Chapter 5 HP-UX Patching and Patch Management

HP releases patches to deliver incremental updates to your system. Patches are best known for delivering defect fixes, but also deliver new functionality and features, enable new hardware, and update firmware. You can use HP-UX patches to update HP-UX software without having to completely reinstall your system application.

The Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems provides information and procedures on how to acquire and install standard HP-UX patch bundles, including the Hardware Enablement (HWE) and Quality Pack (QPK) bundles. Go to the HP Technical Documentation Web sites at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#Patch%20Management

http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Patch%20Management

This guide applies to the HP-UX 11.0 (B.11.00), HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11), HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22), HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), and HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) releases. In addition, the IT Resource Center is a good resource for patches, tools, and information at:

http://itrc.hp.com

	NOTE: The HP patch resources are for HP-related patches only. To install or upgrade other vendor patches and applications, refer to the appropriate vendor documentation