HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2010

From the DVD media
To install the Update-UX product from the Operating Environment DVDs:
1. Mount the DVD. (For instructions, see “Mounting and unmounting the DVD” (page 27).)
2. Using swinstall, install the latest version of the Update-UX product on the target system:
swinstall -s /dvdrom Update-UX
NOTE: Make sure you use the correct case to install the Update-UX product (in title case).
This product contains the update-ux command (lowercase).
From a depot
The depot example uses the following syntax: depot_server:depot_path. For example:
swinstall -s depot_server:/var/11iv3/update-depot Update-UX
Updating tips
Table 6-1 provides tips, recommendations, and cautionary information for the update process.
Table 6-1 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 that is not contained in an Operating Environment. In addition, Update-UX
might not 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 further information about obsoleted products, see the HP-UX 11i
v3 Release Notes (http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs)
All software does not
get updated and some
products might be
removed
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
will continue to use the existing legacy DSFs. See “Next generation mass storage stack”
(page 30).
Persistent DSFs will be
created
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 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).
Secure Path not
supported on HP-UX
11i v3
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