Patch File Branch Selection Panel - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 15: Analyzing the Impact of Installing Microsoft Operating System Patches
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Patch File Branch Selection Panel

On the Patch File Branch Selection panel, which only opens if you are importing a dual-mode patch, you need
to identify the branch of the patch file that you want to import into the Application Catalog.
•
Dual-mode
fixes) that are released after Service Pack 1 (SP1) may include binary files for both Windows XP-based and
Windows XP-based SP1 computers. Therefore, there are multiple processing paths for installing this patch.
These dual-mode update packages are designed to install post-SP1 updates on Windows XP-based
computers regardless of whether they are running SP1. If you do not have SP1 installed, the dual-mode
update also puts a post-SP1 version of the update on your computer, which is automatically installed if you
install SP1. If you remove SP1, the pre-SP1 version of the update is restored
• Specifying the branch to
appears to install the latest version of this patch. You may choose to accept the default selection or make your
own selection. It is permissible to import the same dual-mode patch multiple times, selecting different
branches each time. Subsequent panels will allow you to uniquely identify each patch branch.
On the Patch File Branch Selection panel, the following information is listed for each branch of the patch:
Table 15-7 • Information Displayed for Each Branch of a Dual-Mode Patch
Property
Name
Branch
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patches—Windows XP software updates (for example, security updates, critical updates, or hot
import—On this panel, AdminStudio has preselected the branch of the patch that
Description
Name identifying each branch of the dual-mode patch.
The OS Security Patch Wizard imports a Microsoft operating system patch using the
patch's INF file, which is a text file that contains all the information necessary to install a
device (such as INI and registry changes, filenames, and locations of the source files on
source media).
The Branch listed in this column is the name of the patch's INF file minus its extension.
Because all obvious identifiable information within the INF file (like Name) is often identical,
this Branch information is included to help differentiate the patches within the update.
A sample branch name could be:
•
QFE = Quality Fix Engineering updates (also known as hot fixes). These include
security updates, feature packs, update roll-ups, drivers, and critical updates. They are
created when an issue is identified that needs a fix in a specific and small subset of
customer environments. These fixes have not been tested for the same length of time
for regressions or incompatibilities as what a GDR fix typically goes through.
• GDR = General Distribution Release updates. These updates can be found on the
Windows Update site, meaning that they are available to a wider audience. GDRs are
tested to a greater degree than QFEs.
Note • QFEs generally contain all the prior fixes from both GDR and QFE releases while GDR releases
do not contain QFE fixes.
or
update_SP2GDR update_SP2QFE
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