HP-UX Patches

The patches are divided into REQUIRED and RECOMMENDED.

The REQUIRED patches must be installed to run HP Systems Insight Manager.
The RECOMMENDED patches might be beneficial, but HP Systems Insight Manager runs without them.

The following patches (or their superseding patches) should be installed before installing HP Systems Insight Manager. Required patches are bundled with HP Systems Insight Manager, but all patches are available for download from the patch database at http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do.

For HP-UX 11i v1
- REQUIRED: PHCO_27632
- RECOMMENDED: SDK 1.4 patches, for a current list, refer to the following URL: http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/index.html
For HP-UX 11i v2
- REQUIRED: None
- RECOMMENDED: SDK 1.4 patches, for a current list, refer to the following URL: http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/index.html




	NOTE: To determine the Java version installed execute: /opt/mx/j2re/bin/java -version. For more information about patches, go to http://www.hp.com/go/java, and select the Patches link in the Site information list on the left. This site will determine the recommended patches for the Java application. If you select a patch from the table, you will then go directly to the IT Resource Center (ITRC) website to download the patch.

Downloading and Installing HP-UX Patches

To download patches:

Browse to the patch database: http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Click the HP-UX link.
Select the appropriate hardware and operating system.
For example, 800 and 11.23
Select Search by Patch IDs, enter the patch IDs, and click search.
Select the patches, and click add to selected patch list at the bottom of the page. This adds dependent patches.
Click download selected, and follow the directions on the screen. The gzip package is the recommended format.

To install patches:

Create a /var/tmp/patches directory, and copy the downloaded patches into that directory.
Execute:
gunzip patch_file
tar -xvf patch_file
Load the patches into /var/tmp/patches/depot:
./create_depot_hp-ux_11
Install the patches:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s /var/tmp/patches/depot \ *
Note: Only the applicable patch filesets will be loaded. Continue with the installation after you reboot.

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