how to find out the need patches for the system?

[stephen peng]

dear all,
i want to know what patches that i should install on my system, and i remember there is a program or script that can do this job, but i could not recall what it is, can any one tell me about that ?

thanks a lot

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

I believe that you are looking for the patch assessment tool:

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/assessSystemsPage.do?BC=main|

You will also be interested in the recent announcment of the Software Assistant (SWA) tool for the older 'security_patch_check' tool:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1094538

Regards!

...JRF...

[Ivan Krastev]

Take a look at this new tool "HP-UX Software Assistant" - http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B6834AA


regards,
ivan