HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

From there you can obtain a list of patches and their descriptions. You can also search

for and download available patches.

Other useful information about patches can be found at the following URLs:

• http://devresource.hp.com/drc/STK

• http://software.hp.com

• http://itresourcecenter.hp.com (This URL requires a free registration.)

Additionally, HP-UX Patch Management, a guide to patching HP-UX 11.x systems, can

be found at http://docs.hp.com.

Recommended Patches - Extension Software

HP recommends that you install the patches from Extension Software. Extension

Software is a DVD that contains HP-UX core patches for each version of HP-UX. The

patches in the bundle have been tested as a single unit and therefore the possibility of

conflicting patches is minimized.

Installing Extension Software

1. Put the “HP-UX Extension Software” DVD into the DVD drive.

2. Make sure the DVD drive is mounted:

/usr/sbin/mount

If there is no entry for the DVD drive, mount it:

/usr/sbin/mount /dev/dsk/devicefile /your_mount_directory

3. Read (or print) theREADMEFIRSTon the DVD prior to installing the patch bundles:

cd /your_mount_directory