HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating, March 2009 (Update 4 Release)

Known Problems
This section contains critical, late-breaking information that was not included
in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide.
Before cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3, make sure you read this
entire section as well as “Appendix A, Known Problems and
Troubleshooting,” in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide.
For information and patches for other known problems, go to the HP IT
Resource Center (ITRC) website:
http://itrc.hp.com
Update Using HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 from OE Media May
Fail When the Base Page Size Is Not 4K or 8K
On an HP Integrity system, update from HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 to
HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 using OE media may fail when the kernel base
page size (BPS) is set to greater than the 8K value. The update failures were
seen on systems with the HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM or
HPVM) product (VMKernelSW bundle versions B.04.00 and later) that
automatically sets BPS to 64K. The failures may also occur on HP Integrity
systems that have BPS set to 16K or 64K values. The Tunable Base Page Size
feature (introduced in September 2008 OE Update) enables these changes
(see the base_pagesize(5) manpage).
The update from OE media may fail in one of two ways on systems with
BPS > 8K:
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