Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (762796-001, March 2014)
Table Of Contents
- Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems
- Contents
- 1 HP secure development lifecycle
- 2 HP-UX patches and patch management
- 3 Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems
- 4 HP-UX patch overview
- 5 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
- 6 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?
- 7 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
- 8 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
- 9 Using HP-UX Software Assistant for patch management
- 10 Using Dynamic Root Disk for patch management
- 11 The Patch Assessment Tool
- 12 Support and other resources
- 13 Documentation Feedback
- A Patch usage models
- Glossary
- Index
Table 7 Standard HP-UX patch bundle names (continued)
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11)Patch Bundle Name
QPKAPPSQPKAPPSGOLDAPPS11iQuality Pack
QPKBASEQPKBASEGOLDBASE11i
N/ABUNDLE11iBUNDLE11iRequired
NOTE: Standard HP-UX patch bundles are cumulative, which means that you can install the latest
version of the bundle to get all the previous changes.
The standard HP-UX patch bundles (QPK, FEATURE11i, and HWE) might have overlapping content.
This does not affect your patching.
For the HP-UX 11i releases, Table 8 (page 56) shows when to use the bundles and also shows the
release information.
Table 8 Standard HP-UX patch bundle use and release dates
Update ScheduleWhen to UseDescriptionPatch Bundle
HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3:
As needed
For HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11),
HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23),
Quality Pack (QPK)
• To configure a new
system.
and HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)
The v2 QPK bundle will have
a final update December
2010.
• To obtain defect fixes.
the QPK is delivered as two
bundles:
• Use as available for
proactive patching.
• Base Quality Pack patch
bundle has the same
purpose as the
single-bundle QPK.
• Applications Quality
Pack patch bundle has all
stable, defect-fix patches
for the OE applications.
HP-UX 11i v1, v2, and v3:
As needed
HWE provides the minimal
set of patches for supporting
Hardware Enablement
(HWE)
• To get a new system.
• To add new hardware to
the system.
new and legacy hardware
using HP-UX.
HP-UX 11i v1 and v2: As
needed
Installed automatically with
the appropriate core
software.
The HP-UX 11i v1 Required
Patch Bundle consists of
patches for HP-UX 11i v1,
Required Patch Bundle
(BUNDLE11i)
HP-UX 11i v3: N/A
which are required to install
and update the operating
system.
HP-UX 11i v2 and v3: As
needed.
To enable the use of new
HP-UX features or
enhancements.
FEATURE11i provides the
minimal set of patches for
supporting new HP-UX
Feature Enablement Patch
Bundle (FEATURE11i)
software features and
enhancements.
56 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?