patch rebooting

[Shivkumar]

Does all kind of patching on hpux 11i needs rebooting of the server ?

Thanks,
Shiv

[Rick Garland · Accepted solution]

The PHKL patches always take a reboot.

The others, PHNE, PHSS, & PHCO are varied.

[Alan Meyer_4]

No, for the most part, just the ones that modify the kernel itself, the PHKL ones

[A. Clay Stephenson]

No, it depends upon the nature of the patch. If you look at the release notes for a giver patch, you will see "Automatic Reboot: Yes (or No)". Essentially, if you see PHKL_XXXX, these will always require a reboot as well as most PHNE_XXXXX patches.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

You can also ask the .depot package itself using swlist:

e.g.
swlist -a is_reboot /tmp/PHKL_30398.depot PHKL_30398

man swlist for details.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Ooops, that should be:
e.g.
swlist -a is_reboot -s /tmp/PHKL_30398.depot PHKL_30398

[Mahesh Kumar Malik]

Hi Shiv

No, all kind of patches do not need rebooting of server. It is mainly the kernel patches like PHKL_ which require reboot

Regards
Mahesh

[Cem Tugrul]

Shiv,

As an additon to other replies please have a look of this doc.

Good Luck,

[Babu A]

Hi Shiv,

No, only kernel related patches (i.e patches starting with PHKL_) requires a reboot.

regards,

Babu