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

Completing the update............................................................................................................57
7 Installing applications and patches.............................................................58
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................58
Installing HP-UX applications....................................................................................................59
Tips for installing or updating HP applications.......................................................................59
Installing HP-UX applications from the DVDs..........................................................................59
Third-party software and hardware...........................................................................................59
Third-party (non-HP) storage compatibility with HP-UX 11i v3...................................................60
Third-party product installation scripts...................................................................................60
HP-UX patching and patch management....................................................................................60
Standard HP-UX patch bundles............................................................................................60
Individual HP-UX patches....................................................................................................61
HP-UX Software Assistant....................................................................................................62
8 Post-install/update tasks and troubleshooting................................................63
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................63
Verifying the HP-UX cold-install or update...................................................................................64
Part I: Listing all software installed on your system...................................................................64
Part II: Verifying the installed software...................................................................................64
Configuring Operating Environment applications........................................................................64
Migrating to the agile mass storage stack..................................................................................65
System tuning for VxFS 4.1.......................................................................................................65
Backing up the system.............................................................................................................65
Uninstalling HP-UX 11i v3........................................................................................................65
Removing applications and patches......................................................................................66
Diagnostics............................................................................................................................66
Online diagnostics.............................................................................................................66
Offline diagnostics.............................................................................................................66
9 Support and other resources......................................................................67
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................67
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................67
HP contact information.......................................................................................................67
Subscription service............................................................................................................67
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................67
Related documents..................................................................................................................68
Websites for HP-UX 11i v3 information..................................................................................68
Other sources for HP-UX 11i v3 information...........................................................................68
Other HP web resources.....................................................................................................69
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................69
A Harmless messages and known problems....................................................71
Appendix Checklist.................................................................................................................71
Messages you can ignore........................................................................................................72
Known install and update problems..........................................................................................74
B Installing VxFS and VxVM..........................................................................81
VxVM and VxFS installation through cold-install..........................................................................81
LVM with VxFS 5.0 configuration..........................................................................................82
VxVM 5.0 with VxFS 5.0 configuration.................................................................................82
VxVM and VxFS installation with update-ux................................................................................82
Updates from HP-UX 11i v2 with OnlineJFS 4.1 to HP-UX 11i v3 with OnlineJFS 5.0.....................82
C HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment software bundles.................................84
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment install/update structure........................................................84
HP-UX 11i v3 software product categories.............................................................................84
HP-UX 11i v3 software installation types................................................................................85
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