HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2009 (Update 5 Release)

Table 3-1 Supported update paths (continued)
HP-UX 11i v3
DC-OE
HP-UX 11i v3
VSE-OE
HP-UX 11i v3
HA-OE
HP-UX 11i v3 BOEOperating Environment
(OE)
xHP-UX 11i v2 TCOE
xxxxHP-UX 11i v3 FOE
xxHP-UX 11i v3 EOE
xHP-UX 11i v3 MCOE
xHP-UX 11i v3 TCOE
xxxxHP-UX 11i v3 BOE
xxHP-UX 11i v3 HA-OE
xxHP-UX 11i v3 VSE-OE
xHP-UX 11i v3 DC-OE
Update path notes
• You cannot downgrade to a lower level Operating Environment.
• Updating from a release of HP-UX to another release of HP-UX that was released
earlier in time is not supported. For example, trying to update from HP-UX 11i v2
June 2007 release to the HP-UX 11i v3 February 2007 release is not supported. This
could cause system incompatibilities and unpredictable results. If you attempt to
update to an earlier version of HP-UX, the update process will stop without making
any changes to your system and you will get the following error message:
ERROR: You are attempting to update from your release of HP-UX to a
version of HP-UX that was released earlier in time. This is not supported.
The update process has stopped without making any changes to your system.
Please see the 'Supported Update Paths' section of the HP-UX 11i v3
Installation and Update Guide for more information.
Choosing an installation source
When cold-installing or updating your systems, you have several installation sources
from which to choose. You can cold-install or update directly from the DVDs, copy the
contents of the DVDs into network depots, or create a golden image of the desired
system for installing many similar systems.
22 Choosing your installation methods