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

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Contents

1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3............................................................................7

Introduction to HP-UX 11i v3.......................................................................................................7

HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.........................................................................................7

HP-UX 11i v3 media kit..............................................................................................................8

DVDs.................................................................................................................................8

Special licensing rights.........................................................................................................8

Documentation....................................................................................................................8

2 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements..................................9

Chapter checklist......................................................................................................................9

System requirements................................................................................................................10

Supported systems.............................................................................................................10

Determining disk space requirements........................................................................................10

Disk space requirements for a cold-install..............................................................................11

Disk space requirements for an update.................................................................................12

Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices...............12

Finding firmware....................................................................................................................13

Verifying and downloading firmware....................................................................................13

Receiving firmware alerts....................................................................................................13

Identifying model, release, and installed software.......................................................................13

Identifying the model..........................................................................................................13

Identifying the release date and Operating Environment..........................................................13

Identifying installed software...............................................................................................14

3 Choosing your installation methods.............................................................15

Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................15

Choosing cold-install or update................................................................................................16

When to cold-install...........................................................................................................16

When to update................................................................................................................16

Supported update paths.....................................................................................................17

Choosing an installation source................................................................................................18

Local media......................................................................................................................18

HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) Virtual Media.........................................................18

Network depot..................................................................................................................18

Golden image...................................................................................................................18

4 Before you begin......................................................................................20

Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................20

Reviewing known problems......................................................................................................21

Locating source media and codewords......................................................................................21

Reviewing the software bundle install types................................................................................21

Backing up your system...........................................................................................................21

Part I: Creating an operating system recovery image..............................................................22

Choosing make_net_recovery.........................................................................................22

Choosing make_tape_recovery.......................................................................................22

Choosing drd clone.......................................................................................................23

Part II: Backing up your data files.........................................................................................23

Choosing HP Data Protector for backup...........................................................................23

Choosing HP-UX fbackup/frecover utilities........................................................................24

Selecting your HP-UX console for Itanium-based systems...............................................................24

Determining if the conconfig command exists on your system...................................................24

Using the conconfig command to select the primary HP-UX console .........................................25

Using the EFI Boot Manager to select the primary HP-UX console ............................................26

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