H06.25 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

About This Document
This guide describes:
• Upgrading the initial H06.25 RVU through the use of site update tape (SUT) refreshes, if
necessary.
• Falling back to a previous SYSnn.
This document might be revised between DVD publications. A more recent version of this document
might exist online in the HP Integrity NonStop H-Series collection of the NonStop Technical Library
(NTL) at http://www.hp.com/go/nonstop-docs.
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)
This manual supports the H06.25.00 RVU and all subsequent H06.25.nn RVUs unless otherwise
noted. Exceptions are described in the text.
Intended Audience
This guide is written for operations staff and support personnel and requires a working knowledge
of Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, HP NonStop Open System Management
(OSM) Interface client and server components, system console software, NonStop Software
Essentials, DSM/SCM, Target Interface (ZPHITI), and ZPHIRNM applications.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
This edition includes these changes:
• Multiple Providers per CLIM functionality and the requirments for CLIM fallback from H06.26
an earlier RVU are described in “A. If Falling Back to H06.25 or an Earlier RVU” (page 113).
• When upgrading to H06.25 from an earlier RVU, the processors must be hard reset after
halting and before loading the system as described in “4. (Required for Upgrade to H06.25
or Later) Perform a Hard Reset” (page 114).
• SQL/MX Release 3.2 replaces SQL/MX Release 2.3.4 as the default SQL/MX version on the
SUT. Users have a choice of staying with the latest SQL/MX Release 2.3.4 SPRs released as
Time Critical Fixes (TCFs) or to migrate to SQL/MX Release 3.2.
What This Guide Does Not Cover
• System migration planning. System-wide issues involved in migrating to the latest H-series RVU
are covered in:
◦ The H06.nn Release Version Update Compendium for this RVU
◦ The Interactive Upgrade Guide 2 (IUG2)
• Installing an H-series RVU from a host system to a remote or separate network-connected target
system using an Expand connection or tape. See the NonStop Software Essentials User's
Guide or DSM/SCM User's Guide for information on setting up target systems.
• Installing and configuring HP NonStop Open System Services (OSS).
• Upgrading HP NonStop system console workstation applications. To install or upgrade HP
and third-party system console client software, such as OSM client-based components, see
the NonStop System Console Installer Guide.
• Installing and configuring OSM server components. To install and configure OSM server
components, and start using client-based components, see the OSM Configuration Guide.
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