Title and Copyright Information |
About This Manual |
Audience |
Organization |
Related Documentation |
Patch Process Resources |
Reader's Comments |
Conventions |
1 | Patch Process Overview |
1.1 | Changes to Patch Kits |
1.2 | Using dupatch |
1.3 | Patch Applicability |
1.4 | Patch Reversibility |
1.5 | Viewing the Patch Information |
1.6 | Viewing Patch Tracking Information |
1.7 | Handling Manually Installed System Files with Baselining |
1.7.1 | Phase 1 - System Evaluation |
1.7.2 | Phase 2 - Patch Layered Product Conflicts |
1.7.3 | Phase 3 - Identifying Manually Installed Patches |
1.7.4 | Phase 4 - Handling Missing or Unknown Files on Your System |
1.7.4.1 | Manually Installed Customer-Specific Patches |
1.7.4.2 | Manually Installed Release Patches |
1.7.4.3 | User Customized Commands and Utilities |
1.7.5 | Phase 5 - Enabling dupatch to Overwrite Changed System Files |
1.8 | Version Switches |
2 | Preparing for the Installation |
2.1 | Preinstallation Tasks |
2.2 | Making the Patch Distribution Available |
2.3 | Running dupatch |
2.4 | Performing Patch Preinstallation Check Instructions |
2.5 | Setting a Patch Baseline |
2.6 | General Issues and Restrictions |
2.6.1 | When Single-User Mode Is Recommended |
2.6.2 | Use Clean Directory for Each Patch Kit |
2.6.3 | Patching a System Prior to Creating a Cluster |
2.6.4 | Restriction on Loading New dupatch Tools from the Command Line |
2.6.5 | RIS and DMS Unsupported for Patch Installation |
2.6.6 | Direct setld Installation and Removal of Patch Subsets Is Not Allowed |
2.6.7 | Limitation for /var/adm/patch/backup Directory Handling |
2.6.8 | Do Not Enter Ctrl/c During Installation Phase |
2.6.9 | Removing Patches Containing Customized Files |
2.6.10 | Release Patches Do Not Automatically Supersede CSPs |
2.6.11 | Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of Tru64 UNIX |
3 | Patch Installation and Removal Instructions |
3.1 | Before You Begin the Installation |
3.2 | Choosing Single-User or Multiuser Mode |
3.2.1 | Installing Patches from Single-User Mode |
3.2.2 | Installing Patches from Multiuser Mode |
3.3 | Common Installation Steps |
3.4 | Rebuilding the Kernel |
3.5 | Rebooting the System |
3.5.1 | In Single-User Mode |
3.5.2 | In Multiuser Mode |
3.6 | Post-Installation Actions |
3.6.1 | Enabling the Version Switch After Installing a New Style Patch Kit |
3.6.2 | Remove Temporary Directory |
3.6.3 | Adding the Worldwide Language Support |
3.7 | Removing Patches |
3.7.1 | Run Mandatory Script with New Style Patch Kits |
3.7.2 | Changes to System May Need to Be Reversed |
3.7.3 | Running dupatch to Remove Patches |
3.7.4 | Script May Be Required on Certain Version 5.1B Systems |
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) |
C | Patch Installation, Removal, and Baselining Examples |
C.1 | Patch Installation |
C.2 | Patch Removal |
C.3 | Gathering Baseline Information |
C.4 | Preinstallation Check Failure |
D | Using dupatch from the Command Line |
D.1 | Installing and Removing Patches |
D.2 | Removing the New Style Patch Kits |
D.3 | Deleting a CSP |
D.4 | dupatch Reference Page |
dupatch(8) |
Glossary |
Examples |
A-1 | Sample Event Log |
C-1 | Installing a Patch Kit |
C-2 | Removing Patches Installed with a New Style Patch kit |
C-3 | Performing a Patch Baseline Analysis |
C-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 |