Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (762796-001, March 2014)

Table Of Contents
Contents
1 HP secure development lifecycle...................................................................7
2 HP-UX patches and patch management.........................................................8
Patch management strategies.....................................................................................................8
How to get patches..............................................................................................................9
Where to start.....................................................................................................................9
3 Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems...............................................10
Overview..............................................................................................................................10
Before you begin....................................................................................................................10
Should you use standard HP-UX patch bundles?.....................................................................10
Should you use individual patches?......................................................................................10
Standard HP-UX patch bundles............................................................................................11
Acquiring and installing standard HP-UX patch bundles...............................................................11
Acquiring the bundles........................................................................................................11
Installing the bundles..........................................................................................................12
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)....................................................................13
Acquiring and installing individual patches................................................................................14
Acquiring the patches.........................................................................................................14
Installing the patches..........................................................................................................16
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)....................................................................17
4 HP-UX patch overview...............................................................................18
Patch-related concepts.............................................................................................................18
Patch identification.............................................................................................................18
HP-UX software structure.....................................................................................................18
Patch bundles....................................................................................................................19
Software depots and patch depots.......................................................................................20
Patch status.......................................................................................................................20
Patch state........................................................................................................................21
State................................................................................................................................21
Category tags...................................................................................................................22
Which patches are on a system?..............................................................................................23
Examples of the swlist command..........................................................................................23
Ancestors and supersession......................................................................................................27
Ancestors..........................................................................................................................27
Advanced topic: determining patch ancestors...................................................................27
Supersession.....................................................................................................................28
Advanced topic: displaying supersession information.........................................................29
Advanced topic: supersession and the patch_state attribute................................................29
Patch-related attributes.............................................................................................................31
Patch dependencies................................................................................................................33
Types of dependencies.......................................................................................................34
Corequisites and prerequisites.............................................................................................34
Advanced topic: determining corequisite and prerequisite filesets with the swlist command.....34
Enforced and unenforced (manual) dependencies..................................................................34
Impact of dependencies on acquiring patches.......................................................................35
Patch rollback and commitment................................................................................................35
Patch rollback....................................................................................................................35
Advanced topic: patch installation and rollback files..........................................................35
Patch commitment..............................................................................................................36
Advanced topic: patch cleanup utility...................................................................................36
HP-UX patch ratings................................................................................................................37
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