Patches and disk space

[Joe Profaizer]

I've installed numerous patches and the original .text and file reside in /tmp. Is it OK just to remove these files? Just want to know the pros and cons of doing so.

thanks,

..Joe

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Joe:

Yes, you can remove the files in /tmp. I keep patches in /tmp long enough to install them on all my servers. The text files for the patch are there for your convenience. You can always examine the patch text (again) on the ITRC patch site.

...JRF...

[Frederic Soriano]

You can also issue a 'swlist -l product PatchText' or 'swlist PatchText' to see which bundle or product these patch texts are included in, and then issue a 'swremove PatchText'. In case you own multiple PatchText in swlist output, just select those you want to remove and swremove them.

And as James said above, you can still retrieve patch details under the Patch section of the ITRC.

Best regards.

Fred.

[Alan Riggs]

I keep a patch server for my own use in constructing depots, bundles, etc. I find it convenient to maintain text files of all patches I have installed there, since I often have a use for identifying patches through simple grep commands on the text file directory.

I maintain no patch text files on my production servers.