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

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• Chapter 6, “Updating to HP-UX 11i v2,” on page 103
Use this chapter to learn how to update your system to HP-UX 11i v2
using the update-ux command. Several examples are provided to
assist you with your update scenario.
• Chapter 7, “Installing HP Applications and Patches,” on page 133
Use this chapter to learn how to update applications on your system
that are not installed or updated with HP-UX 11i v2 Operating
Environments.
• Chapter 8, “Verifying System Install or Update,” on page 143
Use this chapter to learn how to verify a successful install or update
to HP-UX 11i v2.
• Appendix A, “Data Collection Tables,” on page 151
Use this appendix to enter information in the Network Data and
Miscellaneous Data collection tables during your install of HP-UX
11i version 2.
• Appendix B, “Known Problems and Troubleshooting,” on page 155
Use this appendix to learn about the known problems and
troubleshooting steps for the install and update.
• Appendix C, “Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX
11i v2,” on page 167
Use this appendix to learn about the effect of two VxFS tunables,
vx_ninode and vxfs_bc_bufhwm, on system memory consumption
and learn about the guidelines on setting them for machines with
relatively low RAM.
• Appendix D, “Software Distribution Media,” on page 173
Use this appendix to learn about the Operating Environments and
media contents.