HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2012

Table 11 update-ux command options (continued)
Descriptionupdate-ux command options
Specifies -x options to be applied during the update. For a typical update, no
-x options are required. For information on -x options, see the swm (1M)
manpage or the Software Distributor Administration Guide.
-x option=value
Software selections support the same syntax as the swinstall command plus
the syntax described in the selection syntax section below. The following syntax
is supported for sw_spec:
sw_spec
bundle[,version]
product[.subproduct][.fileset][,version]
!selection
[bundle]/[%match]
pattern-matching-expression
where version can be:
[,r op revision][,a op arch][,v op vendor]
[,c op category] [,q=qualifier][,l=location]
[,fr op revision][,fa op arch]
where op can be:
=, ==, >=, <=, <, >, or !=
The = (equals) relational operator lets you specify selections with the shell wildcard
and pattern-matching-expressions:
[ ], *, ?
The syntax !selection causes that selection to be deselected even if it was
listed on the command line as part of other selections.
Updating to an Operating Environment from the command line
The update-ux command will automatically choose the OE that best matches the OE currently
on your system.
• If your system already has an HP-UX 11i v3 BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, or DC-OE, the same OE
will be automatically chosen.
• If you are updating from HP-UX 11i v2, or if your system has one of the “old” HP-UX 11i v3
OEs (FOE, EOE, MCOE, or TCOE), update-ux will choose the “new” OE that best matches
the “old” OE.
IMPORTANT: If you choose to select an OE other than the one that was automatically chosen,
you must adhere to an supported update path. See “Supported update paths” (page 18).
To update to a different HP-UX 11i v3 OE, you need to specify the OE name in the update-ux
command. Insert the HP-UX 11i v3 DVD in the local drive mounted at /dvdrom. As root, enter:
/usr/sbin/update-ux -s /dvdrom OE_identifier
The OE identifiers are as follows:
Table 12 OE identifiers
Operating EnvironmentOE identifier
Base OEHPUX11i-BOE
Virtual Server OEHPUX11i-VSE-OE
High Availability OEHPUX11i-HA-OE
Data Center OEHPUX11i-DC-OE
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