Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Installing Software
Installation with swinstall
Chapter 2 77
• To update HP Omniback software (already installed in the default
directory on the local host) with a newer version from a CD-ROM
mounted at /mnt/cd:
swinstall -s /mnt/cd Omniback
Updating to HP-UX 11i
For complete instructions for updating from a previous HP-UX release to
HP-UX 11i, use the new update-ux command, as explained in Chapter 2
of HP-UX 11i Installation and Update Guide.
This document and complete OS documentation is available on your
HP-UX Instant Information CD-ROM and at:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/
Installing Patches
swinstall has a variety of patch management features, including a patch
management dialog in the GUI. See Chapter 5, “Managing Patches,” on
page 163 for complete details on patches and using the swinstall GUI
patch features.
Recovering Updated Files
The autorecover_product option lets you automatically recover or roll
back to original product files if you start an install and the process fails.
When updating files, swinstall removes the original files as they are
updated. If an error occurs while swinstall is loading new filesets, the
product being loaded is marked as corrupt, the original files are lost, and
you must repeat the installation.
By setting the autorecover_product option to true, all filesets that are
updated are first saved as backup copies. They are not removed until all
filesets within the product finish loading. If swinstall terminates because
of an error, you can correct the error then re-run swinstall. swinstall
automatically continues the load process where it was interrupted.