Patch question

[Greg Stark_1]

We have an 11.00 box that hasn't been patched for a long time, if ever. We now want to install Mirror/UX on it. Knowing that Mirror/UX would require some patches after, I called HP to see which patches I would need. They sent me the list below as a minimum:

PHCO_23651 GR C-D s700_800 11.00 fsck_vxfs(1M) cumulative patch
PHCO_23876 GB --- s700_800 11.00 cumulative SAM/ObAM patch
PHCO_24437 GR C-D s700_800 11.00 LVM commands cumulative patch
PHKL_20016 GR -RD s700_800 11.00 2nd CPU not recognized in G70/H70/I70
PHKL_22589 GS cRD s700_800 11.00 LOFS, select(), IDS/9000 and umount race fix
PHKL_24004 GS CRD s700_800 11.00 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch
PHKL_24027 GR CRD s700_800 11.00 VxFS 3.1 cumulative patch
PHKL_24187 GR CR- s700_800 11.00 ioscan performance gain for SCSI Subsystem
PHKL_24268 GB CRD s700_800 11.00 LVM Kernel Cumulative Patch
PHKL_25525 GS CRD s700_800 11.00 Probe,IDDS,PM,VM,PA-8700,asyncio,T600,FS

This seems a bit excessive. Are all these patches "really" needed? If so, can I swcopy them into 1 big depot and get down to one reboot?

Thanks again,
Greg

[Francois Bariselle_3 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Look :

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xc5e99276484dd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

You can install all patch in one procedure. Try this:

1) Unshare all patch using:

for i in PH*
do
sh $i
done

2) Combine the separate depots into one depot:

mkdir /tmp/patches

for i in PH*.depot
do
swcopy -s ${PWD}/$i \* @ /tmp/patches
done

4) Verify the contents of the depots:

swlist -d @ /tmp/patches

5) Install patch with swinstall, interactive method.

Good Luck

Frank.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

I would definitely install them. You can bundle them into a depot and install in one shot.

Plan B. Load a fairly recent General Release patch bundle and fix these issues as well as a host of others.

[Helen French]

Hi Greg,

YES ! You need to install all these patches. You can make in to a single depot and isntall it. However, I would suggest you to download the latest patch bundle and install on your server.

HTH,
Shiju

[John Carr_2]

Hi

use the latest patch bundle if you can but if you have to download it takes ages I think its about 280MB's

John.

[hpuxrox]

Install the patches. The first thing you should do when troubleshooting a problem is check to see if you patches are up to date.
That will be the first question asked from HP Support. "Do you have current patches?"