HP-UX 11i Installation and Update Guide, March 2003

Overview
What You Will Find In This Book
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What You Will Find In This Book
This book is organized to assist you to successfully complete all of the
tasks necessary to either install or update your system to HP-UX 11i
from start to finish. The following list summarizes what you will find in
the chapters ahead:
• Chapter 2, “Choosing a Migration Path,” on page 25 provides
information and scenarios to help you decide the most appropriate
method to move your system to HP-UX 11i.
• Chapter 3, “Install/Update System Requirements,” on page 43 details
the system requirements to either install or update to HP-UX 11i.
• Chapter 4, “Preparing To Move To HP-UX 11i,” on page 67 details the
required and recommended tasks to prepare your system for HP-UX
11i. This chapter also includes additional information about
required, default and optional software installed with HP-UX 11i.
• Chapter 5, “Cold Installing HP-UX 11i,” on page 87 shows you how to
cold-install HP-UX 11i operating system, a selected operating
environment, network drivers, CDE language bundle, diagnostics,
and required patches. Alternative cold-install methods such as
installing from depots or from golden images are also discussed.
• Chapter 6, “Updating to HP-UX 11i,” on page 101 shows you how to
update your system to HP-UX 11i using the update-ux command.
Several examples are provided to assist you with your update
scenario.
• Chapter 7, “Verifying System Migration,” on page 123 shows you how
to verify a successful install or update to HP-UX 11i.
• Chapter 8, “Updating Applications,” on page 127 shows you how to
update applications on your system that are not installed or updated
with HP-UX 11i operating environments.
• Chapter 9, “Next Steps,” on page 139 provides you an overview of
additional configuration and maintenance tasks.
• Appendix A, “Booting HP Servers and Workstations,” on page 145
describes booting various HP servers and workstations using the
built-in Boot ROM firmware interface.