Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Updating an Existing Operating System and Software
Updating HP-UX Software
The value <release> can include the following:
B.11.00
In addition to the size/version options, updating between 11.0
word-widths requires the following options to swinstall:
-x reinstall=true
-x reinstall_files=true
Interactive
Command-Line
Example
For example, for an interactive update from 10.x to B.11.00 (32-bit), you
would enter the following:
swinstall -x os_name=HP-UX:32 -x os_release=B.11.00
Non-interactive
Command Line
(match_target)
Non-interactive updates to 11.0 require additional options, including
specification of match_target and autoreboot. (For cold-installing
non-interactively, see the instructions for using the Go! action in
“Executing the Installation: Go!”, in Chapter 5, “Installing from the
Ignite-UX Server.”) The details are given in “Updating Non-Interactively
from Media or Network”.
Updating to HP-UX 11.0
Before Updating or Installing to HP-UX 11.0 64-bit
Version
If you are planning to update a system to HP-UX 11.0 64-bit, you need to
determine if your system can support the 64-bit version of the operating
system. To do this you need determine the following:
• Does your system hardware support 64-bit operation?
• Is the firmware installed in your system recent enough for 64-bit
11.0?
Firmware Revisions
Needed for HP-UX
11.0 64-bit Operation
Before installing or updating your HP 9000 Server to HP-UX 11.0 64-bit,
you must determine that your system’s Processor Dependent Code
(PDC or firmware) version supports 64-bit operation.
This section describes how to determine the version of firmware
operating on your server, and the minimum version of firmware required.