topic Re: Verify if patches will install? in Operating System - HP-UX

Verify if patches will install?

Joe Despres — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:06:03 GMT

I would like to verify 10 systems if patches from a patch depot would work. That is the patches would install and that there is plenty of drive space available. Do all this without installing. And do this using the commandline....

Tanks...

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Jeff Schussele — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:09:58 GMT

Hi Joe,

Use swinstall -p
to preview only. This will run analysis only & NOT the actual install.

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: Verify if patches will install?

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:10:57 GMT

Hi Joe:

Simply add the '-p' option to 'swinstall' if you want to use the commandline. This will perform the analysis phase *only* and give you the information you seek.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Helen French — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:11:13 GMT

Hi Joe:

You can do this with '-p' (preview only, no install process) option along with swinstall command. This will not install the patch/bundle to the system; instead run only the analysis phase. From the analysis phase, you will get all information about space requirement, patch level, errors, warnings etc.

See this for more details:

# man swinstall
# swinstall -p -s source_depot

HTH,
Shiju

Re: Verify if patches will install?

ashish nanjiani — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:14:15 GMT

swinstall -p should do the job

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Sukant Naik — Thu, 02 May 2002 13:17:00 GMT

Hi Joe,

We need to use the -p option of the swinstall and then this will just take care of your needs.

-Sukant

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Joe Despres — Thu, 02 May 2002 17:23:50 GMT

The -p was a great idea... I'm looking into doing a non-interactive check on atleast 20 patches within the same depot on atleast10-15 systems...

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Helen French — Thu, 02 May 2002 17:33:14 GMT

Hi Joe:

The swinstall with options given and without '-i' option will invoke the non-interactive mode for you. You need to give the command line options along with that. Check the swinstall(1M) man pages and read the Interactive/Non-Interactive methods.

If you want to check multiple options in multiple systems, then you can write a script for doing the same.

HTH,
Shiju

Re: Verify if patches will install?

Victor_5 — Thu, 02 May 2002 19:40:34 GMT

use preview mode with switch -p.

swinstall -p