HP's Patch/Firmware Database allows you convenient access to available patches for HP-UX, OpenVMS, Tru64 Unix, MPE/iX, and firmware patches. Individual patches allow you to find patches that address specific system issues.
Standard patch bundles provide recommended sets of HP-UX, Tru64 Unix, and OpenVMS operating system patches assembled into patch bundles and aggregate patch kits.
Running a patch assessment is one step in the proactive patching of your HP-UX system. Proactive patching ensures that your system has a consistent and recent collection of patches installed.
Defining a patch assessment profile which allows you to customize the behavior of the patch assessment tool. By adjusting the profile, you can indicate the type of patch issues to identify, which patch sets to validate against, and how risk averse your patching strategy is.
Ability to identify security patches for your system as well as patches to replace installed patches which have critical warnings.
Assessment results include information on why patches are recommended.
Patch assessments are available to all users.
Dependency analysis is done automatically.
Automatic conflict resolution.
Ability to upload system configuration via a web interface.
For downloading patches, this patch assessment tool supplies you with a variety of formats including tar, zip, gzip. You may also choose to download a shell script which will ftp the patches to your HP-UX machine.
Simplifies the patching process
Reduces common patching errors
Increases availability of your systems and applications
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