topic Re: patches in Operating System - HP-UX

patches

Jeff Hagstrom — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:01:54 GMT

Is there a utility that will tell me the pathces that I have?

Is there a utility that will tell me the patches that I need to add?
HPK460 hp-ux 11.00.

Re: patches

Robert-Jan Goossens — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:07:03 GMT

Hi,

-1- # swlist -l product
will give you the installed patches.

-2- http://www.software.hp.com/SUPPORT_PLUS/qpk.html

will give you the recommended patches from HP.

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

Re: patches

Stuart Abramson_2 — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:07:55 GMT

If you just want to get a list of what are the latest active patches
installed on your system:

a. swlist:
swlist -l fileset -a patch_state *.*,c=patch | grep applied |
cut -d. -f 1

b. show_patches

This is cool....

To see latest patches download a "quality pack" from the HP web site.

Download the software from HP:

a. QPK1100 Patch Bundle

-> start at http://www.itrc.hp.com
-> maintenance and support (hp products)
-> standard patch bundles (support plus)
-located under the 'patching' section
-> obtain support plus from hp software depot
-> quality pack bundles -link is to the far right
-> download and installing -link is top center
-> click 'download' link from step2 of the instructions
-> select the appropriate bundle to download, fill out
the form, then click next

Re: patches

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:09:40 GMT

Hi Jeff,

In /usr/contrib/bin you'll find

show_patches # This shows all the patches

check_patches # This looks for known problems

On the ITRC there is a utility call CPM Custom Patch Manager that can help you decide what you might need.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: patches

Helen French — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:09:53 GMT

# swlist -l fileset (will tell you the patches you have installed)

Check here to find out which patches you need to install:
http://us-support.external.hp.com/wps/bin/doc.pl/sid=69874ceb0ed256a020

Re: patches

RAC_1 — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:12:51 GMT

There are two utilities (show_patches and check_patches)that do same kind of work. Check /usr/contrib/bin.

You can check the patches that you have installed with following command.

swlist -l product PH*

For the patches that you need to install, you need to check the quartly patch bundles that are released. OR keep visiting ITRC.

Re: patches

Jeff Hagstrom — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:53:04 GMT

What if show_patches and check_patches doesn't exist on the sytem, is there a place that I can download them from?

Re: patches

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:02:59 GMT

Hi (again) Jeff,

On my 11.0 systems, I show them as coming in the SD (Software Distributor) bundle - specifically the SW.DIST-SD-CMDS fileset & then being superseded by:

PHCO_19550
PHCO_22044
PHCO_24347

HTH,
Jeff

Re: patches

Jeff Schussele — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:05:46 GMT

Ooooppppsss - typo

That fileset should be

SW-DIST.SD-CMDS

Jeff

Re: patches

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:09:37 GMT

Hi Jeff:

On 11.0, patch PHCO_27779 (s700_800 11.00 HP-UX Patch Tools and White Paper) delivers the latest 'cleanup', 'show_patches' and 'check_patches' utilities and man pages.

Download it from the Patch Database here:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

Regards!

...JRF...