HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2009 (Update 5 Release)

• HP strongly advises you review the “readme” document file that is delivered with
each patch bundle. The document files can be found in the OEDocs directory on
the OE DVD and at the ITRC (http://itrc.hp.com).
• The Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems provides information
and procedures for acquiring and installing standard HP-UX patch bundles. You
can find the document at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/
oshpux11iv3.html#Patch%20Management.
• For descriptions of changes to the standard HP-UX patch bundles, see the HP-UX
11i Version 3 Release Notes (http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3) appropriate to your
release.
Individual HP-UX patches
Individual HP-UX patches comprise the standard HP-UX patch bundles. The individual
patches and patch bundles are available from the Patch Database at the ITRC ( http://
itrc.hp.com).
At times, you may find it necessary to acquire and install individual patches, for
example, based on known patch IDs, software functionality, reactive patching, and
security issues.
HP-UX Software Assistant
HP-UX Software Assistant (SWA) is a tool that consolidates and simplifies patch
management and security bulletin management on HP-UX systems. SWA combines
the versatility and power of the HP IT Resource Center (ITRC) Patch Assessment and
Security Patch Check (SPC) utilities, and is the HP-recommended utility to use to
maintain currency with HP-published security bulletins for HP-UX software.
SWA can perform a number of checks, including applicable security bulletins and
installed patches with critical warnings. Once an analysis has been performed, you can
use SWA to download any recommended patches or patch bundles and create a depot
ready for installation.
New for HP-UX 11i releases as of January 2007, the SWA tool's bundle name is
SwAssistant and its product number is B6834AA. SWA is delivered as a recommended
(default-installed) product in all OEs.
The HP-UX Software Assistant website at https://www.hp.com/go/swa provides a
product overview, download links, documentation links, and installation instructions.
Documentation The following SWA documents are available at http://
www.docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Patch%20Management:
• The HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes provides the features and functionality
of the latest release, and known problems.
• The HP-UX Software Assistant System Administration Guide provides an introduction
to the tool, how to use it, how to use the reporting, and troubleshooting.
80 Installing applications and patches