HP-UX Patching and Patch Management

HP offers both standard HP-UX patch bundles and individual patches for maintaining HP-UX systems. Standard HP-UX patch bundles are well tested bundles of patches for HP-UX core files and applications that are delivered on the HP-UX 11i v1 OE media for Install and Recovery. The patches in these bundles enable new hardware and fix known defects. In some cases, a patch may deliver new software functionality.

The latest version of the standard HP-UX patch bundles can be obtained from the Support Plus Media included in the HP-UX media kit. You can also obtain one of the standard HP-UX patch bundles, the Hardware Enablement (HWE) patch bundle, from the OE media. You can obtain standard HP-UX patch bundles and individual patches from the IT Resource Center:

http://itrc.hp.com

HP recommends using the standard HP-UX patch bundles on the Support Plus media when loading HP-UX on a new system, updating a system, or performing proactive maintenance. For information specific to the standard HP-UX patch bundles found on the Support Plus media, please refer to the Support Plus User Guide and Read Before Installing Support Plus on the HP Technical Documentation Web site:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv1

For information on how to acquire and install standard HP-UX patch bundles such as the HWE and Quality Pack (QPK), as well as individual patches, refer to the Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems provided on the HP Technical Documentation Web site listed above.

In addition, the IT Resource Center is a good resource for patches, tools, and information:

http://itrc.hp.com

	NOTE: The HP patch resources are for HP-related patches only. To install or upgrade other vendor patches and applications, refer to the appropriate vendor documentation.