HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2007 (Update 1 Release)

4 Preparing to Cold-Install or Update to HP-UX 11i v3

This chapter details the preparation tasks required to cold-install or update to HP-UX

11i v3.

What You Will Find in This Chapter

• “Cold-Install Tasks” (page 54)

• “Update Tasks” (page 60)

• “Backing Up Your System” (page 62)

• “Locating Source Media and Codewords” (page 65)

• “The Next Step” (page 66)

Time Estimate for This Chapter: Approximately 2 hours to gather the information

needed and perform the prescribed tasks.