HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2009 (Update 4 Release)

8 Verifying System Install or Update
This chapter provides steps to verify that your system is ready and back in production.
Before you begin, make sure you have already completed either cold-installing or
updating to HP-UX 11i v3.
What You Will Find in This Chapter
• “Verifying the HP-UX Cold-Install or Update” (page 103)
• “Backing Up the System” (page 104)
• “The Next Step” (page 104)
TIP: This chapter provides verification information for the HP-UX cold-install and
update applications. To verify other vendor applications, refer to the appropriate vendor
documentation.
Verifying the HP-UX Cold-Install or Update
To verify that HP-UX 11i v3 was installed or updated successfully, use the Software
Distributor commands swlist and swverify, as described in this section. In addition,
you can view the results of your update in the log file /var/opt/swm/swm.log. Refer
to “Step 6: Update” (page 90) for more information.
TIP: For help with these commands, refer to the swlist(1M) and swverify(1M) manpages,
and the Software Distributor Administration Guide, which is available on the Instant
Information DVD or the HP Technical Documentation website:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html
Task 1: Listing all Software Installed on Your System
1. List the bundles and products installed on your system:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle -l product > /tmp/software_list
2. Check the list to see that it contains the bundles and products you wish to have
installed on your system.
3. For a cold-install, you may want to compare the output of the swlist command
above with the contents of the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment DVD and
the Application Software DVD. To see the contents of a DVD, issue the following
command:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle -l product -s /dvdrom >
/tmp/dvdcontent
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