topic Re: patch rebooting in Operating System - HP-UX

patch rebooting

Shivkumar — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:16:26 GMT

Does all kind of patching on hpux 11i needs rebooting of the server ?

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: patch rebooting

Rick Garland — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:20:59 GMT

The PHKL patches always take a reboot.

The others, PHNE, PHSS, & PHCO are varied.

Re: patch rebooting

Alan Meyer_4 — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:21:23 GMT

No, for the most part, just the ones that modify the kernel itself, the PHKL ones

Re: patch rebooting

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:22:43 GMT

No, it depends upon the nature of the patch. If you look at the release notes for a giver patch, you will see "Automatic Reboot: Yes (or No)". Essentially, if you see PHKL_XXXX, these will always require a reboot as well as most PHNE_XXXXX patches.

Re: patch rebooting

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:33:16 GMT

You can also ask the .depot package itself using swlist:

e.g.
swlist -a is_reboot /tmp/PHKL_30398.depot PHKL_30398

man swlist for details.

Re: patch rebooting

A. Clay Stephenson — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:36:58 GMT

Ooops, that should be:
e.g.
swlist -a is_reboot -s /tmp/PHKL_30398.depot PHKL_30398

Re: patch rebooting

Mahesh Kumar Malik — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 02:29:23 GMT

Hi Shiv

No, all kind of patches do not need rebooting of server. It is mainly the kernel patches like PHKL_ which require reboot

Regards
Mahesh

Re: patch rebooting

Cem Tugrul — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:03:25 GMT

Shiv,

As an additon to other replies please have a look of this doc.

Good Luck,

Re: patch rebooting

Babu A — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:05:53 GMT

Hi Shiv,

No, only kernel related patches (i.e patches starting with PHKL_) requires a reboot.

regards,

Babu