HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2009 (Update 4 Release)

Original HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments
The March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3 was the last full Operating Environments
Update Release (OEUR) provided for the following original HP-UX 11i Operating
Environments (OEs):
• Foundation OE
• Enterprise OE
• Mission Critical OE
• Technical Computing OE
Although the end of sale for HP-UX 11i v3 media of original Operating Environments
(March 2008 release) is October 30th 2008, customers may still continue to purchase
licenses for these products. These licenses, along with Operating Environment media
for version 1 and version 2 will also be available until the planned end of sales life for
the original OEs.
Information on transition, support, and mapping from original to new v3 Operating
Environments can be found at
http://www.hp.com/go/tov3oes
New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments
The March 2009 release represents HP’s third release of new Operating Environments
for version 3 of HP-UX 11i. These new Operating Environments, described below,
provide a richer set of products and improved choices over the original set of HP-UX
11i OEs.
For lists of the bundles in each OE, see Appendix D (page 133).
Table 1-1 New HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments
DescriptionHP-UX 11i v3 OE
Provides integrated HP-UX functionality for cost-conscious customers. The
BOE contains all the applications included in the Foundation OE, and improves
the bundle set by adding much-requested products such as PRM, APA, as
well as math libraries and graphics for technical computing applications. This
OE is bundled as HPUX11i-BOE.
Base OE (BOE)
Designed for customers seeking higher resource utilization or embarking on
consolidation projects and need virtualization for a flexible UNIX environment.
The VSE-OE contains all the products included in the BOE (and the original
EOE) and adds a host of other products including the entire VSE Suite. This
OE is bundled as HPUX11i-VSE-OE.
Virtual Server OE
(VSE-OE)
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