HP-UX Software Assistant Administration Guide (5900-3003, March 2013)

Patch Assessment
Tool
Guided patch analysis and selection software available on the HP Support Center that ensures
your systems meet the HP recommended patch configuration. HP-UX Software Assistant has all
the capabilities of the HPSC Patch Assessment Tool and more.
patch chain See supersession chain.
Q
Quality Pack (QPK) A bundle of HP-UX defect-fix patches for proactive patching. QPK bundles are targeted for a
particular version of HP-UX. The patches are tested as thoroughly as an operating system release.
R
report A summary of actions to take based on the analysis.
S-T
security bulletin The mechanism used by Hewlett-Packard to announce the presence of potential security issues
and lists actions recommended to resolve the issue.
Security Patch
Check (SPC)
SPC is superseded by HP-UX Software Assistant. Full support of SPC ended November 1, 2008.
Software Assistant
(SWA)
A tool that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on
HP-UX systems. The SWA tool is new for HP-UX releases as of January 2007.
step One discrete action of the swa report or swa get command. SWA steps are initiated with
the swa step command. Valid steps are: inventory, catalog, analyze, report,
download, and depot.
supersession chain A series of patches for a software product, beginning with the nonpatched software product and
progressing from the oldest patch to the newest patch. Newer patches completely replace the
older ones. In general, patch numbers increase along a patch supersession chain.
swcache Files containing the software downloaded from the HP Support Center during the swa get or
the swa step download command. These files are stored in the swcache directory.
U-Z
usercache Files created by swa report, such as the inventories of the systems or depots, the catalog, and
the analysis file. These files are stored in the cache subdirectory.
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