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About This Manual
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1    Introduction
1.1    Overview
1.1.1    Applicability of Patch Kits
1.1.2    Patch Kit Distributions
1.1.3    Patch Kit Contents
1.2    Patch Kit Packaging
1.3    Internet Patch Distribution Naming
1.3.1    Aggregate Patch Distribution Naming
1.3.2    Singular Patch Distribution Naming
1.4    Patch Kit Installation Requirements
 
2    Features and Restrictions
2.1    Patch Management Utility
2.2    Patch Installation and Removal
2.2.1    Patch Applicability
2.2.2    Patch Dependency Management
2.2.3    Patch Reversibility
2.2.4    Patch Installation and Removal Event Log
2.3    Viewing Patch Documentation
2.4    Viewing Patch Tracking Information
2.5    Optional Multiuser Patch Installation Preparation
2.6    Handling Manually Installed System Files with Baselining
2.6.1    Phase 1 - System Evaluation
2.6.2    Phase 2 - Patch Layered Product Conflicts
2.6.3    Phase 3 - Identifying Manually Installed Patches
2.6.4    Phase 4 - Handling Missing or Unknown Files on Your System
2.6.4.1    Manually Installed Prerelease Patches
2.6.4.2    Manually Installed Official Patches
2.6.4.3    User Customized Commands and Utilities
2.6.5    Phase 5 - Enabling dupatch to Overwrite Changed System Files
2.7    Command Line User Interface
2.7.1    Using Command Line Options
2.7.2    Restriction for Loading New dupatch Tools from the Command Line
2.7.3    Command line Interface Options
2.8    Restrictions
2.8.1    DIGITAL UNIX Operating System Patches Must Be Applied in Single-User Mode
2.8.2    Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of DIGITAL UNIX
2.8.3    Root Access Is Required to Install and Remove Patch Kits
2.8.4    No RIS or DMS Installation of Patches
2.8.5    Direct setld Installation and Removal of Patch Subsets Is Not Allowed
2.8.6    Limitation for /var/adm/patch/backup Directory Handling
2.8.7    No Ctrl/c During Installation Phase
2.8.8    Deleting Patches Containing Customized Files
 
3    Patch Installation and Removal Instructions
3.1    Summary of Steps for Using Patch Kits
3.2    Preparing to Install Patches
3.2.1    Required System Software
3.2.2    Backing Up Your System
3.2.3    Required Storage Space
3.3    Making the Patch Distribution Available
3.4    Loading New Patch Tools
3.5    Performing Patch Preinstallation Check Instructions
3.6    Setting the System Patch Baseline
3.7    Installing and Enabling Patches
3.8    Removing Patches
3.8.1    Steps for Removing Patches
3.8.2    Using the delete all patches Option
 
4    Sample Patch Kit Installation
4.1    Sample 1: Typical Patch Kit Installation
4.2    Sample 2: Viewing the Patch Documentation
4.3    Sample 3: Tracking Patches
4.4    Sample 4: Gathering Baseline Information
 
5    Common Error, Warning, and Informational Messages
5.1    Patch Preinstallation Check and Installation Messages
5.1.1    Patch Installation Blocked by Unknown System File
5.1.2    Patch Installation Blocked by Missing System File
5.1.3    Installation Blocked by Layered Product Collision
5.1.4    Patch Installation Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches
5.1.5    Patch Installation Blocked by Missing Product Subset
5.1.6    Patch Installation Blocked by Disk Space
5.2    Patch Removal Messages
5.2.1    Patch Removal Blocked by Missing Patch Backup Files
5.2.2    Patch Removal Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches
5.2.3    No Original Files Restored When Patch Is Removed
 
6    DIGITAL UNIX System Upgrade Information
6.1    Full Inventory DIGITAL UNIX Kit
6.2    Sparse Inventory DIGITAL UNIX Installation
 
Tables
6-1    Upgrade Migration for DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0 Family
6-2    Upgrade Migration for DIGITAL UNIX Version 3.2 Family