5.5 PatchiX Training

Viewing Detailed Patch Information
You can often successfully install patches without ever knowing what they are intended
to fix, or how they will change your system software. If you are interested in
understanding more about the patches you are installing HP Patch/iX provides extensive
information about the patches.
Figure 5-1. List of patches after patch qualification completed.
In the Qualify Patches screen (see Figure 5-1 above) you can get a quick view of all the
patches. It will tell you:
• which ones qualify for your system,
• what the current patch status is,
• what the recommendation and criticality flag values are,
• whether the patch requires an update from CSLT,
• and the origin of the patch.
HP Patch/iX also provides a one-line patch description for the currently highlighted patch
in the message window. Definitions for some of these fields are provided below.