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HP Part Number: 5990-7279

Edition 12

June 2004United States

Table of Contents

1 Overview
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers
The Purpose of this Book
What You Will Find In This Book
Supported Paths to HP-UX 11i v1
Other Resources
2 Choosing a Migration Path: Cold Install or Update
Migrating from Previous HP-UX Releases
Deciding Which Method to Use
Cold Install When...
Update When...
Considerations for Cold-install and Update
Update Considerations
Cold-Install Considerations
If You Have an Existing HP-UX 11i v1 System
Cold-Installing or Updating from DVD media
Important: Problems Reading HP-UX 11i v1 DVD Media During Update
DVD Media Advantages
DVD Availability
How is the New DVD Packaging Organized?
Next Steps
3 Installing and Updating System Requirements
System Requirements
Supported Systems
Unsupported Systems
C3700 and J6700 Workstations Need Processor Board Upgrade
OLA/R Support
HP 3D Graphics No Longer Supported pre PA-RISC 2.0 Systems
Firmware Requirements
PCI Adapter Requirements
Current System Firmware Versions and Patches
How to Verify Your Firmware Version
How to Download Firmware Upgrades
How to Apply Firmware Patches
Disk Space and Memory Requirements
Adjusting Required Minimum File System Sizes
Next Steps
4 Preparing To Move To HP-UX 11i v1
What is Installed with HP-UX 11i v1?
HP-UX 11i v1 Operating Environments
HP-UX 11i v1 Software and Driver Bundle Type Definitions
HP-UX 11i v1 Core Software Bundles
HP-UX 11i v1 Always-Installed Software Bundles
HP-UX 11i v1 Always-Installed Network Drivers
HP-UX 11i v1 Default-Installed Software Bundles
HP-UX 11i v1 Selectable Software Bundles
HP-UX 11i v1 Selectable Network Drivers
Updating Your Ignite-UX Server
Diagnostics Dependencies
Planning Your Disk Space Needs
Planning Hints
VxVM Rootability
Preparing Your System for HP-UX 11i v1
How to Prepare Your System
Back up Your System!
Preparing to Cold-Install Your System
Preparing to Update Your Existing System
Locate Source Media for Migration
Next Steps
5 Cold Installing HP-UX 11i v1
Before You Begin
Installing HP-UX 11i v1
How to Cold-Install HP-UX 11i v1
Next Steps
How to Retrieve Information After Cold-Installing
Verify Your Installation
6 Updating to HP-UX 11i v1
Before You Begin
Problems Reading HP-UX 11i v1 DVD Media
Patching Your System to Read DVD Media
Quickstart/Overview for the Update Process
Updating Tips
How to Update to HP-UX 11i v1
In Case of Trouble
Optional Step: Create a Network Depot
Step 1: Install the update-ux Command (Required Task!)
Step 2: Using update-ux to Update to HP-UX 11i v1
Step 3: Verify the Update
7 Verifying System Migration
How to Verify Your HP-UX Installation
Verifying HP-UX Installation
How to Verify Application Installation
8 Updating Applications
HP-UX Patching Resources
Use Custom Patch Manager
Downloading Individual Patches
HP Security Bulletins
HP-UX Support Plus
Other HP-UX Patching Resources
Installing Patches
Updating Applications
Adding and Removing Individual Patches
Using Software Distributor Tools
Managing Software Depots
Updating LicensePower/iFOR
How to Convert the Database
Uninstalling iFOR Version 4
9 Next Steps
System Configuration
Maintaining Your HP-UX 11i v1 System
A Booting HP Servers and Workstations
Halting the Autoboot Process
Booting Workstations
Booting HP Servers
Booting V-Class Systems
Searching for Other Bootable Devices
B Known Problems and Troubleshooting
Known Problems Discovered in this Release
Visual Conference Product Does Not Install or Update with CD Media
PHSS_29731 X/Motif Runtime Periodic Patch Could Not Be Installed
vPars™ version A.02.03 Required for rp7405, rp7410 and rp8400 Servers with PDC Firmware Version 17.005
EMS checkinstall Script Fails When Updating From HP-UX 11.0 to HP-UX 11i v1
EMS May Fail on IPv4 Systems
Problems Reading HP-UX 11i v1 DVD Media
Ignore Warning Message When Installing PHCO_29566
xntpd Fails to Start on Reboot After Installing GOLDQPK11i Patch Bundle
Install Known Problems
