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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Related Documents
This section discusses documentation for and other sources of
information about HP-UX 11i v2.
HP-UX 11i v2 Resources
The following sources provide detailed information about HP-UX 11i v2:
• HP-UX 11i v2 Instant Information DVD
The Instant Information DVD provides HP-UX documentation
supporting the release.
• Manual Pages
For the HP-UX 11i v2 release, the manual pages (manpages) are
available on the HP-UX Welcome Page of your system, on the Instant
Information DVD in the HP-UX Reference document, through the use
of the man command, and on the HP Technical Documentation Web
site:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/index.html#HP-UX%20Refe
rence%20%28Manpages%29
• HP-UX Welcome Page
The HP-UX Welcome Page on your HP-UX 11i v2 system contains
pointers to information to help you use your HP-UX system.
• Release Notes
The HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes describes what is new, has
changed, and has been deprecated or obsoleted in the current release
compared to the previous HP-UX 11i v2 release.
You can find the release notes in the following locations:
— HP-UX Instant Information DVD. See “Media Kit Contents” on
page 28 for more information.
— The HP Technical Documentation Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/
Here you will find the release notes pertinent to all previous
releases of HP-UX, as well as release notes for various individual
products.