Tips for Installing or Updating HP Applications

In the previous chapters of this guide, you installed HP-UX 11i v2, installed additional patches if necessary, and verified the system. Now you should install and/or update other needed HP, non-OS applications. Here are some tips:

To determine which products and versions are on your system use the swlist command:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l product
HP-UX Applications DVDs have an ASCII file on each DVD called TABLE_OF_CONTENTS that lists all software products delivered with the Applications DVD. This ASCII file is viewable with vi ,emacs, or any other text editor.
To verify that all installed products are compatible with the new OS, run swverify as explained in “Verifying the HP-UX Install or Update”.
Use swinstall to install new software or update each application not included in the HP-UX 11i v2 OS and OE you just installed. The latest versions of many HP-UX software products are provided on the HP-UX Applications DVD. To find the contents of each DVD, mount any HP-UX Applications DVD and view the TABLE_OF_CONTENTS file. For swinstall instructions, see the next section.
Installation of application patches and applications may occur in the same swinstall session to save on the number of required reboots.
For HP applications, there exists documentation that shows you how to install and use an application. The documents may include release notes, readme files, DVD and CD booklets, white papers, and guides. See the Instant Information CD and the web:
http://docs.hp.com

Installing Optional Software Products

The Applications DVD that is distributed with HP-UX 11i v2 contains optional development tools and system management software.

HP-UX 11i v2 must be booted in order to install optional software products. The following is the procedure for installing products from the Applications DVD.

Insert the Applications DVD in the DVD-ROM drive.
Mount the Applications DVD.
To install software from the Applications DVD, you must mount the DVD as a filesystem that HP-UX 11i v2 can access.
1. Determine the DVD device name.
  Use the ioscan funC disk command to list disk devices, including the DVD devices.
2. Create a mount point for the Applications DVD, if one does not yet exist.
  The mount point is a directory that HP-UX will use as an access point for the DVD. Often a /cdrom directory is used. If this directory does not exist, create it using the mkdir /cdrom command.
3. Use the mount command to mount the DVD.
  Using the mount command, specify the DVD device name and mount point. For example, the following command mounts the /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 device as the /cdrom directory.
  mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 /cdrom
  See the mount(1M) manpage for details.
Use swinstall to install software from the Application DVD.
The following example command runs swinstall to install software from the source mounted at /cdrom.
swinstall -i -s /cdrom
See the swinstall(1M) manpage for details.
Select and install software from the Applications DVD.
The swinstall program presents an interface for selecting and installing software from the DVD.
Unmount and eject the Applications DVD.
You must unmount the DVD before you can eject it from the DVD-ROM drive. The DVD is automatically unmounted whenever the server reboots.

Use the umount command to unmount the DVD. For example, umount /cdrom will unmount the /cdrom file system. See the umount(1M) manpage for details.

Using Ignite-UX

You can use the Ignite-UX utility to install HP-UX applications on systems using a local mount directory, or over a network using an Ignite-UX server. Ignite-UX is an HP-UX product that facilitates installing and configuring HP-UX systems.

See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for detailed instructions on how to install HP-UX applications. It is on the Instant Information DVD and on the web:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11v2

Ignite-UX can address your need to perform system installations and deployment, often on a large scale. With Ignite-UX, you can do the following:

Create and reuse standard system configurations.
Archive a standard system configuration and use that archive to replicate systems in far less time than with other methods.
Create customized processes to allow interactive and unattended installs.
Recover OS and applications more easily after crashes and hardware failures.

For example, you can install the Ignite-UX utilities to install HP-UX and applications on other systems:

Mount the HP-UX 11i v2 DVD containing Ignite-UX (mount point is assumed here to be /cdrom) and enter the command:
/usr/sbin/swinstall -s /cdrom B5725AA
After installing the software, see the Ignite-UX release notes and Ignite-UX Administration Guide to complete any post-install steps and configuration.

After running an Ignite-UX install session, you have a working HP-UX client system.

Tips for Installing or Updating HP Applications

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