HP-UX Software Assistant

HP-UX Software Assistant (SWA) C.01.02 is a command-line based tool that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on HP-UX systems.

Summary of Change

SWA has been updated to version C.01.02 to incorporate defect fixes.

Impact

There is no impact.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

The performance of SWA is strongly characterized by the network connectivity/performance to get catalogs and get software.

Documentation

For more information, see the following:

The HP-UX Software Assistant Web site at https://www.hp.com/go/swa provides the product overview, download links, and installation instructions.

The SWA manpages describe the commands and provide examples. For HP-UX releases, the manpages are available from the command line using the man swa command:

The HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes provides the features and functionality of the latest release, and known problems.

The HP-UX Software Assistant System Administration Guide provides an introduction to the tool, how to use it, integration with other HP products, how to use the reporting, and troubleshooting.

The documents are available on the HP Technical Documentation Web site at http://docs.hp.com (navigate to 11i v3, then to Patch Management).

Obsolescence

Not applicable.