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Downloading
Individual Patches
When you need to find and download a single patch, use the HP Patch
Database. Begin at the HP IT Resource Center web site:
http://itrc.hp.com
From the home page, select
individual patches.
If you are already registered, log in with your user ID and password. If
you are not registered, follow the instructions on the screen.
From the
patch database main page, select HP-UX and use the search tool
to find required patches and download them. You may download patches
individually or as a group. All dependent patches will also be identified.
Once you have downloaded needed patches, install them using the
swinstall command as explained in “Adding HP-UX Patches to a
Software Depot or System” on page 129.
HP Security
Bulletins &
Security Patch
Check Tool
To keep informed on newly identified security patches and HP-UX
patches released in a previous week, you can sign up to receive periodic
HP Security Bulletins and weekly HP-UX Patch Digests, respectively. To
subscribe, go to the HP IT Resource Center:
http://itrc.hp.com
Under
Maintenance and Support, select subscribe to security bulletins &
patch digests
. For security bulletins, register for the HP-UX Security
Bulletins digests, and for all HP-UX patches register for HP-UX 11.X
Patch Digests. Security Patch Check is a tool available for identifying
security patches applicable for your system. For more information on
Security Patch Check, go to the web:
http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayP
roductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA
Other HP-UX
Patching
Resources
If you are not familiar with patching HP-UX, documents in the Patch
Management
section of the HP documentation web site may be helpful.
http://docs.hp.com
Go to the operating system or environment version and then search for
patch management. General guidelines for patching HP-UX are provided
in the HP-UX Software Transition Kit:
http://devresource.hp.com/STK/hpuxpatch.html
Also see “Managing Patches” in the Software Distributor Administration
Guide.