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
removes superseded patches; the output states “PHCO_24630 superseded by
PHCO_27780”.
$ /usr/sbin/cleanup -p -d /my_depots/patch_depot
### Cleanup program started at 05/04/04 07:48:27
Preview mode enabled. No modifications will be made.
Cleanup of depot '/my_depots/patch_depot'.
Obtaining the list of patches in the depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot ...done.
Obtaining the list of superseded 11.X patches in the depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot ...The following superseded patches exist in the depot:
====================================================
PHCO_24630 superseded by PHCO_27780
All information has been logged to /var/adm/cleanup.log.
### Cleanup program completed at 05/04/04 07:48:27
• Run the cleanup command:
$ /usr/sbin/cleanup -d /my_depots/patch_depot
### Cleanup program started at 05/04/04 07:50:39
Cleanup of depot '/my_depots/patch_depot'.
Obtaining the list of patches in the depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot ...done.
Obtaining the list of superseded 11.X patches in the depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot ...The following superseded patches
exist in the depot:
====================================================
PHCO_24630 superseded by PHCO_27780
Please be patient; this may take several minutes.
Removing superseded 11.X patches from depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot ...done.
The superseded 11.X patches have been removed from the depot:
/my_depots/patch_depot.
All information has been logged to /var/adm/cleanup.log.
### Cleanup program completed at 05/04/04 07:50:39
• Use the swlist command to show the contents of depot /my_depots/patch_depot. The
depot now contains only one patch: PHCO_27780
$ swlist -l product @ /my_depots/patch_depot
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "my_system"...
#
# Target: my_system:/my_depots/patch_depot
#
PHCO_27780 1.0 HP-UX Patch Tools
Removing a directory depot
The method of depot removal described here is a two-step process. First, ensure that the depot is
unregistered by using the swreg command. Second, remove the depot's root directory.
The following example shows how to remove directory depot /my_depots/PHCO_27780_depot
on local system my_system.
Removing a directory depot 79