Install patches & kernel parms with (1) reboot ?

[Jerry_109]

HP-UX sahp81 B.11.11 U 9000/800/rp7410

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Hello All,

Is it possible to install a bundle of patches ( Sep 06 ) from HP, along with needed kernel changes with just one reboot ? Let me know your thoughts. or maybe this is a bad ideal.

thanks
Jerry

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Since swinstall will perform a reboot without any interaction (assuming -x autoreboot=yes) you would have to make the kernel changes first. If you use SAM, you would have to defer the reboot, but SAM creates the new kernel. Some commands that need namelist details from the executable kernel file (ie, ipcs) will not work correctly when /stand/vmunix does not match the running kernel. That could fail a patch install which uses one of the affected commands.

Given the uncertainty that changing the kernel before patching might create, I would not recommend it.