3    Patch Installation and Removal Instructions

This chapter provides instructions for installing and removing patches from the Tru64 UNIX operating system and the TruCluster Software Products (TCR).

3.1    Summary of Steps for Using Patch Kits

The following list summarizes the steps necessary to install patches on your system. The referenced sections provide the full details. Compaq recommends that you familiarize yourself with these steps before attempting to install Tru64 UNIX or TCR patch kits.

  1. Prepare your system for patch installation (see Section 3.2).

  2. Make the patch distribution available to your system (see Section 3.3).

  3. Load any new patch tools provided with the new patch distribution (see Section 3.4).

  4. Set the patch baseline in multiuser mode, if system files have been changed manually (see Section 3.6).

  5. Perform patch preinstallation check in multiuser mode (see Section 3.5).

  6. Install patches in single-user mode (see Section 3.7).

  7. Rebuild the kernel and reboot the system.

3.2    Preparing to Install Patches

Before using the latest Tru64 UNIX or TCR patch distribution, make sure that your system meets the required criteria and that you perform certain preinstallation tasks, as described in the following sections.

3.2.1    Required System Software

You must have the appropriate versions of Tru64 UNIX and TCR installed on your system to install patch kits. There are separate patch kits for each version of the Tru64 UNIX and TCR products. The patch kits will not install on any other version of those products. For example, the DIGITAL UNIX 4.0D patch kit will only install on DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0D.

3.2.2    Backing Up Your System

It is recommended that you backup your /, /usr, and /var file systems prior to installing patches or baselining your system.

3.2.3    Required Storage Space

Refer to the Patch Summary and Release Notes for the required storage space.

3.3    Making the Patch Distribution Available

Tru64 UNIX and TCR patches are available from the Compaq Services Web page or the Tru64 UNIX Patch CD-ROM. Once you have obtained the patch distributions use the following instructions to make the patch kits available to the system targeted for update:

  1. Ensure the installation prerequisites described in Section 3.2 are met.

  2. If you are using patch tar files obtained via the Internet from the Compaq Services Web page, you must expand the tar file to access the patch kits.

    The tar file can be expanded on any NFS mountable file system. It is recommended that the file system not exist in /usr or /var of the system that will be patched. For example:

    # /usr/sbin/mount /dev/rz3g /PatchKits

    # cd /PatchKits

    # mkdir kit8

    Copy or ftp the patch kit to /PatchKits/kit8. For example:

    # cp DUV40BAS00008-19980821.tar /PatchKits/kit8

    # script untar.log

    # tar -xpvf DUV40BAS00008-19980821.tar

    # ^D

    View the untar-kit.log for errors or failures untarring the file.

    Once the tar file has been expanded, make the file system containing the patch kits available to the system being patched. For example, on the system being patched do the following:

    # /usr/sbin/mount /PatchKits/kit8@hostname /mnt

  3. If you are using the Tru64 UNIX Patch CD-ROM you need only mount the CD-ROM, as the information on the CD-ROM is already expanded. For example:

    # usr/sbin/mount -r /dev/rz4a /mnt

3.4    Loading New Patch Tools

The patch kits deliver updated patch tools to your system. It is important that you run the dupatch utility located in the /patch_kit directory every time you obtain new patch tar files or a new Tru64 UNIX Patch CD-ROM.

After you have made the patch kits available to the system being patched, run dupatch as follows:

# /mnt/patch_kit/dupatch

If new patch tools are available they will be loaded and the dupatch utility will be started and you will see messages similar to the following when new patch tools are loaded:

* A new version of patch tools required for patch management
          is now being installed on your system.
 
        * Tools updated, invoking the updated Patch Utility...
 
     DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
     ==========================
             - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
 
         Main Menu:
         ---------
 
         1)  Patch Installation
         2)  Patch Deletion
 
         3)  Patch Documentation
         4)  Patch Tracking
 
         5)  Patch Baseline Analysis/Adjustment
 
         h)  Help on Command Line Interface
 
         q)  Quit
 
     Enter your choice:

The dupatch utility saves information on the tools that have been loaded to the log file /var/adm/patch/log/Dupatch_load_date.log.

3.5    Performing Patch Preinstallation Check Instructions

To minimize system downtime, Compaq recommends that you perform the preinstallation check in multiuser mode. When the patch preinstallation check is successful in multiuser mode, schedule time to bring down the system to single-user mode for patch installation.

The following steps provide the instructions for performing the preinstallation check.

