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Installing Cisco PVM Patches

Overview

Installing a Cisco PVM Patch

Installing Cisco PVM Patches

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Overview

Cisco PVM provides a patch installation mechanism that extracts patches and deploys their contents appropriately. The patch mechanism also provides the ability to:

•Specify a backup directory, if desired.

•Preserve the existing version.

•Uninstall the patch.

This appendix contains the procedure for installing a Cisco PVM patch with the desired options.

Installing a Cisco PVM Patch

Perform the following steps to install a Cisco PVM patch.

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Step 1 Log in as root.

Step 2 Use the following syntax to install the patch with the options listed in Table C-1:

pvm_patch [ -b backup_folder | -nb | -u ]

Table C-1 Patch Installation Options

Patch Option	Function
pvm_patch	Installs the patch, storing the backup files in the default /install_dir/backup folder.
pvm_patch -b /backup/pvm_021706	Installs the patch, storing the backup files in the /backup/pvm_021706 folder.
pvm_patch -nb	Installs the patch without storing the backup files.
pvm_patch -u	Uninstalls the patch.

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