Quick Patch install help

[Robie Lutsey]

Hi!

I have never installed an individual patch before. What is the procedure? I tried swinstall but it doesn't see anything without a .depot at the end. Please help me out.

p.s. I'm really good at assigning points. ;)

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Clifford,

In the swinstall screen, use the software source as local directory, give the name of the server or ip address and in the software path, mention the path to the depot file, for eg.: /tmp/some_file.depot if the depot file some_file.depot is in /tmp.

give it a try.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Craig Rants · Accepted solution]

sh the file i.e.

sh PHCO_23456

you will get

PHCO_23456.depot and 23456.txt

then swinstall -s hostname:/`pwd`/PHCO_23456.depot

That should work for you.

GL,
C

[Helen French]

Hi,

You have to enter the complete path in the swlist window. For eg: if the patch is in /tmp/patch_name.tar, then you need to enter "/tmp/patch_name.tar" in the source path.

Also untar (tar -xv)and unzip (gunzip) if the patch bundle is in compressed format.

HTH,
Shiju

[Robie Lutsey]

AH Craig that was the missing step! Thanks!!

[Darrell Allen]

Hi Clifford,

This may seem like a cop out but every patch has a text file as part of the shar file you download. You can also view the text on the ITRC. In the text file there are installation instructions as well as dependencies, pre-requisites, specific installation instructions, whether a reboot is required, etc.

Darrell

[Darrell Allen]

I should have included the link for retrieving a patch from the ITRC:

http://us-support.external.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/sid=39ef2eb50bcef51d3b

Enter the patch name here and the text file will be displayed.

Darrell

[Helen French]

Hi,

If you have downloaded the patch from HP site, then do

# sh patch_name

this will give you a *.depot file and a *.txt file. Open swinstall and give full path of *.depot file.

See this also:

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=844f9065089409a018/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=400000000245460

HTH,
Shiju

[Robie Lutsey]

Darrell I read the .txt file that came with the patch but I must have missed the section on installation.

Thanks everyone for your help I got it installed and working!