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
Choosing an Installation Method
Supported Update Paths to HP-UX 11i v2
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Supported Update Paths to HP-UX 11i v2
Update is supported on HP PA-RISC Servers and Itanium-based Servers
and Workstations. Update is not supported on HP 9000 PA-RISC
Workstations.
You can update to HP-UX 11i v2 from the following releases:
• HP-UX 11i version 1.0 (B.11.11)
• HP-UX 11i version 1.6 (B.11.22)
• HP-UX 11i version 2.0 (B.11.23)
Updating from any other release directly to HP-UX 11i v2 is not
supported.
Update Path Notes • You cannot downgrade to a lower level Operating Environment, for
example, from Enterprise OE (EOE) to Foundation OE (FOE), or
from Technical Computing Operating Environment (TCOE) to
Minimal Technical Operating Environment (MTOE).
• You cannot update between server Operating Environments (FOE,
EOE, and MCOE) and technical Operating Environments (MTOE
and TCOE).