How can I install 8 patches at a time?

[Manel Ventura]

Hi all,

I have to install 8 patches. All of them need to reboot the system. I know how to install one by one but it's very slow. Are there other way to do it?

Thanks.

[Peter Kloetgen]

Hi Manuel,

if you want to install patches which need a reboot, there is no possibility to install them, without installing them and do a reboot after each install. Sorry....

Allways stay on the bright side of life!

Peter

[melvyn burnard]

you use swcopy to copy each patch to a depot, such as /var/spool/sw
then swinstall from the depot, selecting all.
This will take care of it for you.
man swcopy

[Vincent Farrugia · Accepted solution]

Hello,

There is a way to do that, I had your same problem and I managed to do it with only 1 reboot. Follow this link:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/0,,0xaf457b8d1de3d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

to see the answers of those who replied me when I asked this question.

HTH,
Vince

[Ian Dennison_1]

Use this command,...

for i in PHSS_0001 PHSS_0002 PHSS_0003
do
swcopy -s /tmp/$i.depot -x enforce_dependencies=false -x mount_all_filesystems=false \* @ /tmp/depot1
done

Substitute patch names, locations etc for the real ones you are using.

Share and Enjoy! Ian

[Manel Ventura]

Thanks a lot

Manel.