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

Contents
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Verifying the HP-UX Cold-Install or Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Task 1: Listing all Software Installed on Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Task 2: Verifying Bundles Are Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Verifying HP Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Task 1: Identifying and Verifying the Bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Task 2: Updating the HP-UX Applications Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Backing Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
The Next Step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
A. Data Collection Tables
Network Data Collection Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Miscellaneous Data Collection Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
B. Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Known Install and Update Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Problems Reading HP-UX 11i v1 DVD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Uninstalling HP-UX 11i v2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
C. Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Controlling the inode Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Controlling the Buffer Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
D. Software Distribution Media
HP-UX 11i v2 Core Software Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Patch Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Software Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New Bundle: OBSOLESCENCE Bundle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
HP-UX 11i v2 Always-Installed Network and Mass Storage Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
HP-UX 11i v2 Default-Installed Software Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
HP-UX 11i v2 Selectable Software Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
HP-UX 11i v2 Selectable Network Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187