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
Offline Diagnostics
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Offline Diagnostics
Offline Diagnostics (ODE) are on the HP Itanium-Processor Family
Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD. The CD is delivered with the
hardware and is non-OS dependent (not delivered with the HP-UX 11i v2
media kit).
HP highly recommends that you get the latest CD and update the Offline
Diagnostics for improved functionality. To order the HP
Itanium-Processor Family Offline Diagnostics and Utilities CD, go to the
following Web sites:
Software Depot:
www.software.hp.com
Biz Support:
www.hp.com/support/Itaniumservers
For more information on the HP Itanium-Processor Family Offline
Diagnostics and Utilities CD, go to the following Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/ode/ipf_ode_over.htm