topic Re: Version Information in Operating System - HP-UX

Version Information

Glenn G — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:58:52 GMT

Can someone explain the apparently different ways of communicating the HPUX version? All the documentation I have for my server says I'm running HPUX B.11.11. But when I look up Daylight Saving Time patches, they are recommended for 11.00, 11i.v1, 11i.v2 and 11i.v3. There don't seem to be any patches for B.11.11? Thanks.

Re: Version Information

Pete Randall — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:01:18 GMT

Confusing, but B.11.11 is 11i.v1, 11i.v2 is 11.23 and I think 11i.v3 is 11.31.

Go with 11i.v1

Pete

Re: Version Information

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:07:12 GMT

Hi Glen,

11 = 11.00
11i v1 = 11.11
11i v2 = 11.23
11i v3 = 11.30

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00832124

You need the 11i v1 patches.

Best regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: Version Information

Ivan Krastev — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:08:17 GMT

Here is very good info about versions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX

regards,
ivan

Re: Version Information

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:08:28 GMT

Welcome to the difference between marketing ideas and technical ideas.

You will find that almost all technical references use 11.0, 11.11, 11.23, ... which are much more useful.

The "i" stuff began with 11.11 so
your 11i.v1 = 11.11, .v2 = 11.23

It gets more complicated when you throw Itanium based systems into the mix.

In any event, for your 11.11 patches, look for 11.11 or 11i.v1 for PA-RISC.

NOTE: These same geniuses also came up with
IT/Operations, VantagePoint/Operations, and Openview/Operations for the same product (and I'm not even sure that OV/O is valid since I woke up this morning). In a similar vein we have OmniBack, OmniBack II, and DataProtector --- for the same product.

Re: Version Information

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:10:20 GMT

Hi Glenn:

As for DST information, the current patches seen here:

http://h10072.www1.hp.com/dst/

Click on the HP Customer Notice Document ID: c00832124

As for release information/nomenclature:

http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/history/slide2.html

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Version Information

Glenn G — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:26:02 GMT

Thanks all for the info. Thanks, JRF, for the official HP info.

Re: Version Information

Torsten. — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:28:45 GMT

A minor correction to Robert-Jan's Post:

11iv1 = 11.11
11iv2 = 11.23
11iv3 = 11.31

The 11ivx names are the official names, the names in 11.xx style are code names.

Developers loves to use code names.

e.g. you will find a lot "mountain" names related to servers, like Matterhorn, Keystone, Everest, Mt.Hamilton, Rainier, Superdome (aka Halfdome) ...

Example search:
http://search.hp.com/query.html?cc=us〈=en&qt=matterhorn&la=en