stop swinstall after the analysis phase

[farid S]

Hi,
I want to install some kernel/driver patches during the night. So to minimize downtime, I want to run a check on all the patches for all the systems, during the day. Is there a way to issue an swinstall, which will not install the patches, but rather run the analysis phase, and generate the report. This will help me decide which server to include in the outage, and to further check the problems for the others.

BR,
Farid.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The "preview" switch ( "-p" ) for 'swinstall' is designed to allow you to perform an analysis-only session.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Coolmar]

swverify should do what you require.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90681/swverify.1M.html

[Peter Godron]

Farid,
swinstall -p should do the trick.
"man swinstall"
" -p Previews an install task by running the session
through the analysis phase only."

[Calandrello]

Friend
Executes the command swinstall - s /xx/xxxx.depot in the installation menu tera the option of preview.

[farid S]

Thanks a lot!