HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2013

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Contents

1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3............................................................................7

Introduction to HP-UX 11i v3.......................................................................................................7

HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.........................................................................................7

HP-UX 11i v3 media..................................................................................................................7

DVDs.................................................................................................................................7

Special licensing rights.........................................................................................................8

Documentation....................................................................................................................8

2 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements..................................9

Chapter checklist......................................................................................................................9

System requirements................................................................................................................10

Supported systems.............................................................................................................10

Determining disk space requirements........................................................................................10

Disk space requirements for a cold-install..............................................................................11

Disk space requirements for an update.................................................................................12

Boot disk size limits.................................................................................................................12

Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices...............13

Firmware updating..................................................................................................................13

Receiving firmware alerts....................................................................................................14

Identifying model, release, and installed software.......................................................................14

Identifying the model..........................................................................................................14

Identifying the release date and Operating Environment..........................................................14

Identifying installed software...............................................................................................15

3 Choosing your installation methods.............................................................16

Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................16

Choosing cold-install or update................................................................................................17

When to cold-install...........................................................................................................17

When to update................................................................................................................17

Supported update paths.....................................................................................................18

Choosing an installation source................................................................................................19

Local media......................................................................................................................19

HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) Virtual Media.........................................................19

Network depot..................................................................................................................19

Golden image...................................................................................................................19

4 Before you begin......................................................................................21

Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................21

Reviewing known problems......................................................................................................22

Locating source media and codewords......................................................................................22

Reviewing the software bundle install types................................................................................22

Backing up your system...........................................................................................................22

Part I: Creating an operating system recovery image..............................................................23

Choosing make_net_recovery.........................................................................................23

Choosing make_tape_recovery.......................................................................................23

Choosing drd clone.......................................................................................................24

Part II: Backing up your data files.........................................................................................24

Choosing HP Data Protector for backup...........................................................................25

Choosing HP-UX fbackup/frecover utilities........................................................................25

Selecting your HP-UX console for Itanium-based systems...............................................................25

Determining if the conconfig command exists on your system...................................................25

Using the conconfig command to select the primary HP-UX console .........................................26

Using the EFI Boot Manager to select the primary HP-UX console ............................................27

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