| Title and Copyright Information |
| About This Manual |
| Audience |
| Organization |
| Related Documentation |
| Reader's Comments |
| 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 | Tru64 UNIX Operating System Patches Must Be Applied in Single-User Mode |
| 2.8.2 | Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of Tru64 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 patchesOption |
| 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 | System Upgrade Information |
| 6.1 | Full Inventory Kit |
| 6.2 | Sparse Inventory Installation |
| Tables |
| 6-1 | Upgrade Migration for Version 4.0 Family |
| 6-2 | Upgrade Migration for Version 3.2 Family |