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

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Table of Contents

1 Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3.............................................................................................7

Introduction to HP-UX 11i v3.................................................................................................................7

HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.................................................................................................7

Media kit contents..................................................................................................................................8

DVDs.................................................................................................................................................8

Special licensing rights......................................................................................................................8

Documentation..................................................................................................................................8

2 Assessing your system and meeting system requirements..........................................9

Chapter checklist....................................................................................................................................9

System requirements.............................................................................................................................10

Supported systems..........................................................................................................................10

Determining disk space requirements..................................................................................................10

Disk space requirements for a cold-install......................................................................................11

Disk space requirements for an update...........................................................................................11

Verifying supported network drivers, mass storage drivers, I/O cards, and storage devices.............12

Finding firmware..................................................................................................................................12

Verifying and downloading firmware.............................................................................................12

Receiving firmware alerts................................................................................................................12

Identifying model, release, and installed software...............................................................................13

Identifying the model......................................................................................................................13

Identifying the release date and Operating Environment..............................................................13

Identifying installed software..........................................................................................................13

3 Choosing your installation methods...........................................................................15

Chapter checklist...................................................................................................................................15

Choosing cold-install or update............................................................................................................16

When to cold-install.........................................................................................................................16

When to update...............................................................................................................................16

Supported update paths..................................................................................................................17

Choosing an installation source............................................................................................................18

Local media......................................................................................................................................18

HP Integrity Integrated Lights Out (iLO) Virtual Media...........................................................18

Network depot.................................................................................................................................18

Golden image...................................................................................................................................19

4 Before you begin..........................................................................................................21

Chapter checklist...................................................................................................................................21

Reviewing known problems.................................................................................................................22

Locating source media and codewords................................................................................................22

Reviewing the software bundle install types........................................................................................22

Backing up your system........................................................................................................................22

Part I: Creating an operating system recovery image.....................................................................23

Choosing make_net_recovery....................................................................................................23

Choosing make_tape_recovery..................................................................................................23

Choosing drd clone....................................................................................................................24

Part II: Backing up your data files...................................................................................................24

Choosing HP Data Protector for backup....................................................................................24

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