HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2008 (Update 3 Release)

6 Updating to HP-UX 11i v3
This chapter describes updating your system to HP-UX 11i v3 using Update-UX.
What You Will Find in This Chapter
• “Before You Begin” (page 79)
• “Reviewing the Update Process” (page 80)
• “Updating Tips” (page 82)
• “Updating to HP-UX 11i v3” (page 83)
• “Updating to HP-UX 11i v3 Using the Terminal User Interface” (page 86)
• “Updating to HP-UX 11i v3 Using the Command Line Interface” (page 94)
• “Post-Update Tasks ” (page 96)
• “The Next Step” (page 97)
Time Estimate for This Chapter: Approximately 3-4 hours, depending on your system.
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 32).
• 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 49).
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.
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