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

Verifying the HP-UX cold-install or update
To verify that HP-UX 11i v3 was installed or updated successfully, use the Software Distributor
commands swlist and swverify, as described in this section. For an update, you can also
view the results of the update in the log file /var/opt/swm/swm.log. See Step 7 in “Updating
to HP-UX 11i v3 using the terminal user interface” (page 50) for more information.
Before you begin, make sure you have already completed cold-installing or updating to HP-UX
11i v3.
TIP: For help with these commands, see the swlist(1M) and swverify(1M) manpages, and the
Software Distributor Administration Guide, which is available on the Instant Information DVD or
at http://www.hp.com/go/sd-docs.
Part I: Listing all software installed on your system
1. List the bundles and products installed on your system:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle -l product > /tmp/software_list
2. Check the list to see that it contains the bundles and products you wish to have installed on
your system.
3. For a cold-install, you might want to compare the output of the swlist command above
with the contents of the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment DVDs and the Application
Software DVDs. To see the contents of a DVD, issue the following command:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle -l product -s /dvdrom > /tmp/dvdcontent
Part II: Verifying the installed software
You can verify that all software was successfully installed on your system by entering the
following command:
/usr/sbin/swverify \*
The message “Verification succeeded” should be displayed on the console at the end of the
operation. Further messages from the verification process can be found in the log files: /var/
adm/sw/swverify.log and /var/adm/sw/swagent.log
Configuring Operating Environment applications
After updating to an HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment (OE), some OE products need
post-installation configuration to make them functional. This need might be indicated by a
message logged in /var/opt/swm/swm.log.
See each product’s installation instructions for details. If the products are new or have changed
with the current OE update release, the locations of many OE product-specific documents are
listed in the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes, available on the Instant Information DVD and at http://
hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. Otherwise, search for the product documentation at http://docs.hp.com
or http://hp.com/go/bizsupport. (For information about these websites, see Chapter 9 (page 71).)
68 Post-install/update tasks and troubleshooting