NAME
check_patches — HP-UX 11i patch check utility
DESCRIPTION
The
check_patches
utility checks for installation problems and issues related to patches on HP-UX
11i.
The utility checks for patches missing the SD-UX patch attributes,
missing patch filesets, patch object modules missing from archive libraries,
patch filesets with the incorrect
patch_state ,
patch filesets not in the
configured state, and patch filesets that fail
swverify
(see
swverify(1M)).
The
check_patches
utility logs all information to
/tmp/check_patches.report.
Options
If no options are specified,
check_patches
performs all checks.
The
check_patches
utility recognizes the following options:
- -i
Check for invalid patches (patches missing the SD-UX patch attributes)
- -m
Check for missing patch filesets in the currently active patches.
This will determine if a product fileset was installed, or reinstalled, after
a currently active patch.
- -o
Verify the checksum values of the object modules delivered by the currently
active patches
- -p
Check all patch filesets for correct SD-UX patch_state (applied,
committed, committed/superseded, superseded)
- -s
Check the SD-UX state to identify all unconfigured patch filesets
- -v
Run the
swverify
command on all patch filesets
AVAILABILITY
This command is standard on HP-UX 11i v3.
On 11i v2 it is available in patch PHCO_32220 or a superseding patch.
On 11i v1 it is available in patch PHCO_27780 or a superseding patch.
RETURN VALUE
Upon completion,
check_patches
returns one of the following values:
- 0
No problems were found.
- 1
One or more patch-related problems were logged.
- 2
Syntax or usage error.
AUTHOR
check_patches
was developed by HP.
