About Patches

You can find information about patches at:

In the US, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, use:
http://us-support.external.hp.com
In Europe, use:
http://europe-support.external.hp.com

From there you can obtain a list of patches and their descriptions. You can also search for and download available patches.

Other useful information about patches can be found at the following URLs:

http://devresource.hp.com/drc/STK
http://software.hp.com
http://itresourcecenter.hp.com (This URL requires a free registration.)

Additionally, HP-UX Patch Management, a guide to patching HP-UX 11.x systems, can be found at http://docs.hp.com.

Recommended Patches - Extension Software

HP recommends that you install the patches from Extension Software. Extension Software is a DVD that contains HP-UX core patches for each version of HP-UX. The patches in the bundle have been tested as a single unit and therefore the possibility of conflicting patches is minimized.

Installing Extension Software

Put the “HP-UX Extension Software” DVD into the DVD drive.
Make sure the DVD drive is mounted:
/usr/sbin/mount
If there is no entry for the DVD drive, mount it:
/usr/sbin/mount /dev/dsk/devicefile /your_mount_directory
Read (or print) theREADMEFIRSTon the DVD prior to installing the patch bundles:
cd /your_mount_directory
more READMEFIRST
This file contains warnings, installation instructions, and the list of patch bundles.

Removing Patches

On a standalone system, type the following command to remove individual or multiple patches:

/usr/sbin/swremove -x auto_reboot=true \
  PHxx_yyyy.PHxx_yyy...[PHxx_yyyy.PHxx_yyy...]

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