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

Install/Update System Requirements
Disk Space and Memory Requirements
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Disk Space and Memory Requirements
update-ux checks for required swap space but does not check for
minimum memory. For more information, see “Adjusting Required
Minimum File System Sizes” on page 182 in Appendix B for directions
on how to increase file system sizes.
To update your HP server or workstation to HP-UX 11i, it must have the
following:
• All servers require a minimum of 128 MB (256 MB recommended).
Exceptions include the following:
— A-Class servers with HP A5838A LAN-SCSI Combo Card: 256
MB minimum
— All other systems: 64 MB minimum (256 MB recommended)
• Total swap space required when updating or installing is 1 GB. A
minimum of 128 MB of free swap space is required.
• LVM or VxVM partitions:
— / (root): 30 MB free space
— /usr: 220-771 MB free space (see Table 3-6, Free Disk-space
Requirements for /usr and /opt,)
— /stand: 100 MB free space (to expand /stand, see “Increasing
/stand” on page 184 in Appendix B)
— /var: 160 MB free space.
— /opt: 225-685 MB free space (see Table 3-6, “Free Disk-space
Requirements for /usr and /opt,” on page 63)
• 4GB root disk, minimum, whether installing or updating to HP-UX
11i, with or without an OE. This can be a single disk drive or
combination of physical disks configured as one root volume.