NIO CommKit Host Interface Installation and System Administration Manual

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Installing the NIO CommKit Host Interface
Remove the Existing CommKit Version
8 Select Actions > Remove to remove the CommKit fileset.
9 To exit swremove, select File > Exit from the menus.
10 Continue with the instructions in the next section, “Installing the CommKit
Software on HP-UX 10.x.”
Removing CommKit From HP-UX 9.x and Upgrading to HP-UX
10.x or 11.x
1 On HP-UX 9.x, log in as superuser.
2 Send a message to all users, notifying them of an impending shutdown:
# /etc/wall message
3 Bring down the CommKit server and daemons gracefully:
# dkitrc stop
4 Back up your entire system, including the CommKit configuration files, to tape:
# /etc/fbackup -f deviceFileName -i / ...
Backing up the entire system protects you if problems should occur with the
HP-UX upgrade or the new CommKit installation.
You may wish to add more options to the fbackup command. For more
information, refer to the HP-UX fbackup(1M) manual page.
5 Move to the /etc directory:
# cd /etc
6 Back up the CommKit configuration files to a separate tape:
# tar -cvf deviceFileName dksrvtab dkhosts dkuidtab dkdotab ...
You may also have other site-specific files that you wish to back up. This
separate backup allows you to restore the configuration files easily under HP-
UX 10.x or 11.x, which has a different file system than HP-UX 9.x.
Instead of tar, you can use another utility or command of your choice.
7 Start the rmfn utility:
# /etc/rmfn
8 Use rmfn interactively to select and remove the old Datakit or CommKit
software.
9 Upgrade from HP-UX 9.x to HP-UX 10.x. or 11.x.