topic remove "installed" patch in Operating System - HP-UX

remove "installed" patch

Victor_5 — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:13:13 GMT

I am using 11.0 on N4000, I am installing PHSS_25787, but before that, I need to remove PHSS_23797 first, the swlist said that the status of PHSS_23797 is "installed".

I have tried swremove, but the PHSS_23797 not in the list; I also tried
swmodify -x patch_commit=true PHSS_23797
swconfig PHSS_23797
cleanup -s PHSS_23797
but failed to do so. Who can tell me how to remove PHSS_23797 with "installed" status? Thanks.

Re: remove "installed" patch

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:21:25 GMT

Why do you want to remove PHSS_23797?

I have just read the patch information for PHSS_25787. PHSS_25787 supersedes PHSS_23797 and nowhere in the installation instruction does it require you to remove the old patch. Typically you don't want to do that anyway.

You install the new patch over the old one, and that way if you have to remove the new one, you go back to the previous patch level.

Re: remove "installed" patch

S.K. Chan — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:25:51 GMT

If the patch is installed (in an installed state), it means it is succesfully installed but not configured. If you run ..

# swconfig PHSS_23797

to complete any configuration process and later on use swremove to remove it,that should work.

Re: remove "installed" patch

Victor_5 — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:30:54 GMT

Thanks for your reply!

Patrick:

I run check_patches after the patch installation, since I don't want any error in the check_patches.report before the move the server to production environment, although the guide does not ask me to remove the old one.

You mentioned go to the previous level, how to do so?

SK:

I have tried swconfig, unfortunately, after I run that command, the status still is "installed", any idea?

Re: remove "installed" patch

S.K. Chan — Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:45:44 GMT

I didn't realize you got it committed in swmodify, that could be the reason why you're having problem removing it. Take a look at this thread ..

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x9dc0a2db8513d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

Re: remove "installed" patch

Victor_5 — Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:47:45 GMT

I fixed the problem, I use

swmodify -a state=configured fileset_name

I run swmodify one by one, after that, I run check_patches again, all of those errors gone!

Thanks all!

Shawn