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
Obtaining standard HP-UX patch bundles
The following options are available for obtaining patch bundles:
• Option 1: HP-UX Software Assistant
The SWA Tool is the preferred option for obtaining standard HP-UX patch bundles. See
Chapter 8: “Using HP-UX Software Assistant for patch management” (page 88) for more
information.
• Option 2: HPSC
You can obtain the standard HP-UX patch bundles from the HPSC. Access requires you have
an HPSC login. Follow the online instructions to register with the HPSC, or see Chapter 6:
“Using the HP Support Center” (page 57) for more information.
• Option 3: Software Depot
You can access the HP Software Depot home website directly at http://www.hp.com/go/
softwaredepot.See Chapter 7: “Using software depots for patch management” (page 66).
TIP: Acquiring and installing standard HP-UX patch bundles is a two-step process. See Chapter 2:
“Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems” (page 9).
56 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?