SWINSTALL

[Regina Mitchell]

I'm trying to install a few patches when I do it fails the analysis phase saying that these patches are already installed but when checked with swlist they don't. OS is 11.11. My maintenance window ends in about two hours. All replies are appreciated

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Regina:

If 'swinstall' indciates that they are already installed then I suspect that they are either already installed or have been superseded. An easy way to verify is to run 'show_patches'.

You can use:

# show_patches -s

...to list superseded patches. Use '-a' to show active ones.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Regina Mitchell]

Thanks. Let me try

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Regina,

They may be superseded or not correctly installed.

try swverify to check.

SEP

[Regina Mitchell]

Yes you are correct. Thanks for the replies. When i first checked HP website for these patches it showed the most current superseded patch but not the previous superseded patch I have on the server.

For instance phco_29029 shows phco_33711 as the most current superseded patch. But it does not show PHCO_32761 which I have on the server. 33711 replaced 32761.

Thanks for all replies

[Regina Mitchell]

The replies from the thread helped me resolve my problem.