Installing HP-UX 11.0 and Updating HP-UX 10.x to 11.0 HP 9000 Computers Edition 1

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Updating an Existing Operating System and Software
Updating HP-UX Software
Updating HP-UX Software
See the section, “Updating to HP-UX 11.0” in this chapter, for specific
information about transitioning to HP-UX 11.0.
You should have installed the new SW-DIST product first, as given in the
previous sections in this chapter.
On HP 9000 Workstations, you will see a Graphical User Interface (GUI),
by default, for interactive invocation of swinstall. On HP 9000
Servers, you will see a character display Terminal User Interface (TUI)
on a console. You will have a GUI if you are working from an Xterminal.
Updating HP-UX on a Stand-Alone System
To invoke swinstall, do one of the following:
CAUTION Updating an HP 9000 Server to HP-UX 11.0 will stop the Server from
interacting with clients and may jeopardize data. Before attempting such
an update you should uncluster (backup and unmount) clients.
Options for 11.0
Transition
Use a command-line invocation, if you are transitioning to HP-UX 11.0.
You must use -x options specifying the target system word-width and OS
version, for either an interactive or non-interactive SD-UX session.
To specify an OS for the update, the following options are used:
-x os_name=<OS>:<width>
-x os_release=<release>
using the following syntax:
swinstall -x os_name=<OS>:<width> -x os_release=<release>
The value <OS> specifies the name of the OS, such as HP-UX. The value
<width> specifies the word-width in bits for the OS to be installed, such
as 32 or 64. The <OS> and <width>values must be separated by a colon
(:).