HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

6. Click download selected, and follow the directions. HP recommends the gzip package format
from the following available formats.
• zip package
• gzip package
• tar package
• download a script that will ftp the patches
Procedure 2 Installing patches
1. Create a /var/tmp/patches directory, and copy the downloaded patches into that directory.
2. Execute:
gunzip patch_file
tar -xvf patch_file
3. Load the patches into /var/tmp/patches/depot:
./create_depot_hp-ux_11
4. Install the patches:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s /var/tmp/patches/depot \*
Only the applicable patch file sets are loaded. After the system reboots, continue with the
installation.
Part 2: Managed system requirements and recommendations
Operating systems
8 Installation overview and requirements