Before You Begin

The following sections contain questions that you should review before you begin the quick start procedures.

Before you acquire and install standard HP-UX patch bundles, consider the following questions:

If you answer yes to any of these questions, then you should continue with “Acquiring and Installing Standard HP-UX Patch Bundles”.

Before you acquire and install individual patches, consider the following question:

Do you need to add individual patches to the system?

If you answer yes to this question, then you should continue with “Acquiring and Installing Individual Patches”.




	NOTE: In addition to the information in this guide, you should review the release notes for the product you are patching.

Table 2-1 shows the bundle names for the HP-UX 11.0 and HP-UX 11i releases.

Table 2-1 Standard HP-UX Patch Bundle Names

Patch Bundle Name	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)	HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31)
Feature Enablement	N/A	N/A	N/A	`FEATURE11i`	`FEATURE11i`
Hardware Enablement	`HWE1100`	`HWEnable11i`	N/A	`HWEnable11i`	`HWEnable11i`
Maintenance Pack	N/A	N/A	`MAINTPACK`	N/A	N/A
Quality Pack	`QPK1100`	`GOLDAPPS11i` `GOLDBASE11i`	N/A	`QPKAPPS` `QPKBASE`	`QPKAPPS` `QPKBASE`
Required	N/A	`BUNDLE11i`	`BUNDLE11i`	`BUNDLE11i`	N/A




	NOTE: Standard HP-UX patch bundles are cumulative. The latest version of a bundle includes patches from all previous versions. Also, the QPK and HWE patch bundles may have overlapping content. This will not affect the patching process.

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