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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Index
Symbols
/etc
, 76
/etc/passwd, 100
/home, 100, 101
/local, 101
/opt, 76, 101
/usr, 101
/usr/local/, 76
A
adding
OE
, 118
additional software, 97
administration, 25
alternate install methods, 89, 106
Always-Installed
Software
Cluster Object Manager
, 179
Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit, 179
GlancePlus Pak, 179
HA Monitors, 179
HP CIFS Client, 179
HP CIFS Server, 179
HP ServiceGuard, 179
MC/ServiceGuard, 180
MirrorDisk/UX, 180
MLIB, 179
MPI, 180
Process Resource Manager, 180
Technical System Configuration, 180
Workload Manager, 181
Workload Manager Toolkit, 181
software bundles, 177
always-installed
mass storage drivers
, 182
network drivers, 182
Apache-based Web Server, 23
applications, 133, 147
configuring after update, 122, 123
B
backup
, 81, 149
before you begin
installing
, 88
updating, 104
BMC, 41
boot device types, 93
buffer cache, 151, 167, 170
bundles
software, 183
C
cache
buffer
, 151, 167, 170
inode, 151, 167, 169
CDE, 37, 76, 100, 174
choosing file system, 96
cleaning log files, 76, 77, 79
Cluster Object Manager, 179
codewords, 83
cold-install, 34, 52
considerations, 54
golden images, 55
instant ignition, 45
software depot, 55
deciding a method, 52
vs. update, 51
cold-install procedure, 91
cold-install process, 91
cold-installing, 87
alternate methods, 55
commands
ioscan
, 111, 113
mk_kernel, 78
sam, 111
swinstall, 106
swlist, 78
update-ux, 103, 110, 112, 113, 114, 117
Common Desktop Environment, 174
configuration, 76, 99
OE Applications, 122, 123
considerations
cold-install
, 54
golden images, 55
instant ignition, 45
software depots, 55
console, 75
contents, 28, 173
core software
bundles
, 174, 176
HPUXBase64, 174
CDE, 174
HPUXBase32, 174