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HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

 
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Hakki Aydin Ucar
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HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

1- Find system HW 32 OR 62 bit;

# model
9000/800/A500-7X

Go to Google to find out whether 32 or 64 bits:

Search string like this > HP UX A500 site:www.hp.com/

2- Find your SW 32 OR 62 bit;

# swlist | grep -i hpuxbase
HPUXBase64 B.11.11 HP-UX 64-bit Base OS
HPUXBaseAux B.11.11.0312 HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary

# getconf KERNEL_BITS
64

3- Finally, if you need to update from 32-bit OS to a 64-bit OS.

CD-ROM: /usr/sbin/update-ux -s /cdrom -a 64
DVD: /usr/sbin/update-ux -s /dvdrom -a 64
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Pete Randall
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Re: HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

Is this a question or is it supposed to be an answer?


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Hakki Aydin Ucar
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Re: HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

yes you are right, it is not a question exactly, but I will make it clear in my mind correct steps to check out HP-UX OS system bits..
Hakki Aydin Ucar
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Re: HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

just want to be usre they are correct steps to get 32 - 64 bit artchitect or OS results. . .
Any answer will be appreciated.
Torsten.
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Re: HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

The answer is here:

# getconf KERNEL_BITS
64

Depending on the server/OS combination the oldest models were 32bit, some older can do either 32 or 64, but nowadays everything is 64bit.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Bill Hassell
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Re: HP-UX 32 or 64 Bit Check for HW and SW

A more complete answer is in the man page for getconf:

getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS
32/64

This response indicates that trhe hardware suports both versions of the OS. All the modern systems will respond like this:

getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS
64

which means it is impossible to install a 32bit OS on this hardware.

To see exactly which version of the OS you are running:

getconf KERNEL_BITS
64

So this machine is running a 64bit OS.


Bill Hassell, sysadmin