Quality Pack GOLD patch

[Shivkumar]

Hi,

What is "Quality Pack GOLD patch" ?
What are the other different kinds of patches ?

Will they be changed in Itanium Servers ?

Thanks,
Shiv

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Shiv:

The nomenclature keeps changing. "Gold" was a term used to describe two (now one) set of 11.11 (11iv1) Support Plus bundles --- the so-called "Apps" and so-called "Base" patches. Now, both the GOLDBASE11i and GOLDAPPS11i bundles including their respective patches are delivered within the same depot. The depot name on the Support Plus media is 'GOLDQPK11i'.

If you say "Itanium Servers" you are probably referring to 11.23 (11iv2). There is no "Gold" designation here. Remember, though, this release of 11i supports both PA-RISC and Itanium servers from a single, unified patch base and source. Standard patch bundles are delivered with each OE (Operating Environment) that is released.

You can learn more from :

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/rsb/rsbDisplay.do?fileName=patches_main/hpux_bundles_overview.htm

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releasePage.do?BC=main|releaseIndexPage|&releaseId=0606-11.23

(and)

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releasePage.do?BC=main|releaseIndexPage|&releaseId=5013-6792

Regards!

...JRF...

[Chauhan Amit]

The objective of the Quality Pack (QPK) is to deliver a bundle of defect-fix patches for proactive maintenance while the Hardware Enablement (HWE) bundle provides only those patches needed to support hardware. Contents for these bundles follow these basic guidelines:

Patches that address only defect fixes are included in the QPK bundle;

Patches that address only hardware enablement are included in the HWE bundle;

Patches that deliver hardware enablement as well as defect fixes will be included in both the QPK and HWE bundles.

Based on these guidelines, you may find different versions of patches (sometimes older, sometimes newer) in the QPK or the HWE bundle for HP-UX 11.0.

If your support contract is current, you will be offered Support Plus media which contains the QPK bundle as well as other patch bundles and products. Support Plus CD contains everything.

Check out this link
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/SUPPORT_PLUS/qpk.html

-Amit

[Chauhan Amit]

Check out this link for â Standard HP-UX Patch Bundle Use and Release Datesâ

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-4825/ch05s02.html#t52

Hope this helps.

-Amit

[Raj D.]

Shiv ,

Here is a complete Guide,
Patching , Installing , removing , verifying , patch ratings , patch tools , standard patch bundles, patch utilities on the internet etc:

http://www.1402.com/documents/Patches.pdf



Enjoy,
Cheers,

Raj.