topic Re: installing bundles in Operating System - HP-UX

installing bundles

nedz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:51:24 GMT

Question:

When applying a GOLD_QPK bundle, is it best to boot the server in single user and apply the patch?

Re: installing bundles

Fabian Briseño — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:46:12 GMT

Not necesseraly, I once applied a Gold_Qpk and I was not in single user mode, What I did was schedule a time when the system had hardly any load (applicattion or user wise), and everything was fine. Although it is preferable to do patching when the system is not in use.

remember to do a backup of your information (Database, applicattions, etc)

Do an ignite backup, (So you have some insurance)

And remember that you have to rebbot your server after the Gold_Qpk is installed.

If you want further info go to the links below.

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/rsb/rsbDisplay.do?fileName=patches_main/hpux_bundles_qpk.htm

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/rsb/rsbDisplay.do?fileName=patches_main/hpux_bundles_overview.htm

Re: installing bundles

Sandy Chen — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:01:14 GMT

Hi,

No need to do this on single user mode. Just stop all you application and database before you start patching. And make sure you have appropriate backup, Ignite is important here.

Regards,
Sandy

Re: installing bundles

Bob E Campbell — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:01:15 GMT

If one felt compelled to quiet the system to that level I would recommend shutting down to rather than booting to single-user mode. SD-UX isn't happy without networking.

In general, it is enough to halt applications and install the QPK bundles with the "-x patch_match_target=true" option.

Re: installing bundles

skt_skt — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:24:20 GMT

I would suggest to bring it to run level2; lpshut,/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d,dtconfig -kill,cmhaltpkg,cmhaltnode(which ever is applibale";patch; and reboot