HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.05 and A.04.05)

Update-UX Primer
The advantages of using Update-UX are 1) you can update both OE and vPars versions
simultaneously, so there are fewer reboots, and 2) although you must still reboot the nPartition,
you can perform these steps within a vPars environment; you do not need to boot the system
into standalone mode.
CAUTION:
Using Update-UX Update-UX allows for both the OE and vPars bundles to be updated in the
same session. To simultaneously update both the OE and vPars bundles in the same session,
they both must be in the same source depot.
If you update from a depot which does not contain the vPars bundle, your disk will no longer
boot in vPars mode. See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide and Using Golden Images with Virtual
Partitions for information on how to setup your Ignite-UX server.
NOTE: Before using the update-ux command, make sure you have the latest Update-UX
bundle installed for each virtual partition:
# swinstall -s source_depot Update-UX
NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with the Update-UX product or would like information on using
or debugging Update-UX, read the HP-UX 11.11 or 11.23 Installation and Update Guide. Also, see
the applicable Software Distributor and Ignite-UX documents available at http://docs.hp.com.
After the latest Update-UX bundle has been installed, you can use the update-ux command,
the syntax is:
# update-ux -s source_depot OE_bundle vPars_bundle other_bundles
For example, the command line used in this section is:
# update-ux -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335BC
where:
• depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD is the source depot
• HPUX11i-OE-Ent is the OE bundle
• T1335BC is the vPars A.04.xx bundle
Because both the OE and vPars bundle are the parameters for update-ux, both the OE (including
the OS version) and the vPars version are updated in this single step.
NOTE: Before performing the update, you should verify that all of the target virtual partitions
meet the HP-UX 11.23 requirements as documented in the HP-UX 11.23 Read Before Installing or
Updating document. One example of a possible issue is file system size. The update-ux command
will ensure that there is sufficient space before allowing an update:
• /usr: 400000 kbytes free
• /opt: 1300000 kbytes free
• /: 200000 kbytes free
• /stand: 80000 kbytes total, and 49595 kbytes free
• /var: 900000 kbytes free
For details see also the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide.
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX
For HP-UX 11i v2, the possible OE bundles are:
HPUX11i-OE
Foundation OE
HPUX11i-OE-Ent
Enterprise OE
84 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars