Installing STM from March 2003 patch bundle

[James Ellis_1]

I need to upgeade my STM to a newer version, and on the March 2003 patch bundle CD I don't see this listed. Is this under Diagnostics?

I presume that installing the newer version of STM does not require a reboot? Do I install it like any other patch bundle install? How much free space must I have under the respective directories?

Thanks.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

After mounting the CD, you then cd to DIAGNOSTICS. It's just a vanilla swinstall from there. Off the top of my head, you need about 80MB or so for a new install of STM but like any swinstall, the space requirements will be checked for you as part of the Analysis Phase.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi again:

I'm too lazy to go mount the cd but I seem to remember there is any directory below DIAGNOSTICS, B.11.11 or some such but you should have no trouble finding it.

[Helen French]

Download the latest STM (Sept 2003) from here:

http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6191AAE

You can also find it from your CD under DIAGNOSTICS directory. You can install it with 'swinstall' command and it's similar to installation of a patch bundle. The space requirements will be provided to you (and the file system free space changes) after the analysis phase.

[James Ellis_1]

Thanks for the replies. Anyone know what version of STM is contained in the March 2003 Support Plus bundle?

Also, installing STM itself will not require a reboot, is this correct?

Thanks.

[Sreekanth Bhaskar_1]

Hi James,

I just upgraded all my systems to the latest version of STM A.42.05 ( from Sept 2003 ). You could download it from the software.hp.com website or use the "support plus" cd that HP sends across.
By the way, this version needs a patch PHSS_29543 to be installed after you upgrade the STM.
You are right....You don't need a reboot to accomplish this.

Hope this helps
Sreekanth

[James Ellis_1]

Sreekanth,

I was wondering what version of STM comes with the March 2003 Support Plus CD. I only have the March 2003 Support Plus on hand now. But will go ahead and install it this weekend. I wanted to know what version of STM was on the March 2003 Support Bundle.

I see on the readme file, there are some dependency patches that need to be on the server prior to the install. I will check and see if I must have any patches installed on the server AFTER installing STM.

Ok, so I now know that the installation of STM does not require a reboot.

Thanks.

[Andrew Merritt_2]

The March 2003 bundle has the March 2003 version of OnlineDiags on it :-) There is a table showing the version numbers for the different releases at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/stm/stm_upd.htm#table

This shows the release date, the STM version number (shown when STM starts up) and the SW depot IDs.

Is this what you wanted?

Andrew

[Andrew Merritt_2]

In addition, you should always check for any patches for the version of STM you have just installed; if a patch is released there is usually a very good reason for it.

The latest patches for the March 2003 (A.38.00) release are PHSS_29703 for 11.11 and PHSS_28956 for 11.00

Andrew