  1. Log in as root.

  2. From the main dupatch menu, enter 1 at the "Enter your choice" prompt:

    DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
             ==========================
                 - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
     
                 Main Menu:
                 ---------
     
                 1)  Patch Installation
                 2)  Patch Deletion
     
                 3)  Patch Documentation
                 4)  Patch Tracking
     
                 5)  Patch Baseline Analysis/Adjustment
     
                 h)  Help on Command Line Interface
     
                 q)  Quit
     
             Enter your choice: 1
     
    

  3. The program responds with the Patch Installation Menu. Enter 1 at the "Enter your choice" prompt:

     DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
             ==========================
                 - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
     
                 Patch Installation Menu:
                 ------------------------
     
                 1) Pre-Installation Check ONLY
                 2) Check & Install (requires single-user mode)
     
                 b) Back to Main Menu
                 q) Quit
     
             Enter your choice: 1
     
    

  4. When prompted, enter the location of the patch distribution. For example:

    Enter path to the top of the patch distribution,
    or enter "q" to get back to the menu : /mnt/patch_kit
    

  5. The program lists the patch kits provided in the patch distribution that apply to your system. Compaq recommends that you install all of these kits. For example:

    The products listed below are optional:
     
    There may be more optional products than can be presented
    on a single  screen. If this is the case, you can choose 
    products screen by screen or all at once on the last screen. 
    All of the choices you make will be collected for your 
    confirmation before any products are installed.
    

    1) Patches for Digital UNIX V4.0D
    2) Patches for TruCluster Available Server Software_V1.5
     
    Or you may choose one of the following options:
     
    3) ALL of the above
    4) CANCEL selections and redisplay menus
    5) EXIT without installing any products
     
    Enter your choices or press RETURN to redisplay menus.
     
    Choices (for example, 1 2 4-6): 3
     
    You are installing patches (to be selected) from the following products:
     
    Patches for Digital UNIX V4.0D
    Patches for TruCluster Available Server Software_V1.5
     
    Is this correct? (y/n): y
    

  6. You have the option to make the patches reversible so you can revert the system to its state prior to the installation of a patch. Press Return or type y to the following question to make the patches reversible. For example:

             Do you want the patches to be reversible? [y]: [Return]
    

    By default, the backup copies of the installed patches will be saved in /var/adm/patch/backup. If you have limited space in /var, you may want to make the backup directory the mount point for a separate disk partition, an NFS mounted directory, or a symbolic link to another file system.

  7. Answer yes when asked if you want to perform the preinstallation check with this setup:

    Do you want to proceed with the preinstallation check with this setup? [y]: [Return]
    

  8. You will be asked to select the patches for which the preinstallation check will be performed . It is recommended that you select all.

  9. The program displays the list of the patches you selected and asks you to verify the selection. If you answer no, you will be given the opportunity to make a new selection.

  10. The program lists any patches that fail the prerequisite and applicability checks, and asks how you want to proceed. You are presented with the following choices:

    Select the action you'd like to take:
     
    1)  proceed with the patches that passed the check
    2)  select patches again
    3)  go back to the previous menu
     
    

    If the patches are prevented from being installed because of missing or unknown system files, set the system patch baseline, as described in Section 3.6. If patches are prevented from being installed because dependent patches were not selected, choose the "select patches again" item and add the required patches that are missing.

    Otherwise, proceed to the installation phase, as described in Section 3.7.

3.6    Setting the System Patch Baseline

If your system was customized as a result of the manual installation of any system files, you will need to set the patch baseline for your system. If you do not need to set the patch baseline for your system, proceed to Section 3.7.

Note

You will need to be familiar with the concepts of baselining in Section 2.6 before preforming the steps in this section.

You can set the patch baseline in multiuser mode, thereby minimizing system down time.

The following steps show you how to set a patch baseline.

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Run dupatch and enter 5 in response to "Enter your choice" prompt of the Main Menu:

    DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
             ==========================
                 - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
     
                 Main Menu:
                 ---------
     
                 1)  Patch Installation
                 2)  Patch Deletion
     
                 3)  Patch Documentation
                 4)  Patch Tracking
     
                 5)  Patch Baseline Analysis/Adjustment
     
                 h)  Help on Command Line Interface
     
                 q)  Quit
     
             Enter your choice: 5
    

    A summary of the patch baselining phases will be displayed on the screen.

  3. Answer y or n when asked if you want to proceed with setting the patch baseline (you must provide an answer; there is no default answer):

    Do you want to proceed with the analysis and adjustment? [y/n]:y
     
    

    If you answer yes, dupatch asks you to enter the location of the patch distribution as follows:

    Enter path to the top of the patch distribution,
    or enter "q" to get back to the menu :  /mnt/patch_kit
    

The summary of the patch baselining phases provides the following information:

WARNING

Do not enable dupatch to install patches over missing or unknown system files for which you do not know the origin. To do so might cause your operating system or TCR software environments to be in an inconsistent or nonoperational state.

3.7    Installing and Enabling Patches

Patch installation is performed through dupatch. The -l of the setld command is disabled for patch subsets.

