HP-UX Reference (11i v1 00/12) - 1M System Administration Commands N-Z (vol 4)

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update-ux(1M) update-ux(1M)
NAME
update-ux - updates the HP-UX operating system from new HP-UX media
SYNOPSIS
update-ux -s source_location [-?][-a bits][-n|-y][-i][-x option=value][sw_spec]
DESCRIPTION
The update-ux command updates the HP-UX operating system to a newer version.
Use update-ux when updating the operating system (OS), changing the OS word width, and installing or
changing operating environments (OEs). update-ux works only with source depots containing the OS
and OEs such as HP-UX 11i OE CDs. When using other media as source, use swinstall(1M) instead.
update-ux will always attempt to update the OS. These bundles are installed by default from HP-UX
11i OE CDs:
HPUXBase32 or HPUXBase64
HPUXBaseAux
FibrChanl-00(64-bit OS only)
GigEther-00
RAID-00 (64-bit OS only)
FDDI-00 (32-bit OS only)
OnlineDiag
CDE language bundle based on installed CDE.
Other network drivers based on installed software.
To list all product bundles availableon the CD mounted at /cdrom,enter:
/usr/sbin/swlist -s /cdrom
If you are changing OEs within the same OS version, update-ux will attempt to update the OS. How-
ever, only software that has not yet been installed will be installed. Software already on the target system
will be deselected during the analysis phase.
If the current OS is 10.20 or 11.00, first install update-ux onto the existing system. For example:
swinstall -r -s source_location
SW-DIST.SD-UPDATE \@ \
/var/adm/sw/update-ux.root 2>/dev/null
where source_location is the full path to a depot containing the 11i SW-DIST product.
The redirection in this command is recommended when updating from 10.20 to avoid inconsequential warn-
ing and error messages. This is because the 10.20 version of swinstall does not recognize many of the new
keywords added to the newer products in this depot. Since these errors and warnings can be ignored, be
sure to add the redirection of standard error.
Options
update-ux supports these options:
-s source_location Specify the source location. Possible locations are a local directory, a mounted
CD-ROM containing an SD depot, or a remote machine and depot combination.
All paths used in the source_location must be absolute paths. If source_location
is a CD-ROM,
update-ux expects to install from two CDs and will prompt for
the second CD. If source_location is a remote machine and depot combination,
the remote machine should be specified first, followed by the absolute path to the
remote depot, separated by a colon with no spaces; for example:
swperf:/var/spool/sw
-?
Print the usage statement.
-a bits Specify 32- or 64-bit OS architecture. Omitting -a 32 or -a 64 defaults to
the currently-set architecture (only 64-bit OS is supported on B-, C- and J-class
systems).
-n|-y By default, update-ux pauses when an error is detected to ask if it should
continue. Specify "no" (-n)or"yes"(-y) to tell update-ux whether to con-
tinue when a error message is issued. Use -n (or omit this option) at first to
have update-ux abort when an error is encountered. Then review the error
logged in /var/adm/sw/swagent.log
. When you have reviewed/resolved
HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000 − 1 − Section 1M−−975
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