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

If you want to match the general ﬁlesets and functionality you

already have on your old system, choose Match What Target

Has... from the action menu. A log ﬁle is available from the Analysis

screen.

AND/OR

2. To choose speciﬁc bundles/products to add to the Match What

Target Has... selection, highlight the additional item, and then

choose Mark for Install from the Actions menu. (You can also use

the right mouse button to mark for install).

NOTE In doing system updates, the HP-UX 11.0 release has been enhanced to

permit the target system to identify itself temporarily as having the

architecture/revision of the desired OS. This permits the use of the

merged depots without risking ambiguous selections.

For example, if a system has been installed as 11.0 /32- bit and the user

wishes to update to the 64- bit version of HP-UX, the system “poses” as a

64- bit system for the purpose of compatibility- checking against the

merged depot. This is controlled by the -x os_name and -x

os_release options on the swinstall command line. These must be

speciﬁed for OS updates to 11.0 and later.

3. To start the install process, choose Install (analysis)... from

the Actions menu. You will see the following screen (superimposed):

Install Analysis Screen

Figure 2-6