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

Additional Notes on Console Selection
• HP-UX acts based upon the EFI Boot Maintenance Manager menu's Select Active
Console sections to determine where to send its output. If the incorrect console
devices are selected, HP-UX may either fail to boot or boot with output directed
to the wrong location. Therefore, any time new potential console devices are added
to a system, or anytime NVRAM on a system is cleared, review console selections
to ensure that they are correct.
• The EFI command, conconfig, may also be used to configure console devices.
When using conconfig to select a console device, only one active console should
be configured; otherwise, HP-UX may either fail to boot or boot with output
directed to the wrong location.
• You can find more information on the EFI Paths used for console selection in the
Intel® Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) documents available from the Intel
Web site.
Task 2: Backing Up Your Configuration Files
If you plan to cold-install HP-UX 11i v3 on a system that already has HP-UX installed,
make sure to save the files that you want to reinstall, such as:
• 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
If multiple users are preparing for the cold-install, you might consider creating a file
system. Mount it with smh. Then create a subdirectory for each system or user (for
example, /backup/your_sys).
As root, copy the files. For example:
1. Copy all config files from /etc on a system named system1 to system system2.
On system2, enter:
mkdir /backup/system1/etc
rcp -p your_name@system1:/etc/* /backup/system1/etc/
2. Copy your local home directory to the backup system:
mkdir /backup/system1/home
rcp -pr your_name@system1:/home/ /backup/system1/home/
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