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

Table 6-3 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:
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.
sw_spec
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 17).
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 6-4 OE identifiers
Operating EnvironmentOE identifier
Base OE
HPUX11i-BOE
Virtual Server OE
HPUX11i-VSE-OE
High Availability OE
HPUX11i-HA-OE
Data Center OE
HPUX11i-DC-OE
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