Title and Copyright Information |
About This Manual |
Audience |
Changes to This Manual |
Organization |
Related Documentation |
Patch Process Resources |
Reader's Comments |
Conventions |
1 | Patch Process Overview |
1.1 | Changes to the dupatch Utility |
1.2 | Using dupatch |
1.2.1 | dupatch Overview |
1.2.2 | Invoking dupatch and Installing New Patch Tools |
1.3 | Patch Applicability |
1.4 | Patch Reversibility |
1.5 | Using the Patch Tracking Menu |
1.6 | Using the Patch Documentation Menu |
1.7 | Version Switches |
1.8 | General Issues and Restrictions |
1.8.1 | When Single-User Mode Is Recommended |
1.8.2 | Use Clean Directory for Each Patch Kit |
1.8.3 | Patching a System Prior to Creating a Cluster |
1.8.4 | RIS and DMS Unsupported for Patch Installation |
1.8.5 | Direct setld Installation and Removal of Patch Subsets Is Not Allowed |
1.8.6 | Limitation for /var/adm/patch/backup Directory Handling |
1.8.7 | Do Not Enter Ctrl/c During Installation Phase |
1.8.8 | Removing Patches Containing Customized Files |
1.8.9 | Release Patches Do Not Automatically Supersede CSPs |
1.8.10 | Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of Tru64 UNIX |
2 | Preparing for the Installation |
2.1 | Performing a Patch Preinstallation Check |
2.2 | Creating a Baseline |
2.2.1 | Phase 1 - System Evaluation |
2.2.2 | Phase 2 - Patch Layered Product Conflicts |
2.2.3 | Phase 3 - Identifying Manually Installed Patches |
2.2.4 | Phase 4 - Handling Missing or Unknown Files on Your System |
2.2.4.1 | Manually Installed CSPs |
2.2.4.2 | Manually Installed Release Patches |
2.2.4.3 | User Customized Commands and Utilities |
2.2.5 | Phase 5 - Enabling dupatch to Overwrite Changed System Files |
2.2.6 | Phase 6 - Report CSPs with Inventory Conflicts |
2.2.7 | Phase 7 - Enable patches with File Applicability Conflicts |
2.2.8 | Steps for Running the Baseline Procedure |
3 | Patch Installation and Removal Instructions |
3.1 | Before You Begin the Installation |
3.2 | Expanding the Patch Kit Tar File |
3.3 | Choosing Single-User or Multiuser Mode |
3.3.1 | Installing Patches from Single-User Mode |
3.3.2 | Installing Patches from Multiuser Mode |
3.4 | Common Installation Steps |
3.5 | Rebuilding the Kernel |
3.6 | Rebooting the System |
3.6.1 | In Single-User Mode |
3.6.2 | In Multiuser Mode |
3.7 | Post-Installation Actions |
3.7.1 | Enabling the Version Switch After Installing a New Style Patch Kit |
3.7.2 | Remove Temporary Directory |
3.7.3 | Adding the Worldwide Language Support |
3.8 | Removing Patches |
3.8.1 | Overview |
3.8.2 | Important Tasks Required Before Removing Patches and Rebooting System |
3.8.2.1 | Run Mandatory Script Before Removing New Style Patch Kits |
3.8.2.2 | Changes to System May Need to Be Reversed |
3.8.2.3 | Script Must Be Run Prior to Reboot on Certain Version 5.1B Systems |
3.8.3 | Running dupatch to Remove Patches |
4 | Rolling Upgrade |
4.1 | Rolling Upgrade Supported Tasks |
4.2 | Unsupported Tasks |
4.3 | Rolling Upgrade Procedure |
4.4 | Removing Patches Installed During a Rolling Upgrade |
4.4.1 | Caution on Removing Version Switched Patches |
4.4.2 | Steps Prior to the Switch Stage |
4.4.3 | Steps for After the Switch Stage |
4.5 | Displaying the Status of a Rolling Upgrade |
4.6 | Undoing a Stage |
4.7 | Rolling Upgrade Commands |
4.8 | Rolling Upgrade Stages |
4.8.1 | Preparation Stage |
4.8.2 | Setup Stage |
4.8.3 | Preinstall Stage |
4.8.4 | Install Stage |
4.8.5 | Postinstall Stage |
4.8.6 | Roll Stage |
4.8.7 | Switch Stage |
4.8.8 | Clean Stage |
4.9 | Tagged Files |
4.10 | Version Switch |
4.11 | Rolling Upgrade and Layered Products |
4.11.1 | General Guidelines |
4.11.2 | Blocking Layered Products |
4.12 | Rolling Upgrade and RIS |
5 | No-Roll Patching |
5.1 | Overview |
5.2 | Steps for Running a No-Roll Procedure |
5.3 | Throwing the Version Switch |
5.4 | Removing Patches |
A | Viewing Log files |
B | Common Error, Warning, and Informational Messages |
B.1 | Patch Preinstallation Check and Installation Messages |
B.1.1 | Patch Installation Blocked by Unknown System File |
B.1.2 | Patch Installation Blocked by Missing System File |
B.1.3 | Installation Blocked by Layered Product Collision |
B.1.4 | Patch Installation Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches |
B.1.5 | Patch Installation Blocked by Missing Product Subset |
B.1.6 | Patch Installation Blocked by Disk Space |
B.1.7 | Patch Installation Blocked by Installed Patch or Subset |
B.1.8 | Patch Installation Blocked by an Existing CSP |
B.1.9 | The dupatch Tools Are Outdated |
B.1.10 | Some Patches Must Be Made Reversible |
B.2 | Patch Removal Messages |
B.2.1 | Patch Removal Blocked by Missing Patch Backup Files |
B.2.2 | Patch Removal Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches |
B.2.3 | No Original Files Restored When Patch Is Removed |
B.3 | TruCluster Specific dupatch Messages |
B.3.1 | System Not Adequately Prepared |
B.3.2 | Rolling Upgrade in Progress (Installation) |
B.3.3 | Rolling Upgrade in Progress (Baselining) |
B.3.4 | Version 5.0 Wave 4 Cluster is Unsupported |
B.3.5 | Patch Removal Fails Because Needed File Is Unavailable |
B.3.6 | Patch Removal Fails Because of a Version Switch |
B.3.7 | dupatch Cannot Create Needed File |
B.3.8 | Insufficient Free Space (File System Full) |
B.4 | Patch Installation |
B.5 | Patch Removal |
B.6 | Gathering Baseline Information |
B.7 | Preinstallation Check Failure |
C | Using dupatch from the Command Line |
C.1 | Installing and Removing Release Patch Kits |
C.2 | Deleting a CSP |
C.3 | dupatch Reference Page |
dupatch(8) |
D | Inclusive Patch Kits |
Glossary |
Examples |
A-1 | Sample Event Log |
B-1 | Installing a Patch Kit |
B-2 | Removing Patches Installed with a New Style Patch kit |
B-3 | Performing a Patch Baseline Analysis |
B-4 | Performing a Preinstallation Check |
Figures |
4-1 | Rolling Upgrade Flow Chart |
Tables |
4-1 | Rolling Upgrade Tasks Supported by Version 5.1A and Version 5.1B |
4-2 | Time Estimates for Rolling Upgrade Stages |
4-3 | Undoing a Stage |
4-4 | Stages and clu_upgrade Versions When Performing a Rolling Upgrade from Version 5.1A |
4-5 | Stages and clu_upgrade Versions When Performing a Rolling Upgrade from Version 5.1B |
4-6 | Blocking Layered Products |
Index |