Before beginning the installation, make sure that you have completed all of the preliminary steps:

The following steps provide instructions for installing and enabling Tru64 UNIX and TCR patches:

  1. Shut down the system to single-user mode. For example:

    # /usr/sbin/shutdown -h +5 "Applying 4.0D and TCR Patches"

  2. Reboot to single-user mode from the console prompt, using a command like the following:

    >>>boot -fl s

  3. If you are using the Logical Storage Manager, enter the lsmbstartup command:

    # /sbin/lsmbstartup

  4. After the system shuts down and reboots to single-user mode, mount the file system that contains the /usr and /var directories. Use the bcheckrc command to check and mount all the UFS and AdvFS file systems, then issue the update command and activate your swap partition with swapon:

    # /sbin/bcheckrc

    # /sbin/update

    # /sbin/swapon -a

  5. If you need access to the network, enter the rcinet command to start the network:

    # /usr/sbin/rcinet

    Informational messages will appear on the screen.

  6. Run the dupatch utility. (This step assumes that the patch kit is available to your system, as described in Section 3.3, and that the new patch tools have been loaded, as described in Section 3.4). Enter 1 at the "Enter your choice" prompt to the invoke the patch installation session:

    # dupatch

         DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
         ==========================
                 - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
     
             Main Menu:
             ---------
     
             1)  Patch Installation
             2)  Patch Deletion
     
             3)  Patch Documentation
             4)  Patch Tracking
     
             5)  Patch Baseline Analysis/Adjustment
     
             h)  Help on Command Line Interface
     
             q)  Quit
     
         Enter your choice: 1
     
    

  7. When the patch installation menu is displayed. Enter 2, at the "Enter your choice" prompt:

         DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility (Rev. 25-12)
         ==========================
                 - This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log
     
             Patch Installation Menu:
             -----------------------
     
             1)  Pre-Installation Check ONLY
             2)  Check & Install (requires single-user mode)
     
             b)  Back to Main Menu
             q)  Quit
     
             Enter your choice: 2
     
    

  8. You will be presented with the list of patch kits that are provided in the patch distribution and that apply to your system. Compaq recommends that you install all patch kits (choice 3 ) that apply to your system. For example:

    The products listed below are optional:
     
    There may be more optional products than can be presented
    on a single  screen. If this is the case, you can choose 
    products screen by screen or all at once on the last screen. 
    All of the choices you make will be collected for your 
    confirmation before any products are installed.
     
              1) Patches for Digital UNIX V4.0D
              2) Patches for TruCluster Available Server Software V1.5
     
            Or you may choose one of the following options:
     
              3) ALL of the above
              4) CANCEL selections and redisplay menus
              5) EXIT without installing any products
     
            Enter your choices or press RETURN to redisplay menus.
     
            Choices (for example, 1 2 4-6): 3
     
     
    

  9. The program lists your choices and asks to confirm your choices. For example:

    You are installing patches (to be selected) from the following
    products:
     
                 Patches for Digital UNIX V4.0D
                 Patches for TruCluster Available Server Software V1.5
     
            Is this correct? (y/n): y
     
    

  10. You have the option to make patches reversible so you can return the system to its state prior to the installation of a patch. Enter y or press Return to make the patches reversible. For example:

    Do you want the patches to be reversible? [y]: [Return]
    

    By default, backup copies of the installed patches are saved in /var/adm/patch/backup. If you have limited space in /var, you may want to make the backup directory the mount point for a separate disk partition, an NFS mounted directory, or a symbolic link to another file system.

    If you answer no to this question, the existing system files will not be saved and the installed patches will not be reversible. Compaq recommends that you install patches so they are reversible.

  11. The program describes your backup setup and asks you if you want to proceed:

    Do you want to proceed with the installation with this setup? [y]: [Return]
    

  12. You are asked to record your name as the person installing the patches and to add any comments you would like stored for future reference. For example:

    Your name: Mary Smith
    

    Enter any notes about this operation that you would like stored for future reference. To end your input, enter a period (.) and press Return.

    : Removing patches 6.00, 12.00, and 22.00 until the
    : firmware can be updated to the proper revision.
             : . [Return]
    

  13. The program lists the patches available for installation on your system. This list may be different from system to system because dupatch does not display available patches that are already installed on your system. You can selectively choose patches for installation, install all patches, cancel selections and redisplay menus, or exit without installing any patches. For example:

    Enter your choices or press RETURN to display the next screen.
     
    Choices (for example, 1 2 4-6) :
         .
         .
         .
         130) Patch 0381.00 - Motif Toolkit Correction
         131) Patch 0384.00 - Various X11 Server Corrections
     
    Or you may choose one of the following options:
     
         134) ALL of the above
         133) CANCEL selections and redisplay menus
         134) EXIT without installing any patches
     
    

    Selecting CANCEL cancels your patch selections and returns to the patch list and selection menus so you can reselect patches for installation.

