HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2011

7 Installing applications and patches.............................................................59
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................59
Installing HP-UX applications....................................................................................................60
Tips for installing or updating HP applications.......................................................................60
Installing HP-UX applications from the DVDs..........................................................................60
Third-party software and hardware...........................................................................................60
Third-party (non-HP) storage compatibility with HP-UX 11i v3...................................................61
Third-party product installation scripts...................................................................................61
HP-UX patching and patch management....................................................................................61
Standard HP-UX patch bundles............................................................................................61
Individual HP-UX patches....................................................................................................63
HP-UX Software Assistant....................................................................................................63
8 Post-install/update tasks and troubleshooting................................................64
Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................64
Verifying the HP-UX cold-install or update...................................................................................65
Part I: Listing all software installed on your system...................................................................65
Part II: Verifying the installed software...................................................................................65
Configuring Operating Environment applications........................................................................65
Migrating to the agile mass storage stack..................................................................................66
System tuning for VxFS 4.1.......................................................................................................66
Backing up the system.............................................................................................................66
Uninstalling HP-UX 11i v3........................................................................................................67
Removing applications and patches......................................................................................67
Diagnostics............................................................................................................................67
Online diagnostics.............................................................................................................67
Offline diagnostics.............................................................................................................67
9 Support and other resources......................................................................68
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................68
Before you contact HP........................................................................................................68
HP contact information.......................................................................................................68
Subscription service............................................................................................................68
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................68
Related documents..................................................................................................................69
Websites for HP-UX 11i v3 information..................................................................................69
Other sources for HP-UX 11i v3 information...........................................................................69
Other HP web resources.....................................................................................................70
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................70
A Harmless messages and known problems....................................................72
Appendix Checklist.................................................................................................................72
Messages you can ignore........................................................................................................73
Known install and update problems..........................................................................................75
B Installing VxFS, OnlineJFS, LVM, and VxVM.................................................82
Cold-installing VxFS with LVM or with VxVM..............................................................................82
VxFS 5.0.1 with LVM configuration.......................................................................................82
VxFS 5.0.1 with VxVM 5.0.1 configuration............................................................................83
Updating to VxFS with VxVM with update-ux..............................................................................83
Updating from HP-UX 11i v2 with OnlineJFS 4.1 to HP-UX 11i v3 with OnlineJFS 5.0.1.....................83
Other supported configurations................................................................................................84
Unsupported system configurations...........................................................................................84
C HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment software bundles.................................85
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment install/update structure........................................................85
HP-UX 11i v3 software product categories.............................................................................85
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