New version of Software Assistant is available

[Bob E Campbell]

Version C.02.30 is now available from https://www.hp.com/go/swassistant. This version provides scheduled reporting and review of past reports to the HP SIM HP-UX CMS integration.

SWA is a client-side tool that allows patch and security bulletin analysis to be performed on HP-UX systems. It can be used as a command-line tool or through HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).

Please post any comments or questions to this thread.

[Patrick Wallek]

Thanks for the heads-up, Bob. Going to download and install now.

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

This is very new version, good to hear.
I just wonder how much size do I need to install ? besides, it needs some dependencies.
I could not find in site when I glanced.

[Bob E Campbell]

There are no new dependencies so this should be able to install on any 11.23 or 11.31 system as is. On all releases the dependencies are:

Java (Jre15 r>=1.5.0.02.01, Jre60, Jre14r>=1.4.2.09.04)
Judy libraries (Judy-lib r>=B.11.11.04.00)

and 11.11 systems need patch PHSS_22898 or later

If you have HP SIM already installed on the HP-UX system, their dependencies meet ours.

As for size:
8847360 1111_0910_WEB_SWAmega1.depot
14438400 112331_0910_WEB_SWAmega1.depot

As for usage it depends on if you are just creating reports, creating multi-system reports in SIM, or creating depots from the command line. The first uses space in the users home directory while the others can use 100s of Mb under /var.

Be aware that SWA can be installed on one system and analyzer others. The impact on systems being remotely analyzed is less than 1Mb in the remote users home directory.

[Patrick Wallek]

No dependencies required, other than what is included with SWA.

You don't need much space. The download is approx. 13 MB and the /opt/swa directory itself is 28 MB after installation is complete.

You will need some room as a cache for patches is you let SWA retrieve patches from HP.

[Viveki]

Is the installation is an upgrade? Or a remove - install one?

Sorry to bother you, but I do not have a system to experiment with.

[Bob E Campbell]

The depots can be used for install or update. Check out the info available from https://www.hp.com/go/swassistant. Our friend @HP_UX_Docs on Twitter has even found a way to embed video in our user guide PDF. Let us know what you think.

There are a few odd corner cases with HP SIM, but they can all be addressed through some combination of a SIM restart and use of the script /opt/swa/lbin/configHPSIM.

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

I will use in my Lab server small c3000 and do not have extra space (this is why I asked about space), I cannot put HP SIM due to this problem, I will try just SWA as command line options.
Regards.

[Bob E Campbell]

I understand. If you are generating reports the disk space requirements are modest. You may well have more space being used by syslog or the SD logs under /var/adm/sw than SWA reporting will need.

If you wish to create depots you will need working room. On HP-UX 11.11 (11iv1) for example the QPK patch bundles require 2 x 600MB. On 11.23 this balloons to 2 x 1.6GB.

If you have an ignite or depot server, that would be the ideal place for SWA. For experimenting anywhere should be fine.

[Hakki Aydin Ucar]

Thank you for your information.
I want to share specific during my trials new SWA software:

1- Server needs an internet connection to get catalog; if you see this error like me:
->>
ERROR: Failed to read: https://ftp.itrc.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDownloadPatch/swa
_catalog.xml.gz?PatchName=/export/patches/swa_catalog.xml.gz Message: URL cannot be
opened. ftp.itrc.hp.com
->>

2- 2nd issue is for HP UX 11iv1 needs patch PHSS_22898 but when you go to the patch database you will see a recommended another patch and last patch replacement here and one of them is crital fix Kernel Patch needs reboot your system:
->>
PHSS_33945passed functional, customer, stress & performance tests
posted: 2007/04/30
notes:critical fix special instructions/other dependencies

PHSS_33946passed functional and customer tests
posted: 2008/06/30
notes:special instructions/other dependencies
->>

So it seems better to apply PHSS_33945 AND dependencies; PHKL_29243 is for critical fix.