standard vs. custom patch bundles

[Charles McCary]

Group,

Hi - just trying to get my hands around the custom patch bundles (I probably should know the answer to this, but I don't). Is the only real advantage to the custom patch bundle vs. the gold pack this size of the download? The reason I ask is that if I choose the gold pack I only install what the system needs anyway right?

Help me out here....

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

That is correct.

The real advantage behind a custom patch bundle is that it is tailored specifically to your environment.

Like we have HP provide custom patch bundles based on certain requirements - course you need to be on contract with them.

Rgds...Geoff

[Pete Randall]

The custom patch bundles require you to download a script that checks your machine to see what you have installed for applications and comes up with a recommended set of patches. Depending on how often you do this, it can be huge - entirely too much risk for me. The standard patch bundles have always probed sufficient for me.


Pete

[Charles McCary]

I haven't installed patches in a while, it used to be QPK and the critical hardware patche bundle (and I believe the QPK contained the h/w bundle).

Is the gold bundle the new QPK? I.e., does it contain everything I need?

thanks,
c

[Pete Randall]

Charles,

Actually I find it confusing - they've got "standard bundles", they've got "support plus", and they've got "quality packs":

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releaseIndexPage.do?admit=-682735245+1131546222985+28353475&BC=patch.breadcrumb.main%7Cpatch.breadcrumb.bundle%7C

However, if you look at the Quality Pack page, it says " HP-UX Quality Packs include all stable defect-fix patches for HP-UX 10.20 (B.10.20), HP-UX 11.0 (B.11.00), HP-UX 11i Version 1 (B.11.11) and HP-UX 11i Version 2 (B.11.23) core, graphics and networking drivers. HP-UX 11i Version 1 and HP-UX 11i Version 2 Quality Packs also contain defect-fix patches for all applications in the HP-UX Operating Environments (OEs). HP thoroughly tests each Quality Pack and requires that it pass the same tests as would a new HP-UX operating system release."

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=QUALITYPACK


Pete

[Charles McCary]

I'm glad I'm not the only one... :)


OK - so I've got a box running 11i, it's got the gold pack base patch bundle on it. It's time to patch it...if you were me, what would you load?

QPK and support plus, just QPK, a custom patch bundle, ....?

[Pete Randall]

I think the Sept Support Plus should be all you need:

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/releasePage.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.bundle|patch.breadcrumb.releaseIndexPage|&releaseId=5013-3724


Pete

[Charles McCary]

thanks everyone.