How to remove a corrupt Cumulative patch

[Dick Blick]

How can I remove the Cumulative Patch PHSS_18892? Additionally, when executing swlist, the state of the patch [PHSS_18892] is listed as "corrupted". Following is a copy of the error that I received when trying to remove it:

# swremove PHSS_18892

======= 06/19/00 13:00:14 EDT BEGIN swremove SESSION
(non-interactive)

* Session started for user "root@hpov01".

* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "hpov01:/".
* Software selections:
PHSS_18892.OVNNM-RUN-MAN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVNNMWELENGDOC,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVPMD-MIN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVPMD-MIN-MAN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVSNMP-MIN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVSNMP-MIN-MAN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVWIN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVWIN-MAN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVWWW-EVNT,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
PHSS_18892.OVWWW-FW,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64
* Selection succeeded.


* Beginning Analysis
* Session selections have been saved in the file
"/.sw/sessions/swremove.last".
ERROR: "hpov01:/": The software dependencies for 10 products or
filesets cannot be resolved.
* The analysis phase failed for "hpov01:/".
* Analysis had errors.


NOTE: More information may be found in the agent logfile (location
is hpov01:/var/adm/sw/swagent.log).

======= 06/19/00 13:00:29 EDT END swremove SESSION (non-interactive

[Albert E. Whale, CISSP]

Since swremove is not working (and we haven't seen the swagent.log) I would either use the swremove -i option or attempt to re-install (with the force option) the patch again.

Why do you want to remove the patch?

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

) remove file under /var/adm/sw/patch acting as a lock to removing the
patch PH??
ii)reinstall PH?? ensuring BOTH the flags for same revisions AND
same file are disabled under swinstall.
iii) swremove the patch again now if you wish or run swlist -l fileset -a state and check files/patch no longer corrupted.