Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) Overview

Updating from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3 1103 (slide 3 of 4)

DRD use case

HP-UX 11i v3 1103

clone

Active

SWA

Report

1. Create a clone of the original system image

(drd clone)

2. Run update-ux in preview mode on the active disk

(update-ux -p)

3. Adjust file system sizes on the clone as needed

(www.hp.com/go/drd-docs)

4. Activate the clone & boot when ready (drd activate)

5. Update the active image to HP-UX 11i v3 1103

(update-ux)

6. When update completes, have an active image with

11i v3 1103, and a clone with 11i v2 (drd status)

Could stop here, OR…

1. Create a clone of the active image

(drd clone –x overwrite=true)

2. Use SWA to identify patches & fixes to security

issues (drd mount, swa report, drd unmount)