HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2011 (Edition 9.2)

Table 3 Minimum disk space recommendations (continued)
Recommended spacePartition/file system
512MB + swap size/var
4 GB/usr
500 MB/tmp
7 GB/opt
Depends on application and user requirements. It might
make sense to mount a separate file system at /home.
1
/home
1x - 2x memory size for most systems./swap
500 MBItanium EFI System (Boot) Partition
400 MBItanium HP Service Partition
1 In other words, you might want to put /home on a separate disk and separate volume group. This makes future recovery
and upgrade operations easier. By default, /home is created as a separate file system; however, it is part of the root
volume group.
Disk space requirements for an update
To ensure a successful update to HP-UX 11i v3, make sure that you have at least as much disk
space allocated to the partition/file system listed in Table 3 (page 11) and that each partition/file
system (most importantly, /usr, /opt, and /var) has at least 10-20 percent free space to allow for
any growth.
Note the update process will check the disk space requirements. If the system doesn't meet the
requirements, the update will not proceed.
Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and
storage devices
Before installing HP-UX 11i v3, make sure that the drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices on your
system are supported.
You can run the msv2v3check script to validate whether the drivers, mass storage I/O cards,
and mass storage devices installed on your system are supported on HP-UX 11i v3. This script will
report if any unsupported drivers, mass storage I/O cards, and mass storage devices are found
on your system. This script will also check the minimum firmware versions required for these cards
or devices.
You can retrieve the msv2v3check script from the HP Software Depot (http://www.hp.com/go/
softwaredepot ). For more details on the msv2v3check script, see the white paper HP-UX 11i v2
to 11i v3 Mass Storage Stack Update Guide (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs).
For a list of supported and unsupported HP-UX I/O cards and mass storage devices, see the HP-UX
Supported I/O Cards Matrix and the HP-UX Supported Mass Storage Devices Matrix (http://
hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs).
HP StorageWorks compatibility with HP-UX 11i v3
For up-to-date status and recommended firmware versions for HP StorageWorks components
supported with HP-UX 11i v3, see the HP-UX 11i v3 and HP StorageWorks Compatibility section
at
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/hpuxconnectivitymatrix.html
12 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements