HP-UX Software Assistant Frequently Asked Questions (5900-3004, March 2013)

Contents
1 General....................................................................................................4
Q1: What is SWA?...................................................................................................................4
Q2: What versions of HP-UX are supported by SWA?...................................................................4
Q3: Does SWA support Linux and Windows?..............................................................................4
Q4: Is SWA integrated with HP SIM?..........................................................................................4
Q5: What happened to Security Patch Check (SPC)?....................................................................4
Q6: Where can I get help with SWA?.........................................................................................4
2 Installation.................................................................................................5
How do you install SWA?..........................................................................................................5
How do you install SWA for use with HP SIM?.............................................................................5
What are SWA’s dependencies?................................................................................................5
3 Analyzers..................................................................................................6
What is an SWA analyzer?.......................................................................................................6
What are the default analyzers?.................................................................................................6
Can SWA tell me if I have a list of patches on my system?.............................................................6
Can SWA handle patches with dependencies?.............................................................................6
The QPK may include patches with warnings, can SWA help me identify them?................................6
What is the AUTO analyzer I see in my report?............................................................................6
4 Reports.....................................................................................................7
What is the default report generated by SWA? ............................................................................7
What is the Action report?.........................................................................................................7
What is the Issue report?...........................................................................................................7
What is the Detail report?..........................................................................................................7
What is the HTML report?..........................................................................................................7
What is detection confidence (DC)?............................................................................................7
5 Networking...............................................................................................8
Does SWA use an internet connection?........................................................................................8
Can I use proxies with SWA?.....................................................................................................8
If I don’t have proxies, can I use SWA?........................................................................................8
If I don’t have an internet connection can I use SWA?....................................................................8
What is the check_crl option for?................................................................................................8
6 Command Line Options...............................................................................9
How can I easily find the command line options?.........................................................................9
Can I perform a partial SWA operation?.....................................................................................9
Can I specify more than one ignore file on the command line?.......................................................9
7 HP SIM/Multi-system analysis.....................................................................10
How many systems can I analyze with SWA and HP SIM?...........................................................10
What versions of HP SIM are supported by SWA?......................................................................10
8 Support and Other Resources.....................................................................11
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................11
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................11
HP contact information.......................................................................................................11
Subscription service............................................................................................................11
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................11
Related information.................................................................................................................12
Documents........................................................................................................................12
Websites..........................................................................................................................12
Typographic Conventions.........................................................................................................12
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