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

Choosing a Migration Path
Deciding Which Method to Use
Chapter 2 33
HP 3D Graphics No Longer Supported pre-PA-RISC 2.0 Systems
As of the September 2002 HP-UX 11i release, HP 3D Graphics are no
longer supported on PA-RISC systems older than version 2.0. If you have
an older PA-RISC workstation and need 3D Graphics, HP recommends
that you do not install or update to the this release of the Technical
Computing (TCOE) or Minimal Computing Operating Environments
(MCOE).
Previous releases of HP-UX 11i still support PA-RISC 2.0 and older
systems. If you have any questions about your particular situation,
please contact your local HP Country Response Center.
How to Determine Your PA-RISC Version
With the System Administration Manager (SAM), select: Performance
Monitors > System Properties. Your PA-RISC version will appear next
to the CPU Version line.
Update Considerations
The following sections provide additional information to assist you in
your decision to update to HP-UX 11i:
Updating from an HP-UX 11i TCOE With MLIB
Due the the temporary removal of MLIB software from the the TCOE
operating environment media, if you are updating your system from a
previous or current version of the HP-UX 11i TCOE operating
environment, you will need to remove MLIB prior to installing MLIB
from the
HP Math Library (MLIB) supplemental CD. For more information,
please review the update procedures in Chapter 6, “Updating to HP-UX
11i,” on page 101 and “Installing MLIB (TCOE Customers)” on page 132.
VxVM Rootability Not Enabled with update-ux
With the September 2002 release of HP-UX 11i, you can not enable
VxVM rootability through the update process using update-ux. If you
wish to manage your root volume with VxVM, you can choose to either
enable rootability by:
• cold-installing HP-UX 11i, see “Using VxVM Rootability” on page 36