HP-UX 11i Version 2 Installation and Update Guide, September 2004
Table Of Contents
- 1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i Version 2
- 2 System Requirements for Cold-Installing and Updating
- 3 Choosing an Installation Method
- Supported Cold-Install Paths to HP-UX 11i v2
- Supported Update Paths to HP-UX 11i v2
- Deciding Which Method to Use
- Time to Complete a Cold Install or Update
- When to Cold-Install
- When to Update
- Additional Cold-Install Considerations
- Additional Update Considerations
- Requirement for Updating from HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22)
- Requirement for Updating from Earlier Releases of HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23)
- HP Service Partition Is Not Created During Update (Itanium-based Systems Only)
- Update-UX Contains a Default-Installed Selection File
- Update-UX Creates Two Backup Configurations
- Security Considerations
- Standard HP-UX Bundle Considerations
- Online Diagnostics
- Offline Diagnostics
- The Next Step
- 4 Preparing to Install or Update to HP-UX 11i v2
- 5 Cold-Installing HP-UX 11i v2
- 6 Updating to HP-UX 11i v2
- 7 Installing HP Applications and Patches
- 8 Verifying System Install or Update
- A Data Collection Tables
- B Known Problems and Troubleshooting
- C Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX
- D Software Distribution Media
- HP-UX 11i v2 Core Software Bundles
- HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Patch Bundles
- HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Software Bundles
- HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Network and Mass Storage Drivers
- HP-UX 11i v2 Default-Installed Software Bundles
- HP-UX 11i v2 Selectable Software Bundles
- HP-UX 11i v2 Selectable Network Drivers

Updating to HP-UX 11i v2
Updating to HP-UX 11i v2
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Updating to HP-UX 11i v2
Updating your system using update-ux includes the following tasks:
1. Create a network depot so you can update other systems on the
network. See “Task 1: Creating a Network Depot (Optional)” on
page 111. If you are not creating a network depot, you can skip this
task.
2. Install the latest version of the update-ux command on your system.
See “Task 2: Installing the Latest Update-UX Bundle (Required)” on
page 112.
3. Use update-ux to update your system. Several examples are
provided to assist you with some of the most common scenarios for
using update-ux. See “Task 3: Using update-ux (Required)” on
page 114.
After updating to HP-UX 11i v2, you might need to perform these
additional tasks to make your system fully functional:
1. Configure OE Applications
2. Create an HP Service Partition
NOTE Updating to the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 release removes the
following products. Supported versions of these products will be
available later for download from the Software Depot Web site:
http://software.hp.com
• Route Administration Manager for IPv6 Routing Protocols
(RAMIPv6)
• Mobile IPv4
• Multimedia Streaming Protocols (MSP)
• Network Server Accelerator HTTP
•DMI