HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide, June 2003

Preparing To Move To HP-UX 11i v1
Preparing your system for HP-UX 11i
Chapter 4 89
Save Configuration Files
If you are planning to cold-install HP-UX 11i rather than update an
existing system, be sure to save the files that you will want to re-install.
These include a number of configuration files in /etc, the contents of
/usr/local, any local home directories (that is, those you do not import
from another system), and any configuration files located in the /opt
directories for installed software.
If multiple users are preparing for the cold-install, you might consider
creating a directory (such as /backup) on another system. Do not
create this directory on your root disk. Mount it with sam. Then
create a subdirectory for each system or user (for example,
/backup/your_sys).
As root, copy the files. For example:
Step 1. Copy all config files from /etc on a system named moe to system curly.
On curly, enter:
mkdir /backup/moe/etc
rcp -p your_name@moe:/etc/* /backup/moe/etc/.
Step 2. Copy your local home directory to the backup system:
mkdir /backup/moe/home
rcp -pr your_name@moe:/home/ /backup/moe/home/
and so on...
Colors and fonts If you want to preserve your colors and fonts in VUE or CDE, execute:
xrdb -q > xrdb.save
Then save the xrdb.save file in your backup directory.
NOTE VUE is not supported beyond HP-UX 10.20
Preparing to Update Your Existing System
The update-ux command is new to HP-UX 11i and replaces swinstall
for operating system updates. It performs many of the steps that used to
be manual operations needed prior to calling swinstall, as well as
incorporating the swinstall mechanisms.