Planning and Configuring HP-UX DCE 1.9

Chapter 5

Installing HP-UX DCE 1.9

Installing Software

Installation Notes

Once you have loaded HP-UX DCE Version 1.9 software into a network distribution area, use the swinstall

tool to install appropriate ﬁlesets on individual systems.

The installation procedure invokes swinstall on each target system in a cell. When installation is complete,

you can begin cell conﬁguration, see Chapter 6, “Conﬁguring HP-UX DCE Cells,” on page 47.

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following information.

• You must know the root password for each system in your cell.

• If the system is a functioning DCE server or client, stop the DCE software.

• Know the name of your network source system, as well as the source depot path name.

• You must install HP-UX DCE Version 1.9 on a long-name ﬁle system. If you have a short-name ﬁle

system, use the convertfs(1m) utility to convert it to long names.

• If you plan to do remote installation, you must be able to log in to the remote system using a utility like

telnet, rlogin, or remsh. You cannot do a "push" installation to a remote system over a network ﬁle

system such as NFS or AFS.

Installation Procedure

Perform the following steps to install HP-UX DCE 1.9 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) manpage 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-UX DCE Version 1.9 software on all the systems in your cell that are to be

updated, you can begin to conﬁgure your cell. See Chapter 6, “Conﬁguring HP-UX DCE Cells,” on page 47

for information on cell conﬁguration.