H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

About This Document

This guide describes:

• Upgrading the initial H06.27 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 H06.27 RVU and all subsequent H06.27.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 is a new edition.

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.

• Installing, configuring, and migrating to HP NonStop SQL/MX. The SQL/MX Installation and

Management Guide or SQL/MX Installation and Upgrade Guide provides step-by-step

instructions for installing and configuring NonStop SQL/MX. For information about migrating

a NonStop SQL/MX or NonStop SQL/MP database to an H-series RVU and falling the

database back to G-series RVUs, see the SQL Supplement for H-Series RVUs.

• Installing and configuring the I/O adapter module (IOAM) enclosure and its components. See

your HP service provider.