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Re: SWVERIFY

 
JA Hegedus
Occasional Advisor

SWVERIFY

When I run check_patches on my systems (RX8640 running HPUX 11.23) I get "NO PROBLEMS FOUND" running swverify However, running swverify \* shows "thousands" of errors.. What is the difference?
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Steven E. Protter
Exalted Contributor

Re: SWVERIFY

Shalom,

swverify always shows errors. It checks a lot of little details.

The output needs to be checked for corrupt patches. This needs to be dealt with, most of the swverify problems are pretty mundane.

They freak you out the first time you see them, but many are meaningless.

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Steven E Protter
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James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: SWVERIFY

Hi:

A full 'swverify \*' examines not only patches but all installed products and filesets.

While the 'check_patches' script performs a 'swverify' this is limited to patches only --- those filesets whose names begin with PHCO, PHKL, PHNE, or PHSS.

Regards!

...JRF...
JA Hegedus
Occasional Advisor

Re: SWVERIFY

Thanks, Thats what I thought. I just ran an swverify \* on a system that was cleanly installed and I still got some 433 errors..
Steven E. Protter
Exalted Contributor

Re: SWVERIFY

Shalom,

Your results are normal.

Actually pretty low.

The first time I ran the command the count was several thousand on a fairly new system.

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Steven E Protter
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http://hpuxconsulting.com
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JA Hegedus
Occasional Advisor

Re: SWVERIFY

What I have found in various responces verified that the results are normal .
Thanks all for the help
Dennis Handly
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: SWVERIFY

>SEP: swverify always shows errors.

This is unfortunate. Ideally HP's products should be swverify error free.