Title and Copyright Information
 
About This Manual
Audience
Organization
Related Documentation
Reader's Comments
 
Introduction
1.1  Overview
1.1.1  Applicability of Patch Kits
1.1.2  Types of Patches
1.1.3  Patch Kit Distributions
1.1.4  Patch Kit Contents
1.2  Patch Kit Packaging
1.3  Patch Kit Naming
1.3.1  Release Patch Kit Naming
1.3.2  CSP Kit Naming
1.3.3  Manually Installed CSP Kit Naming
1.4  Patch Kit Installation Requirements
 
Manually Installed Patch Management
2.1  Overview of manually Installed patches
2.2  Accessing files delivered with a given patchl
2.3  Acessing files saved during backup
2.4  Acessing patch documentation
2.5  Patch Installation Log
2.6  Patch Installation Event log

 
 
Issues and Restrictions
3.1  When Single-User Mode Is Recommended
3.2  Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of Tru64 UNIX
3.3  No RIS or DMS Installation of Patches
3.4  Direct setld Installation and Removal of Patch Subsets Is Not Allowed
3.5  Limitation for /var/adm/patch/backup Directory Handling
3.6  No Ctrl/c During Installation Phase
3.7  Manually Installed patches can not be deleted.
3.8  Release Patches Do Not Automatically Supersede CSPs
 
Patch Installation Instructions
4.1  Summary of Steps for Using Patch Kits
4.2  Preparing to Install Patches
4.3  Making the Patch Distribution Available
4.4  Installing Patches
4.4.1  Choosing SIngle-User or Multiuser Mode
4.4.2  Choosing which patch to install
4.4.3  Find installation script
4.4.4  Execute installation script
4.5  Rebuilding the Kernel
 
Sample Patch Kit Installation
5.1  Sample 1: Typical Patch Kit Installation
 
Common Error, Warning, and Informational Messages
6.1  Patch Installation Messages
6.1.1  Patch Installation must be executed by root
6.1.2  Patch Installation is installing a new file
6.1.3  Patch Installation tried to save the file twice
6.1.4  Patch Installation Can't find doucment in kit
6.1.5  Patch Installation requires kernel rebuild and reboot
6.1.6  Patch Installation Blocked by non-installed subsets
6.1.7  Patch Installation Blocked by product version check
6.1.8  Patch Installation Blocked by name sanity check
6.1.9  Patch was already installed
6.1.10  Patch installation can not be logged
6.1.11  Patch installation can not find tar file
 
Glossary

 
 
Index