Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems

NOTE: This section only addresses finding individual patches, not finding firmware.
Key features
With the patch database, you can search for patches using a variety of criteria. Once the search
returns the results, you can obtain information, including the following:
Patch rating
Patch that HP recommends, if any
Most recent patch
Patch warning, if any
Supersession by another patch
Supersession of other patches
A patch details page containing comprehensive information about each patch returned
See Table 6-1: “Navigating the search results table” (page 56) for descriptions of the search
results.
Accessing the patch database and finding an individual patch
1. Log in to the ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com.
You must log in to the appropriate site (Americas/Asia Pacific or European).
2. Select Patch database, then select HP-UX under the find individual patches link.
3. To find instructions, select the How would you like to search?, Search Criteria, or read our
usage guide links.
4. Enter your search parameters, then click search.
Patches returned by a search are shown on the search results page. The following screen
shows results from a patch database search for the patch PHKL_23183.
Table 6-1 (page 56) shows how to interpret the information in the search results table.
Table 6-1 Navigating the search results table
DescriptionTerm
Provides a terse patch description for the specified patch.description
If you search for a specific patch it is displayed in the specified column,
which is only shown when a search is done for a specific patch ID.
specified
If there is an HP recommended patch, it appears in the recommended
column and might not be the patch you searched for.
recommended
Shows the latest patch without a warning in the supersession chain.most recent
Indicates the quality rating assigned to a patch. Three stars is the highest
rating assigned to any patch. The higher the rating, the lower the risk of
(hp rating)
side effects and the more suitable the patch is for mission-critical
environments.
The patches shown in a row are the same or are related by supersession.Patch Row
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