HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-05 - SD-UX

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 48 (of 49)
Chapter 05 Software Distributor (SD-UX)
October 29, 2013
There check_patches utility (see above) allows you to check for all overwritten files on the
system and detect if a line in the sand patch had been reinstalled.
If this is the case the safest way to repair it is to reinstall ALL kernel patches (PHKL) that are
shown by swlist (minus the line in the sand patch itself).
I recommend to feed the PatchWork utility (see section Patch Utilities below) with the output of
swlist -l product | grep PHKL
Now run “update & dependency check”. Create a patch bundle that contains all the resulting
patches minus the line in the sand patch. Install the bundle using swinstall options
reinstall=TRUE and reinstall_files=TRUE.
Patch Utilities on the Intranet
The Patch Hub Management and Services (HP Internal Only) site provides patch information, metrics,
patch catalogs and patch tools. Several tools are available for researching, obtaining, installing,
removing and managing patches on all HP-UX systems.
Patch Management and Availability:
The Patch Hub Team manages the patch release process for the BSC and HP Software
organizations; this includes quality assurance and release control. The team also manages the
Patch Hub server, which is the central distribution point of patches for internal and external
customers.
Additional Information
Software Distributor Website:
Software Distributor Administration Guide HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02023876/c02023876.
pdf
Valuable information can be found in the files under the /usr/share/doc directory on any
UX 11ix system.
Related manual pages are:
swacl(1M), swagentd(1M), swask(1M), swconfig(1M), swjob(1M), swlist(1M), swmodify(1M),
swpackage(1M), swreg(1M), swremove(1M), swverify(1M), update-ux(1M), sd(4),
swpackage(4), sd(5).