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

Before You Begin
Before you update to HP-UX 11i v3, make sure that:
• You are updating from a supported migration path. See “Supported Update Paths
to HP-UX 11i v3” (page 33).
• Your system meets the system requirements to update and operate HP-UX 11i v3.
For more details see Chapter 2: “System Requirements for Cold-Installing and
Updating” (page 21).
• You have completed the preparation tasks required to update your system. For
more information see Chapter 4: “Preparing to Cold-Install or Update to HP-UX
11i v3” (page 53).
NOTE: Updating from a release of HP-UX to a version of HP-UX that was released
earlier in time is not supported. This could cause system incompatibilities and
unpredictable results. If you attempt to update to an earlier version of HP-UX, the
update process will stop without making any changes to your system and you will get
the following error message:
ERROR: You are attempting to update from your release of HP-UX to
a version of HP-UX that was released earlier in time. This is not
supported. The update process has stopped without making any changes
to your system. Please see the 'Supported Update Paths' section of
the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide for more information.
Reviewing the Update Process
This section describes updating to HP-UX 11i v3 using update-ux to selectively
overwrite the operating system and application software from a media or network
source depot.
Figure 6-1 (page 89) shows the overall update process. You can update your system
using one of the following methods:
• From a network depot — Use Software Distributor commands to create depots
containing OS, OE, and other software bundles, then update from the depot using
the update-ux terminal user interface or command line interface. For help with
this method, refer to the swcopy(1M) manpage, the Software Distributor Administration
Guide, and the Ignite-UX Administration Guide.
• From DVD media — Use either the update-ux terminal user interface described
in “Updating to HP-UX 11i v3 Using the Terminal User Interface” (page 93) or
the update-ux command line interface described in “Updating to HP-UX 11i v3
Using the Command Line Interface” (page 103).
88 Updating to HP-UX 11i v3