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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• Patch Text Files
Patch text files for all patches are on the DVD in the
/
dvd_mount_point
/DOCS/PATCH/TEXT_FILES directory. These files
provide detailed information about the patch. Patch text files are also
included with individual patches that you retrieve from HP. You can
print or view these directly from the DVD, for example:
more \
/
dvd_mount_point
/DOCS/PATCH/TEXT_FILES/PHSS_xxxxx.text
• White Papers on HP-UX
White papers associated with the HP-UX 11i v2 release are available
at the HP Technical Documentation Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2
Other white papers, including an HP-UX 11i v2 overview, can be
found at the HP-UX Information Library at the HP Web site:
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/infolibrary/i
ndex.html
You can find additional information about HP-UX 11i v2 at the HP
Technical Documentation Web site in the HP-UX 11i v2 operating
environments collection under Installing and Updating:
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2/index.html#Installing%2
0and%20Updating
Other documents in this collection include:
• Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System
Administrators
• Ignite-UX Administration Guide
• Software Distributor Administration Guide
• Software Package Builder 1.0 User’s Guide
• HP System Partitions Guide
• HP-UX 11i Version 2 Reference
Some or all of these documents are available on the Instant Information
DVD and in printed form.