-UX Software Assistant............................................................................73
Copying products with patch dependencies to depots.............................................................73
Registering and unregistering directory depots............................................................................74
Examples of registering and unregistering depots...................................................................74
Advanced topic: access control lists......................................................................................75
Verifying directory depots........................................................................................................75
Examples of verifying directory depots..................................................................................75
Removing software from a directory depot.................................................................................77
Advanced topic: removing superseded patches from a depot...................................................78
Removing a directory depot ....................................................................................................79
Installing patches from a depot.................................................................................................80
Examples of installing patches from a depot..........................................................................81
Installing products with patch dependencies from a depot.......................................................83
Custom patch bundles.............................................................................................................83
Examples of listing patches and bundles...............................................................................83
Creating a custom bundle...................................................................................................84
8 Using HP-UX Software Assistant for patch management.................................88
For more information...............................................................................................................88
9 Using Dynamic Root Disk for patch management..........................................89
For more information...............................................................................................................90
10 The Patch Assessment Tool.......................................................................91
Benefits of the Patch Assessment Tool.........................................................................................91
Using the Patch Assessment Tool...............................................................................................91
Example of running the Patch Assessment Tool............................................................................92
11 Support and other resources.....................................................................94
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................94
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................94
HP contact information.......................................................................................................94
Subscription service............................................................................................................94
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................94
Related information.................................................................................................................95
Documents........................................................................................................................95
HP websites......................................................................................................................95
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................95
A Patch usage models..................................................................................97
Patch usage model 1: hardware/application software change......................................................98
Patch usage model 2: third-party hardware/software qualification..............................................102
Patch usage model 3: operating environment cold install...........................................................103
Patch usage model 4: operating environment update.................................................................105
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