    Selecting EXIT returns you to the dupatch installation menu.

  14. The preinstallation check is performed to verify that the patches will install. If the preinstallation check is successful dupatch proceeds with the installation. If the preinstallation check fails, dupatch lists the specific patches that fail and asks how you want to proceed:

    Select the action you'd like to take:
     
    1)  proceed with the patches that passed the check
    2)  select patches again 
    3)  go back to the previous menu
    

    If you choose to proceed with patches that passed the preinstallation check, dupatch will start installing those patches and provide informational messages on the screen. The whole dupatch session is logged to ensure you can view any messages that may scroll off the screen.

    If patch installation is blocked due to missing or unknown system files, refer to Section 3.6.

  15. Review the dupatch session log, /var/adm/patch/log/session.log, to ensure that the installation was successful. Note any special patch instructions, informational messages, and error messages.

  16. Assuming patch installation was successful, rebuild the kernel (vmunix), save the existing kernel, move the new kernel into place, and reboot the system. For more information, see the Tru64 UNIX System Administration manual.

    In general the following steps are necessary:

    1. Configure a new vmunix. For example:

      # doconfig -c HOSTNAME

    2. Save the existing vmunix. For example:

      # cp /vmunix /usr/vmunix.prekit11-<yyyymmdd>

    3. Install the newly built kernel (vmunix). For example:

      # mv /usr/sys/HOSTNAME/vmunix /vmunix

    4. Reboot the system. For example:

      # /usr/sbin/shutdown -r +5 "Reboot a with newly installed patches"

3.8    Removing Patches

To remove patches from your system you use the Patch Deletion option of the dupatch Main Menu. The system must be in single-user mode to remove patches. Note that the -d option to the setld command is disabled for patch subsets.

3.8.1    Steps for Removing Patches

The following steps show how to remove patches:

Caution

See Section 3.8.2 before using the "delete all" option of the Patch Deletion menu.

  1. Shut down the system to single-user mode. For example:

    # /usr/sbin/shutdown -h +5 "Removing Patches"

  2. After the system shuts down to single-user mode, mount the file system that contains the /usr and /var directories. Use the bcheckrc command to check and mount all the UFS and AdvFS file systems. Then issue the update command and activate your swap partition with swapon:

    # /sbin/bcheckrc # /sbin/update # /sbin/swapon -a

    If you are using the Logical Storage Manager, run lsmbstartup:

    # /sbin/lsmbstartup

  3. If you need access to the network, use the following command to start the network:

    # /usr/sbin/rcinet start

    Informational messages will appear on the screen.

  4. Run dupatch, select 2 for patch removal:

    # dupatch

    
     
    DIGITAL UNIX Patch Utility
    ==========================
    (This dupatch session is logged in /var/adm/patch/log/session.log) 
     
    Main Menu:
    ----------
     
    1) Patch Installation 
    2) Patch Deletion
     
    3) Patch Documentation 4) Patch Tracking 
     
    5) Patch Baseline Analysis/Adjustment 
     
    h) Help on Command Line Interface
     
    q) Quit  
     
    Enter your choice: 2
    

  5. You are asked to record your name as the person removing the patches and to add any comments you would like stored for future reference. For example:

    Your name: Mary Smith
    

    Enter any notes about this operation that you would like stored for future reference. To end your input, enter a period (.) and press Return.

    : Removing patches 6.00, 12.00, and 22.00 until the
    : firmware can be updated to the proper revision.
             : . [Return]
    

  6. Select and verify the patches to remove through the patch selection menus. Once the patch selection is done, dupatch removes the selected patches and provides informational messages on the screen. The dupatch session is logged to /var/adm/patch/log/session.log.

  7. Review the session log to ensure the removal was successful. Note any special patch instructions, informational messages, and error messages.

  8. If there are no error messages, follow the instructions for disabling the patches that are listed in the session log. Depending upon the deleted patches, you may need to rebuild the kernel or reboot the system.

3.8.2    Using the "delete all patches" Option

The Delete Patch menu applies to all setld-based patches installed on your system; it does not focus on any specific patch kit. This menu allows you to delete a specific patch, a list of patches, or all patches from your system.

The Delete Patch menu lists every setld-based patch on your system, regardless of which patch kit installed them. Therefore, if you select the "delete all patches" menu item, it will remove all setld-patches from your system.

For example, if chose the "install all patches" menu item when installing Patch Kit-0009 and then decided to remove those patches, you would have to specify the patch ID of all Patch Kit-0009 patches in the Delete Patch menu. If, instead, you select the "delete all patches" menu item, then all setld-based patches that were installed on your system would be deleted, not just those from Patch Kit-0009.