Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7

4-6 Planning and Conﬁguring HP DCE 1.7

Installing HP DCE 1.7

Installing Software

Installation Procedure

Perform the following steps to install HP DCE 1.7 software from a

network source area:

1. Log in to the target system as root.

2. Run swinstall:

/usr/sbin/swinstall

The swinstall tool has general and context sensitive help if you need

assistance on making selections, or on entering appropriate values.

Also, see the swinstall (1M) man page for more information.

3. In the Specify Source window, specify the source host and depot.

4. In the Software Selection window, select the products/bundles you

want to install.

If you are doing an upgrade, and you want to match the software

currently on the target system, select “Match What Target Has” from

the Actions Menu.

5. Select “Install” from the Actions menu.

6. Check the swinstall log ﬁle and resolve any problems.

Press the “Logﬁle” button in the Install Analysis popup window. Look

for messages that begin with ERROR, WARNING, or NOTE.

Refer to Managing HP-UX Software with SD-UX for information on

resolving install problems.

7. Install the software.

Press the OK button in the Install Analysis popup window to proceed

with installation.

After you install the HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7 software on all the

systems in your cell that are to be updated, you can begin to conﬁgure

your cell. See Chapter 5, “Conﬁguring DCE Cells”, for information on

cell conﬁguration.