HP-UX Software Assistant Frequently Asked Questions

HPSIM/Multi‐systemanalysis........................................................................................... 7

Q1:HowmanysystemscanIanalyzewithSWAandHPSIM?...................................... 7

Q2:WhatversionsofHPSIMaresupportedbySWA?.................................................. 7

Q3:CanIscheduleanSWAanalysisthroughHP‐SIM?.................................................. 7

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Answers

General

Q1:WhatisSWA?

A1:SoftwareAssistant(SWA)isacommandlinetoolforanalyzinganHP‐UXsystem’s

patchstateaswellasidentifyingapplicablesecuritybulletins.Itisavailablefrom

https://www.hp.com/go/swa.

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Q2:WhatversionsofHP‐UXaresupportedbySWA?

A2:SWAcanrunonHP‐UX11iv1(11.11)andlaterreleases.RemoteanalysisofHP‐UX

systemsaddssupportforHP‐UX11.00inadditiontoanyHP‐UX11irelease.

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Q3:DoesSWAsupportLinuxandWindows?

A3:AtthistimeSWAcanonlybeusedfromHP‐UXsystemstoanalyzeHP‐UXsystems.

FuturesupportforintegratingSWAwithHPSIMrunningontheseOSplatformsis

beingconsidered.TherearenoplanstoanalyzeLinuxorWindowscontent.

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Q4:IsSWAintegratedwithHPSIM?

A4:WithversionC.02.00,SWAintegratedwithHPSIM.Thisfunctionalityisbeing

enhancedwitheachreleasesothoseinterestedinusingSWAwithinHPSIMare

encouragedtodownloadthemostrecentversionfrom

https://www.hp.com/go/swa.AtthistimeSWAsupportislimitedtoHPSIM

version5.2,orlater,runningonanHP‐UXhost.

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Q5:WhathappenedtoSecurit

yPatchCheck(SPC)?

A5:SPCwasofficiallyreplacedbySWAonNovember1

,2008.The

security_patch_check(1m)commandisstilldeliveredwithintheSwAssistant

bundlebutisimplementedusingtheswa(1m)command.Catalogupdatesfor

olderversionsofSPCwillbecomeunavailableatanunspecifiedfuturedate.

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Q6:WherecanIgethelpwithSWA?

A6:Theswa‐report(1m)andswa‐get(1m)manpagesandSWAAdminGuide

(http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Software20Assistant%%20%28SWA%2

9)areexcellentstartingpoints.Foradditionalhelp,questionscanbeposedto