Preparing for Installation

1. Log into the system as root. (HP recommends that you have a current backup of your file system before installing the QPack bundle.)

 
2. Download the HP-UX 11.00 Quality Pack bundle (a file called QPK1100.depot) from the Software Depot website.  If necessary, move the depot file to your /tmp directory.

 
3. Verify that the download completed successfully:

           # swlist -s /tmp/QPK1100.depot

The output should resemble the following line:
           QPK1100 B.11.00.51.01 Quality Pack for HP-UX 11.00 (December 2000)

Loading the Software

HP recommends that you use the matching operation to load the patch bundle.  Using the "Mark for Install" operation may load unnecessary software on your system.

Invoke swinstall with your choice of interface-- graphical user interface or command line.  (The following sections describe both approaches.)  Use the "Patch Match Target" option to select and load the patches from the Quality Pack bundle.

Note that the Quality Pack bundle contains kernel patches.  Therefore, swinstall will attempt to reboot your system after installing the bundle.
 

Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Select "Manage Patch Selection" under the Actions menu.  (Do not select the menu item labeled "Match What Target Has".  That item is for loading products, not patches.)  From the submenu, select "Automatically select patches for software installed on the target".  (Since this is not the default selection, you may need to unmark the other option before proceeding.)  The swinstall command will now scan the depot, and mark patches to be loaded.

Once the marking phase is complete, return to the Actions menu and choose "Install (analysis)..."  From here, proceed as you normally would to load the software on your system.
 

Using the Command Line Interface

Invoke SD-UX using a command such as the following:
# swinstall  -x patch_match_target=true   \
             -x autoreboot=true    \
             -s /tmp/QPK1100.depot
 
 
 

Date: 2000/12/01