Problem

If you are working as a System Administrator then you need to keep the records of each and every change in the system. After applying the patches on HP-UX servers, you need to know what bundles and products have been updated on your HP-UX system.

Here, I will show you how you can find the list of the latest installed bundles and products on your HP-UX system.

Solution

To find the list of installed bundles and products on your HP-UX system on a specific date, run the below command.

# /usr/sbin/swlist -a install_date |grep 20200611
  CPB_job-66067                                 202006111209.24
  QPKAPPS                                       202006111209.24
  QPKBASE                                       202006111209.24

Here, I have given the date 11.06.2020 as a parameter in the command to find the bundles and products installed on that particular date.

If you want to see all installed bundles and products on your HP-UX system with date, then run the below command.

# /usr/sbin/swlist -a install_date
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "DBAPPWEB"...
#
# Target:  DBAPPWEB:/
#

#
# Bundle(s):
#

  10GigEthr-02                                  202001171247.36
  10GigEthr-03                                  202001171247.36
  10GigEthr-04                                  201703100617.49
  10GigEthr-05                                  202001171247.36
  B3835DA                                       201703100617.56
  BUNDLE                                        202001171612.24
  Base-VXFS                                     201703100617.57
.
.
.
.

#
# Product(s) not contained in a Bundle:
#

  GNU_C_C++                                     201709190946.21
  HPOvAcc                                       202001071041.39
  HPOvAgtLc-OAHPUX_00032                        202001071043.31
.
.
.

Use command swlist –help to see the all options which can be used with the command swlist

# /usr/sbin/swlist --help
/usr/sbin/swlist: illegal option -- -
Usage: swlist [options] [software_selections] [@ target_selections]

Options include:

    -v                write verbose output to stdout
    -r                target selections are alternate root directories
    -d                target selections are software depots
    -R                shorthand for -l bundle -l subproduct -l fileset
    -l level          levels of objects to view, one of: "depot",
                      "bundle", "product", "subproduct", "fileset",
                      "file", "root", "shroot", "prroot",
                      "category", "patch", "control_file"
    -a attribute      list this attribute (multiple -a options can be
                      specified)
    -s source         read the software selections from this source
    -x option=value   set the option to value
    -X option_file    read option definitions from this file
    -f software_file  read software selections from this file
    -t target_file    read target selections from this file
    -C session_file   user saved session file
    -S session_file   read options, software selections, and target
                      selections from this file

Software selections are specified as:

    product[.subproduct][.fileset][,version] ...

where version is either

    [r=revision][,a=arch][,v=vendor][,l=location]
    instance_id

Target selections are specified as:

    @ [host][:][path] ...

#

Last Updated: August 08, 2020

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