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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This procedure walks you through the installation of the latest version of
the Update-UX bundle, which includes the update-ux command, from
the DVD media.
Step 1. Find the DVD-ROM device file name:
ioscan -C disk -f -n | more
A device name associated with your DVD device should be displayed. For
example:
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0
Step 2. Create the directory under root(/). For example:
mkdir /dvdrom
Step 3. Mount the DVD onto the new directory as a file system. For example:
mount /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dvdrom
Step 4. Using ksh, Posix-sh, or Bourne shell, install the latest version of the
Update-UX bundle on the target system.
NOTE Make sure you use the correct case to install the Update-UX bundle (in
title case). This bundle contains the update-ux command (lowercase).
From the DVD
Media
swinstall -s /dvdrom Update-UX
From a Depot The depot example uses the following syntax:
depot_server:
depot_path
.
swinstall -s depot_server:/var/depots/my_depot Update-UX