topic Re: Software Update Manager Tool in Operating System - HP-UX

Software Update Manager Tool

mt_1299 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:31:24 GMT

Why does the Software Update Manager at http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/home.do only show HP9000 OS version options versus also including Itanium OS software as well?

Re: Software Update Manager Tool

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:48:02 GMT

Hi Mike:

I suspect that this is because the packages contain code that will run on either architecture. In this case, the older "HP9000" designation suggests backward compatibility.

I think a label like "pa/ia64" or "9000/ia64 would be a better one.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Software Update Manager Tool

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:50:33 GMT

Shalom,

My experience is that the software will run on either platform.

Do the download, then a swlist -l product -s to confirm.

Backward compatibility is how HP said they would do this.

SEP

Re: Software Update Manager Tool

mt_1299 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:57:33 GMT

I ran the command you mentioned above, but I don't see anything in the output that indicates the software is for IA64 systems.

Would I receive an error if the software was not for the system I was running the swlist command on?

Re: Software Update Manager Tool

Sameer_Nirmal — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:00:24 GMT

It depends on the kind of HP systems you have under a support contract.

Re: Software Update Manager Tool

mt_1299 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:03:15 GMT

Thanks Sameer,

We actually have contracts that relate to IA64 boxes but when I navigate to the SUM, I don't see download options for just IA64 software -- it appears as others have written above that this is related to backwards compatibility.