“Kernel size is very large” Warning During Cold-Install
System Console "kthread table full" or "fork failed" Messages
Kernel Build Fails on 64-bit Install
Known Issues With OE Media Install Tool and Network Depots
Update Known Problems
DMI/SCR Become Unbundled After Update
Unsupported Upgrade of ServiceControl Manager Causes SCR Error During Update
Boot Error Messages Appear After Updating from HP-UX 11.0 (with MirrorDisk/UX Installed) to HP-UX 11i v1 TCOE
ApacheStrong Becomes Unbundled After Update
parmgr.1m Errors on MCOE Update from HP-UX 11.0 to HP-UX 11i v1
HP Apache May Hang On Reboot after System Update from Golden System Image (GSI) Depot
MLIB 8.3 Produces Warning During Update
X11MotifDevKit Produces Incompatible Error After Upgrade from HP-UX 10.20
OpenView SNMP Agent Produces Error with Upgrade to HP-UX 11i v1
“Initialize of the ITO Control Agent failed” Error During update-ux Session
Firmware Patches Should Not Be Included Cold-Install or Update Session
Analyzing Log Files
Update Fails on J2250 Workstation With SCSI Floppy Drive
Update Fails if nstrpty Kernel Parameter Set as a Formula
Kernel Build Failure
X.25 Cards Not Supported on Some Workstations
HP A3740A Fibre Channel PCI Tachyon Not Supported
Common Install and Update Error and Warning Messages
Using Ignite-UX with HP-UX 11i v1 OEs and Patch Bundles
Warning Displays
Selected Locale Not Available
Multiple OE Errors
Disk Space Usage Error
swinstall Analysis Error
Post-update swverify Error
Root (/) Volume Lock Error
EISA 100BT Warning Message
Problems Configuring HP-UX 11i v1
Kernel Build Warnings For krm Module During Cold-Install or Update
cdrecord Application Requires Patch
Enabling AutoFS on High Availability Servers Can Cause NFS Packages to be Dropped
Hardware Information Not Captured on Systems With Floppy Drive
Auto-Port Aggregation Will Not Work on rp7410 Systems
EISA Cards Not Supported on 64-bit OS
100BT HSC-FX Cards Do Not Work on HP-UX 11i v1
SCSI PCI Restrictions for OLA/R
SCSI PCI HBA Documentation Correction
HP-UX Apache-based Web Server Requires LD Patch to Start and Stop
Problems with Large Systems
Un-installing HP-UX 11i v1
Re-installing SD
Recovering a Corrupt System
Patch Required for fbackup(1M) and frecover(1M) on SDLT320, SDLT220 and DLTvs80 Tape Drives
Verifying and Adding Diagnostic Drivers
Problems Affecting non-C Locales
Difference between English and Japanese HP-UX STK
Warning when updating to non-C locales
C Using the update-ux Tool
Overview
About update-ux
update-ux Syntax
D Configuring Built-In PCI Networking
1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet)
Optional Step: Configure Jumbo Frame Size (Jumbo Frames only supported at 1000 Mbit/s)
Optional: Troubleshooting a Fast Ethernet Migration to HP-UX 11i
How the Automatic Merge Works Using the BTLAN.100 Script
Optional: Manual Merging
Manual Merging Procedure
E Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1
Introduction
Controlling the inode Cache
Controlling the Buffer Cache
Conclusion
Index

List of Figures

1-1 HP-UX 11i v1 Migration Overview
2-1 Comparison of CD-ROM and DVD Packaging
5-1 Cold-installing HP-UX 11i v1
6-1 Updating HP-UX 10.20 or 11.0 to 11i
9-1 Reactive Software Maintenance
9-2 Proactive Software Maintenance

List of Tables

1-1 HP-UX 11i Releases
2-1 Migrating from Previous HP-UX Releases
2-2 June 2004 Patch Bundles (By Media Location)
3-1 Supported Systems
3-2 Older Server Firmware Requirements
3-3 Older Workstation Firmware Requirements
3-4 Minimum Firmware Versions for OLAR Support
3-5 Free Disk-space Requirements for /usr and /opt
4-1 Supported Operating Environments for Servers & Workstations
4-2 HP-UX 11i v1 Core Software Bundles
4-3 HP-UX 11i v1 Always-Installed Software Bundles (by OE)
4-4 HP-UX 11i v1 Default-Installed Software Bundles
4-5 HP-UX 11i v1 Selectable Software Bundles (all OEs)

List of Examples

B-1 Example patch bundle definition from Ignite-UX configuration file
B-2 Example sw_source Definition from Ignite-UX Configuration File
   


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