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

Figure 1 Cold-Installing HP-UX 11i v3

If Factory

Integrated

From

Recovery Image

From

Media

Start

Determine

install

approach

Install 11i v3 OS/OE

using Ignite-UX

Install recovery image

Install additional non-OE

applications using swinstall

Using tools from HPSC,

identify and install additionally

needed patches

Install 3rd-party and

internal software

Create recovery image

Done

The Patch Assessment Tool can be found

at the HPSC (http://hp.com/go/hpsc) and

can be used to ﬁnd additionally needed

patches, such as patches for non-OE

applications and new security patches.

Installing the latest Ignite-UX

You must use the latest version of Ignite-UX (version C.7.3 or later) to cold-install HP-UX 11i v3.

Get the latest Ignite-UX version from the Ignite-UX website (http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux).

Backing up your configuration files

If you plan to cold-install HP-UX 11i v3 on a system that already has HP-UX installed, and you want

to have that system serve the same role as it did before, then you will want to preserve your

configuration files. Such files include the following:

• Configuration files in /etc

• The contents of /usr/local

• Any local home directories (that is, those you do not import from another system)

• Any configuration files located in the /etc/opt directories for installed software

Collecting information about your system

Before you cold-install HP-UX 11i v3, you must collect information about your existing system. Then,

when you are installing HP-UX 11i v3, you will have the information available when needed. This

section contains tables where you can record the information.

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