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

Updating tips
Table 10 provides tips, recommendations, and cautionary information for the update process.
Table 10 Updating tips
TipTopic
The update process might involve multiple media swaps. To avoid manually swapping media,
use a network depot. For information, see “Creating a network depot (optional)” (page 28).
Multiple media swaps
might be required
During the update process, be careful when running other commands; doing so might cause
the commands to function improperly.
Running other commands
Update-UX updates the HP-UX OS and any software specified in additional software bundles
available on the source media or depot. Update-UX might not automatically update software
All software does not get
updated and some
that is not contained in an Operating Environment. In addition, Update-UX might notproducts might be
removed automatically update optional software bundles that have changed names since the last
release.
If you have added extra software to your existing OE, check to see if it is available in the
new OE. If not, you will need to reinstall this software separately after the update is complete.
In addition, software products that are no longer supported on HP-UX 11i v3 either might
be automatically removed during the update, or the system might generate messages that
warns users that these unsupported software products must be removed before beginning
the update process. For a list of products that will be automatically removed upon update,
see the Obsolescence Bundle listing in Table 19 (page 86). For further information about
deprecated and obsoleted products, see the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes (http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3)
During an update from HP-UX 11i v2 to 11i v3, existing legacy DSFs are retained and
persistent DSFs will be created. Configuration files will not be modified, so system devices
Persistent DSFs will be
created
will continue to use the existing legacy DSFs. See “Next generation mass storage stack”
(page 30).
Secure Path is no longer supported on HP-UX 11i v3. The new mass storage stack in HP-UX
11i v3 provides integrated Native Multipathing capability. For more information on migrating
Secure Path not
supported on HP-UX 11i
v3 from Secure Path to Native Multipathing in HP-UX 11i v3, see the “Migrating from HP
StorageWorks Secure Path for Active-Active Disk Arrays to Native Multipathing in HP-UX
11i v3” (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs).
HP Servicecontrol Manager (HP SCM) is not supported on HP-UX 11i v3. If your system is
running SCM, you must migrate to HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) version 4.2 BEFORE
updating to HP-UX 11i v3; otherwise the update might fail.
HP Servicecontrol
Manager (SCM) not
supported on HP-UX 11i
v3
What to do
Remove HP SCM before updating to HP-UX 11i v3. If you are updating your system to HP-UX
11i v3 and HP SCM is installed on your current system and you do not want to run it in the
future, you must remove the HP SCM product before you update to HP-UX 11i v3.
Uninstall HP Servicecontrol Manager using the following command: swremove –x
enforce_dependencies=false ID
where ID is the product or bundle ID as shown in the following example syntax:
swremove –x enforce_dependencies=false B8339BA
Remove the old product sub-directories by executing the following command: rm -fr
/opt/mx /etc/opt/mx
You can also remove the database for Servicecontrol Manager, mysql, by executing the
following command: swremove mysql
You might also choose to migrate HP SCM version 3.0 to HP SIM version 4.2 before updating
to HP-UX 11i v3. You must be running HP SCM version 3.0 to perform this update. If you
are running an earlier version you will need to update HP SCM to version 3.0 before updating
to HP SIM version 4.2.
For more information on migrating from HP SCM to HP SIM version 4.2 see the HP Systems
Insight Manager 5.1 Installation and User Guide (http://hp.com/go/hpsim-manuals).
The NIS+ product is not supported on HP-UX 11i v3. If a system is running NIS+, you must
migrate to LDAP BEFORE updating to HP-UX 11i v3; otherwise the update might fail. The
NIS+ not supported on
HP-UX 11i v3
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