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

H
Hardware Enablement patch bundle see HWE
hardware_enablement category tag, 21
HPSC
forums, 64
getting access to patch download, 57
Knowledge Base, 64
patch database, 57, 58
Subscriber's Choice, 64
using, 57
using to get information, 39
webpages, 57
HWE, 54
see also standard HP-UX patch bundles
overview, 45
reboot on install, 12
use and release date table, 55
I
Ignite-UX
about, 83
documentation, 95
recovery tools, 42
individual patches see patches
installed SW state, 20
is_patch attribute, 31
is_reboot attribute, 31
M
manpages
DRD, 90
SWA, 88
manual dependencies
about, 33
checking for in the Patch Database, 61
listing with swlist, 24
using swlist to get readme information, 39
manual_dependencies category tag, 22
N
network depots see directory depots
noncritical patches, 37
noncritical warnings, 41
P
Patch Assessment Tool, 91
patch bundles, 54
see also standard HP-UX patch bundles
custom, 64
overview, 18
patch database
gaining access, 57
using, 58
patch dependencies see dependencies
patch depots see depots
patch management
importance of, 7
life cycle, 44
overview, 7, 44
quick start, 9
patch strategies
overview, 47
proactive, 50
reactive, 51
risk and downtime management, 47
security, 52
using depots, 68
using DRD, 89
using SWA, 88
patch_state attribute, 28, 31
patches, 7
see also patch bundles
see also patch management
acquiring, 8, 13
ancestors, 26
attributes, 30
category tags, 21
commitment, 35
concepts, 17
critical, 37
decoding patch names, 17
details, 38
getting, 58
getting information about a patch, 38
individual versus bundles, 9
installing, 15
noncritical, 37
overview, 17
ratings, 36
removing, 34
rollback, 34
security, 52
state, 20
status, 19
supersession, 27
testing, 53
text file, 38
using individual patches, 9
warnings, 40
patching, 50
see also patch strategies
importance of, 7
Quick Start Guide, 9
using DRD, 89
using SWA, 88
where to start, 8
prerequisites, 33
proactive patching strategy, 50
see also patch strategies
Q
QPK, 54
see also standard HP-UX patch bundles
and SWA, 88
overview, 45
reboot on install, 12
use and release date table, 55
Quality Pack patch bundle see QPK
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