hpux command

[Shivkumar]

What is the command to verify the installed patches on the hpux ?

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi shiv,
You can verify your installed software/patches using:
# swverify

For detail, see "man swverify"
Hope that helps.
Regards,

[Torsten.]

swverify!

But you should also have a look in the logs, if you get errors/warnings during installation!

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

If you want to review the state of your patches, I suggest simply running:

# show_patches

The '/usr/contrib/bin/show_patches' utility provides a nicely formatted "front-end" to 'swlist" for showing the state of patches (superseded and active). See the man pages for more information.

If you truly wnat to "verify" all installed patches, you can do:

# /usr/sbin/swverify \*

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bharat Katkar]

# show_patches

This will only work if you have IgniteUX installed on your Systems.

If you would like to view pacthes details then you can also use:

# swlist -l patch

(In case IgniteUX is not available)

Regards,

[Denver Osborn · Accepted solution]

also following patch install, you can use swlist to "verify" patches were installed

swlist -l fileset -a state |grep -E 'installed|corrupt|transient'

any patch in an installed state can be configured using 'swconfig \*', trasient or corrupt would require some troubleshooting.

-denver

[HGN]

Hi

You can use show_patches or slist -l fileset|grep -i P*

Rgds

HGN

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

I should add, that in lieu of 'swverify' you can use a very elegant front-end:

# check_patches

See the manpages for more information.

Please note that both 'show_patches' and 'check_patches' are available with the "patch_tools" patch (PHCO_27780 for 11.11). Versions exist for other 11x too, if you need them.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Arunvijai_4]

# swlist -l patch will list all installed patches

# swverify will verify the patches.

-Arun

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,
below a list of other utilities that we commonly use:

# /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches -s

The show_patches script with -s option will list all the superseded patches in the system.

You can also query two attributes of patches that tell you whether the patch superseds or superseded by any other patch.

swlist -a supersedes

The above swlist will list, on the second column, the patches superseded by the patch
given in the command line

swlist -a superseded_by

The above swlist will list, on the second column, the patches that superseded the patch given in the command line.


hope this helps too!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Arunvijai_4]

# /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches is available only on 11.11 and its not in 11.23

My 11.11 shows,

# swlist -l file |grep "show_patches"
OS-Core.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches
OS-Core.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/man/man1/show_patches.1
PHCO_27780.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches
PHCO_27780.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/man/man1/show_patches.1

whereas in 11.23, It shows nothing,
# swlist -l file |grep "show_patches"
#

You can use #swlist -l patch and #swverify

-Arun

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

swlist -l product *,c=patch

should also work.


swlist -l file | grep show_patches output on our 11.23 systems:


# swlist -l file | grep show_patches
OS-Core.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches
OS-Core.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/man/man1.Z/show_patches.1
PHCO_32220.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/bin/show_patches
PHCO_32220.CMDS-AUX: /usr/contrib/man/man1.Z/show_patches.1

hth

[Rashid Hamid]

1) check_patches

2) swlist -l fileset -a state

[Ranjith_5]

Hi Shiva,

Best and easy remembering command are:

#check_patches.

This will show the patch integrity.This command will also generate a verify report in /tmp/check_patches.report for your reference.

example:
------------------

root@GANGA#/>check_patches
Obtaining information on installed patches
Checking installed version of /usr/sbin/swconfig
Checking for invalid patches
Checking object module checksums for active patch fileset 726 of 726
Checking patch filesets for active patch 371 of 371
Checking state for patch fileset 1306 of 1306
Checking patch_state for patch fileset 1306 of 1306
Running swverify on all patch filesets, this may take several minutes
RESULT: No problems found, review /tmp/check_patches.report for details.



for viewing the installed patches you can use

#show_patches

Example:
-------------
root@GANGA#-/>show_patches|more

Active Patch
Patch Description
---------- -----------------------------------------
PHCO_22958 set_parms
PHCO_23263 HP AutoRAID Manager cumulative patch
PHCO_23370 lint(1) library patch
PHCO_23463 sysdef(1) patch
PHCO_23492 Kernsymtab Patch
PHCO_23702 cumulative header file patch for prot.h
PHCO_23909 cu(1) patch
PHCO_23920 sfd(1M) patch
PHCO_24198 ioscan(1M) patch
PHCO_24396 /etc/default/tz patch
PHCO_24440 cumulative cpio(1) patch
PHCO_24456 st(1m) shared tape administration
PHCO_24477 sar(1m) patch
PHCO_24590 df(1m) cumulative patch


<-------ONLY FEW LINES GIVEN FOR EXAMPLE-------------->


The following command will show the patch configuration State.

#swlist -l patch -a state

Example:-

root-/>swlist -l patch -a state|more
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "GANGA"...
#
# Target: GANGA:/
#

# Accounting
# Accounting.ACCOUNTNG configured
PHCO_27009.ACCOUNTNG configured
# Accounting.ACCT-ENG-A-MAN configured
# Accounting.ACCT-JPN-E-MAN configured
# Accounting.ACCT-JPN-S-MAN configured
# ApacheStrong
# ApacheStrong.APACHE-STRONG configured
# ApacheStrong.TOMCAT configured
# Asian-Core
# Asian-Core.ASX-JPN-E-MAN configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-JPN-MAN configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-JPN-NOTES configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-JPN-S-MAN configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-KOR-NOTES configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-MAN configured
# Asian-Core.ASX-SCH-NOTES


Regards,
Syam