June 2008 HP-UX Update Release

[Tim Medford]

I ordered and received the June 2008 software updates from HP. But when I mount DVD 1 and run swinstall, all of the normal patch bundles are marked as December 2007? (HWEnable11i, Features11i, QPKApps, QPKBase)

Do you think they sent me the wrong DVDs (They do say June 2008 on them) or does this just mean there have been no updates since December?

Thanks
Tim

[Patrick Wallek]

What specific version of HP-UX is this for?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Tim:

I'm not clear what release you ordered or for that matter *what* you actually ordered. The Patch Database shows what you should *expect* to be available:

http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releaseIndexPage.do?BC=main|

Regards!

...JRF...

[Tim Medford]

11.23 Attached is a snapshot of swinstall.

[Tim Medford]

The DVD says:

HP-UX 11i Version 2
Enterprise Operating Environment

Core OS
Install and Recovery
Version B.11.23

June 2008
DVD 1 of 2


Thanks again.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi (again) Tim:

I think this is probably just a distribution/packaging issue. That is, when the roll-up for June 2008 occured, the latest patch bundles that were certified were for December 2007.

I don't see this as a problem.

Install SWA and fetch what you need to bring your system up to date:

www.hp.com/go/swa

Regards!

...JRF...

[Patrick Wallek]

The screen shot appears to me to be what is installed on your system and not what is available to be installed.

The versions that are available to download for 11.23 are:

BUNDLE11i(B.11.23.0409.3) - Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), September 2004
HWEnable11i(B.11.23.0712.070) - Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2007
FEATURE11i(B.11.23.0803.070a) - Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, March 2008
QPK1123(B.11.23.0806.072) - Quality Pack Depot for 11i v2, June 2008

[Patrick Wallek]

The DVD you got is actually the whole OS installation.

I was thinking you just got the Quality Pack DVD from June 2008, in which case you would have the latest patches.

I think JRF hit the nail on the head. The June 2008 OS installation may have been created before the June 2008 patches were available and ready to go.

[Tim Medford]

Thanks for the replies.

The last updates to this system were June 2007, so that swinstall list is indeed from the 06/08 DVD.

I think I'm confused about which DVD I need to be using. There are 2 O/S DVDs and then 1 Support Pack DVD. Based on that link that James references, it looks like the latest patches are on Support Pack.

Hmmm, I could have sworn with 11.23 they stopped doing those SupportPlus updates and just bundled it all into the O/S DVDs but I must be mistaken.

Thanks

[Patrick Wallek]

>> it looks like the latest patches are on Support Pack.

Correct!

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Tim:

> it looks like the latest patches are on Support Pack.

Well, yes and no. I prefer using SWA (the Software Assistant Tool).

Regards!

...JRF...

[Tim Medford]

Yes, I think you're right. I mounted the SupportPack DVD and all it has is the June 2008 QPKAPPS and QPKBASE. To fully patch everything I also need:

HWEnable11i from Dec. 2007
Feature11i from Mar. 2008

Luckily Bundle11i hasn't changed since 2004. I have no idea what the most current OnlineDiags are, but I can live with the June 2007 version I'm on.

I'm not familiar with the SWA, is that something on the ITRC?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again) Tim:

Fetch and install the Software Assistant (SWA) from here:

http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B6834AA

There is some good documentation here:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-3930/index.html

You should find a template as:

# /etc/opt/swa/swa.conf.template

I begin with a '.swa.conf' file that looks like this:

user_dir = /var/opt/swa/.swa
analyzers = QPK CRIT PCW SEC
catalog_max_age = 0
inventory_max_age = 0
html_report = ~/.swa/report/swa_report.html
allow_existing_depot = false

...This allows me to report (and later collect) the Quality Packs, critical patches, patches with warnings and security-relatated information for a server.

I basically do:

# swa clean all -v

...to cleanup from previous runs...

# swa report

...which builds '.swa/report/swa_report.html' --- the reported analysis

# swa get -v -t /patches/swdepot

...which fetches the QPK patch bundles, replacement patches *and* any other patches as performed by the ' swa report ' above. The downloaded software is cached in '/var/opt/swa/cache'. A log 'var/opt/swa/swa.log' is created. After the software is downloaded, it is copied to the 'swdepot' depot and registered. My '/patches' directory is a mounted filesystem of about 4GB.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Patrick Wallek]

SWA = Software Assistant

It is a free product. Information and download available here:

http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B6834AA

It runs on a single system and, if you have SSH or some such access to other systems, it can analyze them all. It officially supports 11iV1, 2 and 3. It did appear to successfully analyzed an 11.0 system for me though.

It will give you a report stating what patches are needed and what security bulletin issue need addressing on your system. Based on its analysis it can download the appropriate patches and, I believe, create the patch bundle for you.