How to Use This Guide

To help ensure a successful cold-install or update of HP-UX 11i v2, we recommend that you review this guide before proceeding to cold-install or update the operating system or an operating environment on your system. This guide provides detailed information regarding both the hardware and the software that together makeup your new system.

	IMPORTANT: We provide any last-minute cold-install and update information in the Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i Version 2 DVD booklet (MPN: 5187-2734) that comes with the HP-UX 11i v2 media. Be sure to review this booklet before continuing.

This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1 “Welcome to HP-UX 11i Version 2”

Chapter 2 “Choosing a Migration Path”

Chapter 3 “Installing and Updating System Requirements”

Chapter 4 “Preparing to Migrate to HP-UX 11i v2”

Chapter 5 “Cold-Installing HP-UX 11i v2”

Chapter 6 “Updating to HP-UX 11i v2”

Chapter 7 “Verifying System Install or Update”

Chapter 8 “Installing Patches and Applications”

Chapter 9 “Configuring and Maintaining HP-UX 11i v2”

Appendix A “Data Collection Tables”

Appendix B “Known Problems and Troubleshooting”

Appendix C “Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2”

Appendix D “Software Distribution Media”

Appendix E “Web Resources”