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Patch management for HP-UX

SA automates HP-UX Patch management by enabling you to:

  • Define HP-UX software policies that provide a model-based approach to managing your HP-UX servers. Server Automation enables you to create a model of your IT environment using HP-UX software policies. These software policies specify patches and scripts that can be installed on the managed servers.
  • Install HP-UX patches and patch bundles on your managed servers.
  • Establish a patch installation process.
  • Schedule the stages of patch management: analysis, download, and installation. You can also set up email notification for each stage and associate a ticket ID for each job.
  • Verify the compliance status of servers, based on software policies.
  • Display the Compliance view to see whether servers are configured according to the software policy and to remediate non-compliant servers.
  • Search for software resources and servers.
  • Use the SA Library to search for HP-UX packages, patches, and software policies using powerful and flexible search criteria, such as availability, architecture, operating system, reboot options, version, and so on. You can also search for HP-UX software policies by name, folder name, availability, and operating system.
  • View patch dependencies and patch applicability analysis while previewing patch installation.

See the SA 10.51 Use section for more information.