Patching HPUX 11.23 - Help !!!!!!!

[Rizwan Choudhry]

Hi All,
I am junior level unix admin, Need bit help on Patching UNIX.

I have just installed HPUX 11.23 on new server.
Now i need to patch it with latest patches.

I need to HP Pathes Database and decided to go for Jun '07 (11.23 Standard Patch Bundles).

Now that showed me 4 further choices.

BUNDLE11i(B.11.23.0409.3) Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), September 2004
HWEnable11i(B.11.23.0706.064) Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, June 2007
FEATURE11i(B.11.23.0706.063) Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, June 2007
QPK1123(B.11.23.0706.064) Quality Pack Depot for 11i v2, June 2007


I am confused now , which one should i install?
Do i need to install all 4 bundles?

Or do i just download one bundle which consist of all of them?

Thank in advance.

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas.]

Rizwan,

The four of them are different bundles and all of them are necessary in your HP-UX installation.

Regards,

Jaime.

[Torsten.]

You probably have the first already.

You can pack this bundles to only 1 already on the website, download and install.

add to selected patch list =>

The system will select the needed patches out of the huge bundle.

[Rizwan Choudhry]

Thanks mate for clarification.
Do i need to apply in any particuler order?
Is there any one of them highly critical one?

[James R. Ferguson]

HI:

If you installed 11.23 from any recent media, you will already have the BUNDLE11i (September 2004) installed.

You can download the remaining three bundles and 'swcopy' them to a single depot to perform a one-reboot installation.

For example, for each individual depot (assumning you downloaded it to the '/tmp' directory) do:

# swcopy -v -s /tmp/HWEnable11i -x enforce_dependencies=false \* @ /var/tmp/swdepot

I urge you to FIRST READ :

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/rsb/rsbDisplay.do?fileName=patches_main/hpux_bundles_overview.htm

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/rsb/rsbDisplay.do?fileName=patches_hpux/hpux11iv2_9000_integrity.htm

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-0674/index.html

I also strongly suggest you fetch the SWA (Software Assistant) tool and install it. This greatly facilates patch management!

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

You can install, configure and implement this after you update your server with the aforementioned bundles and after you have read and become more familar with patching.

Take the time to read the documentation before you start and you will be well rewarded.

ALSO, as a new Forum member, welcome. Please read:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

Regards!

...JRF...

[Pete Randall]

If you download them separately, I would recommend using swcopy to put them all into one depot so you can install them all at once with only one re-boot.


Pete

[Torsten.]

Do i need to apply in any particuler order?

No, the swinstall process will take care about this.

Is there any one of them highly critical one?

You can review the patch list (if you click on the bundle you will see the contents) on ITRC.
What is your definition of highly critical?
Your system may be in a critical state without a patch - consider this.
All patches are rated - read more about this:

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/wrap.do?pageKey=patch.html.hpuxRatingHelp&BC=main|bundle|releaseIndexPage|releasePage{0706-11.23}|bundleAggPage{HWEnable11i:B.11.23.0706.064}|

[Rizwan Choudhry]

Thank you all for you help, Info provided has been very usefull.
regards riz

[Rizwan Choudhry]

Everybody has been very helpfull Thanks

[Torsten.]

Please read this too, like mentioned earlier:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

[Dennis Handly]

>Torsten: No, the swinstall process will take care about this.

I would say it depends. If you copy them all to one depot you are correct.

If you have individual patches, swinstall will tell you have the wrong order and must install the dependencies first.