topic Re: Patch comparision in Operating System - HP-UX

Patch comparision

YOGI_3 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:05:25 GMT

Can we compare patches.
There are 2 systems say A and B.
I want to install whatever patches on A on to B.
i sthere any tool to compare patches which are not installed and which are not installed.
Please find the attchment .
thats the o/p of swlist -l patch.
i want to install patches that are available on MAIN server on to TEST Server.

Re: Patch comparision

Joseph Loo — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:10:49 GMT

hi,

there may be a way, refer to this post:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=980694

regards.

Re: Patch comparision

Peter Godron — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:15:54 GMT

YOGI,
why don't you run a diff on the swlist.
That list can then be used to pull down the required patches onto the TEST Server.

Re: Patch comparision

Arunvijai_4 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:16:23 GMT

Yes, this could be possible. All you need is a script that gets information from MAIN server and download patches installs on TEST server if that patch is not present.

-Arun

Re: Patch comparision

Steve Kruger — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:18:27 GMT

Another possible solution is to use the HP ITRC Patch Assessment Tool.

Run the collection script on system B and load the script output into the ITRC Patch Assessment Tool.

When setting up the profile on the tool, uncheck all "patch options" and use
the input box "add these specific patches (optional):" to add the listing of installed patches from system A.

The tool will sort out which patches will be needed for system B.

Hope this helps.