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

Table of Contents
1 HP-UX patches and patch management......................................................................7
Patch management strategies.................................................................................................................7
How to get patches............................................................................................................................8
Where to start....................................................................................................................................8
2 Quick start guide for patching HP-UX systems............................................................9
Overview.................................................................................................................................................9
Before you begin.....................................................................................................................................9
Should you use standard HP-UX patch bundles?.............................................................................9
Should you use individual patches?.................................................................................................9
Standard HP-UX patch bundles......................................................................................................10
Acquiring and installing standard HP-UX patch bundles...................................................................10
Acquiring the bundles.....................................................................................................................10
Installing the bundles......................................................................................................................11
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD).........................................................................12
Acquiring and installing individual patches........................................................................................13
Acquiring the patches......................................................................................................................13
Installing the patches.......................................................................................................................15
Advanced topic: using Dynamic Root Disk (DRD).........................................................................16
3 HP-UX patch overview..................................................................................................17
Patch-related concepts..........................................................................................................................17
Patch identification..........................................................................................................................17
HP-UX software structure...............................................................................................................17
Patch bundles...................................................................................................................................18
Software depots and patch depots..................................................................................................18
Patch status......................................................................................................................................19
Patch state........................................................................................................................................19
State..................................................................................................................................................20
Category tags...................................................................................................................................20
Which patches are on a system?...........................................................................................................21
Examples of the swlist command................................................................................................22
Ancestors and supersession..................................................................................................................25
Ancestors.........................................................................................................................................25
Advanced topic: determining patch ancestors...........................................................................25
Supersession....................................................................................................................................26
Advanced topic: displaying supersession information.............................................................27
Advanced topic: supersession and the patch_state attribute...............................................28
Patch-related attributes.........................................................................................................................29
Patch dependencies...............................................................................................................................31
Types of dependencies.....................................................................................................................31
Corequisites and prerequisites........................................................................................................31
Advanced topic: determining corequisite and prerequisite filesets with the swlist
command....................................................................................................................................32
Enforced and unenforced (manual) dependencies.........................................................................32
Impact of dependencies on acquiring patches................................................................................32
Patch rollback and commitment...........................................................................................................33
Patch rollback...................................................................................................................................33
Advanced topic: patch installation and rollback files................................................................33
Patch commitment...........................................................................................................................33
Advanced topic: patch cleanup utility............................................................................................34
HP-UX patch ratings.............................................................................................................................34
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