SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation

patch_match_target

The match_target option still functions, but no longer matches patches to targets. Instead, the 11.0 patch_match_target option automatically selects the latest patches that correspond to software on the target.

	NOTE: The patch_match_target and match_target options cannot both be set to true in the same SD swinstall command. Use the match_target option to update from 10.x versions of HP-UX. Use the patch_match_target option to install new patches on systems that are already running HP-UX 11.0. The patch_match_target option selects patches from a depot that apply to software already installed on an 11.0 system.

The 11.0 autoselect_patches option (true by default) automatically selects patches to match software selected for installation. It lets you install patches at the same time you install base software. In addition to the base software selected by the match_target option, the autoselect_patches option provides the means for selecting patches during the update process.

Patch Filtering

With 11.0, you can more interactively manage your patch process via Patch Filtering. By using the category_tag and patch_filter options plus various version qualifiers, you can select patches based on pre-defined criteria.

Category Tag Information

With 11.0, SD category tags are used to identify types of patches. These category tags can be used to select various patches for installation.

Some of the category tags are:

By specifying the category tag in the SD version specification (,c=xxx), you can select all patches that contain that specific category tag. For example, using the SD command line interface, if you wanted to select all patches in the depot that correspond to currently installed software and that contain the category tag "critical," you would type:

swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
-x patch_filter="*.*,c=critical" -s <depot_name>

By using the pipe (|) function, you can combine category tags. For example, to install patches that are either critical OR hardware_enablement:

swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
-x patch_filter="*.*,c=critical|hardware_enablement" \
-s <depot_name>

To preview the patches that are selected for a particular swinstall session, the -p (preview) option can be used. The -p option will cause SD to analyze the installation, then exit (that is, the actual installation will not be performed). Look in the /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log file to determine which patches were selected.

To use category tags with the SD Graphical User Interface: under the Options menu, select Manage Patch Selection. Then select the box labeled "Automatically select patches for software installed on the target." In the "Filter..." text field, add the desired filters to the *.* . For example, to select only the critical patches, the Filter... field would appear as *.*,c=critical. Likewise, to install all the patches that are critical OR hardware_enablement, the Filter.. field should appear as *.*,c=critical|hardware_enablement. Select OK.

Clicking the Filter... button will display a list of the predefined category tags already formated for use in the Filter... field. Selecting the desired category tag from this list and then selecting OK will add that, and only that, category tag to the Filter... field. Also shown under the Filter... field is the list of all category tags found in the source depot.

The list of patches that were selected for install can then be viewed by double clicking on the bundle in the main SD window. Any patches that you may not want to install can then be deselected. Continue with the Install (analysis) as with any other patch installation.

The current 11.0 HWCR (Hardware Critical) bundle will only be delivered in this release so you'll need to learn and start using category tags to specify patches for future patch installations.

For more complete information on 11.0 Interactive Patch Management refer to the manual Managing HP-UX Software with SD-UX.

11.0 bundle information (that is, a list of patches in the bundle) is contained in a special .readme file installed with the bundle (see below).

To obtain information on which 11.0 patches are in each bundle, list the readme attribute at the product level, either from the depot:

swlist -d -l product -a readme <patch_name> @ <depot name> | more

or from the SD Installed Product Database (IPD):

swlist -l product -a readme <patch_name> | more