HP-UX 11i Version 2 Installation and Update Guide, March 2004

Choosing a Migration Path
Deciding Which Method to Use
Chapter 242
Update Considerations
VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Server Must Be Stopped
Prior To Update
Prior to updating to the latest version of HP-UX 11i v2, the VERITAS
Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Server process must be stopped. Failure
to do so will result in Update-UX not updating the VEA Server bundle on
your system (see “VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Bundle Excluded
During Update” on page 158). To stop the VEA server:
opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvc -k
HP Service Partition Is Not Created During Update
If you are updating from a supported update path (see “Supported
Update Paths to HP-UX 11i v2” on page 35), HP Service Partition will
not be created or modified. OnlineDiag will continue to work properly.
Offline Diagnostics, however, will work with reduced functionality
without the HP Service Partition.
In order to have full Offline Diagnostics functionality, you must:
1. Update your system.
2. Back up your system with either make_net_recovery or
make_tape_recovery.
3. Re-configure your boot disk partition layout to include the HP
Service Partition.
4. Restore your system with either make_net_recovery or
make_tape_recovery. Consult the Ignite-UX Administration Guide
for more details about make_net_recovery and
make_tape_recovery.
5. Update the Offline Diagnostics with the latest version of the HP
Itanium-Processor Family Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD. See
“About Offline Diagnostics” on page 71.
How to Determine If You Have an HP Service Partition
To determine if an HP Service partition exists on your system, enter the
following command on your physical disk volume (here named
/dev/rdsk/c2t1d0):
idisk -p /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0