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Updating HP-UX

Updating HP-UX Software

3. Close the Disk Space conﬁrmation window to see the analysis

window.

4. When the disk analysis is satisfactory, choose OK on the Install

Analysis screen to proceed with the update.

5. A conﬁrmation screen will appear, to which you can respond Yes or No

as to whether you want to continue with the installation.

NOTE Note that, up to this time, you can "back out" of any action by clicking on

Cancel in order to return to previous screens, for example, in order to

adjust the selection of ﬁlesets being updated.

6. You will see a second conﬁrmation screen warning you that a new

kernel will be loaded (in case you are updating HP-UX or a

kernel-related patch bundle), and this will necessitate a reboot.

Respond Yes, if you wish to go ahead.

7. You will see an install status screen which monitors the current

progress of the installation, including the time remaining.

8. If you want to keep track of the progress of messages and scripts

being run during the load, you can keep a logﬁle window open during

the process. Do this by clicking on the Logﬁle button, on the status

screen.

Time Note • A typical HP-UX update, if done from a network server, will require

one to two hours. Systems with 16 MB of memory will require

considerably longer.

• At the end of an HP-UX update, you will see a conﬁrmation message

and reboot warning (with about 30 seconds delay until shut down).

• As the system reboots for the ﬁrst time, conﬁgure scripts run for the

new ﬁlesets so you can expect a ﬁrst boot time of several minutes.

Subsequent reboot processes will not take as long.

After Logging In 1. The login screen appears after the system has rebooted. Log in at this

time.

2. Check the following logﬁles for any messages, including warnings,

relating to the update:

/var/adm/sw/swinstall.log

/var/adm/sw/swagent.log