Installing patches

[Sid Bytheway]

I am attempting to install patches from a support CD, and I mount it to /SD_CDROM, and when I run swinstall, it says something like, the depot exists but is currently empty.

I need to install this thing by Monday, and I am a Sun administrator, and this HP keeps throwing me curveballs!

I'm sure one of you smart fellers can help me! ;)

Thanks!

[Byron Myers · Accepted solution]

Cliff,
Look at the directories and files under /SD_CDROM
with swinstall you need to point to the actual file name (absolute path) of the patch depot you want to install. When using the swintall GUI, put this absolute path uder "Source Depot Patch..."
For example: /SD_CDROM/s800/hpux11/GR1100xxx

Make sure you pick the correct depot. The names usually indicate the depot for hardware (like s800 for series 800 servers, s700 for series 700 servers), and operating system version (like GR1100 for hpux11.0).

[Sid Bytheway]

Muchas Gracias, that's it! It seems so simple in retrospect.....

Can you tell me another, during analysis, there were errors, (I am doing a Support Disk). Can I generally ignore those errors, some pertain to 64 bit HP, and I have only installed 32 bit, and some pertain to filesets that I don't have installed, and so it wants to do partial. Can I just proceed with the install?


And is it better to upgrade to 64 bit now before I put it into production? What are the issues there?

[Byron Myers]

As far as the errors from swinstall, the 64-bit and filesets not installed are okay to ignore. These really aren't errors, in my opinion. With any HP depot install, you typically get these types of "errors".

As far as the 64-bit OS, you need to make sure your applications are certified to run on 64-bit. Like, only certain versions of Oracle can run on 64-bit. If 64-bit is in your plans and your aplications are certified for 64-bit, then I say do it now. I have never upgraded from 32-bit to 64-bit - I ALWAYS to a fresh install. It is, in my opinion, light years easier to do fresh installs. I'm not sure it is even possible to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit without a complete OS re-install.

All of this is assuming your system hardware is 64-bit, of course.