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тАО07-16-2001 11:54 AM
тАО07-16-2001 11:54 AM
Thanks in advance,
Jim
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тАО07-16-2001 12:01 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:01 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
First, NEVER delete without using one of the
software tools. The best utility is 'cleanup' and it will remove the software in a safe manner and allow you to keep as many past revisions as you like. For my purposes, I've fould that 1 previous revision is sufficient.
I typically install the General Release first on a sandbox. Test it there and then after about 2 weeks move to test environment and finally when scheduling permits, move the patchset into production. Using that scheme, 1 revision back has never failed me and it is very rare that I have ever had to roll a patch back out.
My 2 cents, Clay
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тАО07-16-2001 12:11 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:11 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
As Clay said, use *ONLY* the 'cleanup' utility to manage /var/adm/sw. Failure to do otherwise can lead to a system that cannot be patched!
On 10.20, use run 'cleanup' without any options to leave one level of superseded patches available for reinstatement.
With 11.x, you can choose the depth to which you keep superseded patches. This is controlled by the '-c' option of 'cleanup'.
One method of managing patches is to do the cleanup *before* you start your next patch application.
...JRF...
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тАО07-16-2001 12:18 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:18 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
Thank God I am not in trouble yet.
Sachin
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тАО07-16-2001 12:19 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:19 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
Just to clarify my previous post, 'delete' probably wasn't the best word to use. When I 'delete' patches I'm actually doing an 'swmodify -x patch_commit=true' on the patch. Of course, Clay and James are correct [ as usual :-) ]. It looks like you could just go into /var/adm/sw/save and start rm'ing things, but you can't. You've gotta use 'cleanup' or 'swmodify'.
JP
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тАО07-16-2001 12:20 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:20 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
I use the cleanup utility to comit the patches that are atleast twice superseeded. Some time I commit the patch that's once superseeded and is taking more space (aprox.>20MB)using swmodify command. The only reason to keep old patches is in case you need to remove the it. (eg. Patch being recalled by HP).
Thanks.
Prashant Deshpande.
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тАО07-16-2001 12:36 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:36 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
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тАО07-16-2001 12:40 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:40 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
You can use the cleanup utility on system as well as depot.
#cleanup -p -c 2 -d @
#cleanup -p -c 2 will list patches superseeded twice on system.
Thanks.
Prashant Deshpande.
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тАО07-16-2001 12:46 PM
тАО07-16-2001 12:46 PM
Re: How long do you keep patch software?
Make sure you have the latest 'cleanup' patches:
For 10.20: PHSS_20824
For 11.0 : PHSS_24347
'cleanup' will recover space in /var/adm/sw/save appropriately.
...JRF...