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

5 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?
Patches can be grouped into collections known as patch bundles, or simply bundles. HP provides
a number of prepackaged, standard HP-UX patch bundles that you can install as a unit. This
chapter shows you how to obtain standard HP-UX patch bundles. Table 5-1: “Standard HP-UX
patch bundle names” (page 52) shows the QPK and other standard patch bundles. HP tests these
bundles rigorously to ensure a high level of reliability and updates many of them periodically.
Using standard patch bundles can be a less risky and more efficient way to patch a system than
installing patches individually.
HP recommends that you use standard HP-UX patch bundles for proactive patching, regardless
of whether you have a support contract.
NOTE: For HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) releases, HP delivers standard HP-UX patch bundles and
diagnostic tools on Support Plus media and the ITRC.
For the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) releases, HP delivers standard HP-UX patch bundles on Support
Pack media and the ITRC.
For HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) releases, HP delivers standard HP-UX patch bundles on OE media
and the ITRC.
See Table 5-2: “Standard HP-UX patch bundle use and release dates” (page 53) for more
information.
Key features
Standard HP-UX patch bundles can be a very useful part of a proactive patch management
strategy for the following reasons:
• The bundles save you time during patching and reduce the risk of errors.
• HP tests all patches in the bundle as a group.
• The bundles provide an easy way to standardize the level of patches on systems.
• The bundles provide a solution commonly used by other customers.
• HP performs all dependency analysis to ensure standard HP-UX patch bundles contain all
patches necessary to meet dependencies.
• Unlike installing multiple patches individually, which might require a reboot for each patch,
installation of a bundle never requires more than one system reboot.
• You can use bundles to create standard patch depots for easy deployment to multiple systems.
• The bundles provide a convenient way to track patches on a system.
• ITRC provides support for standard HP-UX patch bundles.
Standard HP-UX patch bundles
Table 5-1 (page 52) shows the individual bundle names for the HP-UX 11i releases.
Table 5-1 Standard HP-UX patch bundle names
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11)Patch Bundle Name
FEATURE11iFEATURE11i
N/AFeature Enablement
HWEnable11iHWEnable11iHWEnable11i
Hardware Enablement
QPKAPPSQPKAPPSGOLDAPPS11i
Quality Pack
QPKBASEQPKBASEGOLDBASE11i
N/A
BUNDLE11iBUNDLE11i
Required
52 What are standard HP-UX patch bundles?