topic Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit in Operating System - HP-UX

Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

David Richburg — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:50:47 GMT

I have an A Class server that was running HP 10.2 and is 32 bit. The previous Admin installed HP 11 but the system is still 32 bit. Does anyone know how to upgrade this system to be 64 bit?

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

erics_1 — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:00:07 GMT

At 11.0/11.11 the A400/A500 are 64 bit only.
The A180 is 32 bit only.

getconf KERNEL_BITS

The above command will give you the info on what 'bits' you're running on.

Regards,
Eric

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

Jeff Schussele — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:01:31 GMT

Hi David,

Depends on just *which* A-class it is

A180 32-bit only
A400 32/64 bit
A500 32/64 bit

I have a feeling that it's an A-180 which was the last 32-bit server HP built.

HTH,
Jeff

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:03:11 GMT

It depends upon the particular A-Class you are running.

Run this command:
getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS

If it reports 32/64 then you can upgrade to a 64-bit version otherwise you are stuck.

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

David Richburg — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:04:07 GMT

Thanks Jeff.
It is an A180c could that be 64 bit compatable?

Dave

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:05:48 GMT

No joy. An A180C is simply an A180 with cache.

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:07:48 GMT

Nope, that will be 32-bit only.

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

David Richburg — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:08:59 GMT

Thanks everyone for your help

Dave

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

erics_1 — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:09:37 GMT

Guys,

Are we sure the A400/A500 are capable of a 32 bit install? The install guides for both 11.0 and 11.11 show that those systems are 64 bit only. Perhaps the documentation is wrong?

David,

Here's the list of supported systems from the Dec. 04 Install guide for 11.0.

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5990-6721/ch01s08.html#bgedfjhb

The A180 shows as 32 bit only.

Regards,
Eric

Re: Upgrading from 32 to 64 bit

David Richburg — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:13:24 GMT

Looks like I will need to look into upgrading the hardware