Before You Begin

Should You Use Standard HP-UX Patch Bundles?

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”.

HP recommends using the HP-UX Quality Pack Patch bundle for the proactive maintenance of all HP-UX systems. For a description of the Quality Pack Patch bundle and all other standard HP-UX patch bundles, see “Standard HP-UX Patch Bundles” .

Should You Use Individual Patches?

HP recommends using individual patches when performing reactive patching tasks. For example, when a system is experiencing a problem, you should apply an individual patch or the smallest set of patches to fix the problem, and not an entire patch bundle.

Please refer to “Acquiring and Installing Individual Patches” for more information.

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

Standard HP-UX Patch Bundles

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

	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.