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

Welcome to HP-UX 11i Version 2
HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments
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HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments
Operating Environments (OEs) are tested and integrated application
bundles designed to work with the operating system and provide the
functionality needed for your system’s purpose. The following OEs are
included on the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) DVD:
• HP-UX 11i v2 Foundation OE (FOE) — Designed for the demands
of Web servers, content servers, and front-end servers, this OE
includes applications such as HP-UX Web Server Suite, Java, and
Mozilla Application Suite. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-OE.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Enterprise OE (EOE) — Designed for database
application servers and logic servers, this OE contains the HP-UX
11i v2 Foundation OE bundles and additional applications such as
GlancePlus Pak to enable an enterprise-level server. This OE is
bundled as HPUX11i-OE-ENT.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Mission Critical OE (MCOE) — Designed for the
large, powerful, back-end application servers and database servers
that access customer files and handle transaction processing, this OE
contains the Enterprise OE bundles, plus applications such as HP
Serviceguard and Workload Manager to enable a mission-critical
server. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-OE-MC.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Minimal Technical OE (MTOE) — Designed for
workstations running HP-UX 11i v2, this OE includes the Mozilla
Application Suite, Perl, VxVM, and Judy applications, plus the
OpenGL Graphics Developer’s Kit. This OE is bundled as
HPUX11i-MTOE.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Technical Computing OE (TCOE) — Designed for
both compute-intensive workstation and server applications, this OE
contains the MTOE bundles plus extensive graphics applications and
Math Libraries. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-TCOE.
For more information about the contents of the Operating Environments,
see Appendix D, “Software Distribution Media,” on page 173.