HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2014

Contents
HP secure development lifecycle......................................................................7
1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3............................................................................8
Introduction to HP-UX 11i v3.......................................................................................................8
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.........................................................................................8
HP-UX 11i v3 media..................................................................................................................8
DVDs.................................................................................................................................8
Special licensing rights.........................................................................................................9
Documentation....................................................................................................................9
2 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements................................10
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................10
System requirements................................................................................................................11
Supported systems.............................................................................................................11
Determining disk space requirements........................................................................................11
Disk space requirements for a cold-install..............................................................................12
Disk space requirements for an update.................................................................................13
Boot disk size limits.................................................................................................................13
Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices...............14
Firmware updating..................................................................................................................14
Receiving firmware alerts....................................................................................................15
Identifying model, release, and installed software.......................................................................15
Identifying the model..........................................................................................................15
Identifying the release date and Operating Environment..........................................................15
Identifying installed software...............................................................................................16
3 Choosing your installation methods.............................................................17
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................17
Choosing cold-install or update................................................................................................18
When to cold-install...........................................................................................................18
When to update................................................................................................................18
Supported update paths.....................................................................................................19
Choosing an installation source................................................................................................20
Local media......................................................................................................................20
HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) Virtual Media.........................................................20
Network depot..................................................................................................................20
Golden image...................................................................................................................20
4 Before you begin......................................................................................22
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................22
Reviewing known problems......................................................................................................23
Locating source media and codewords......................................................................................23
Reviewing the software bundle install types................................................................................23
Backing up your system...........................................................................................................23
Part I: Creating an operating system recovery image..............................................................24
Choosing make_net_recovery.........................................................................................24
Choosing make_tape_recovery.......................................................................................24
Choosing drd clone.......................................................................................................25
Part II: Backing up your data files.........................................................................................25
Choosing HP Data Protector for backup...........................................................................26
Choosing HP-UX fbackup/frecover utilities........................................................................26
Selecting your HP-UX console for Itanium-based systems...............................................................26
Determining if the conconfig command exists on your system...................................................26
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