HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2010

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 might 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.hp.com/go/swa-docs:
• 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.
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