Howt check HP-UX release

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Sorry, forgot to answer this:

"I do receive the following:

HPUX11i-OE-Ent B.11.31 HP-UX Enterprise Operating Environment"

This is the initial 11.31 release feb. 2007.
All other releases have a date extension.

[Stijn V]

Ok thanks.

So I do have an issue, my Integrity VM is from feb 2007 and it must be at least from march 2007 to run on VM 4.0

What do I have to do to be compliant, just install a recent QPKBASE bundle?

This means that checking the version is first checking the core component by:
swlist | grep -i OE

and then checking the QPKBase bundle version

swlist | grep -i QPKBase

The version corresponds to the date of core component or to the QPKBase bundle if it is more recent than the core component?

[Torsten.]

This is the requirement I found in the manual regarding a guest:

HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 or later

Anyway, if you really want to use a newer core release, you need to cold install or use update-ux - patching is not enough.

see

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1241964

[Stijn V]

OK Thanks. I don't have a problem for v2... but I do have a problem for v3!

[Don Morris_1]

Where are you getting that prerequisite? (The Integrity Virtual Machines 4 Installation Guide only mandates May 2005 for v2, and v3 in general).

That said -- I don't remember a 0703 fusion, and it would have been decidedly odd to have a bundle on a 0702 release. 0709 was the first Update bundle for v3 (as the Release Notes section for v3 on docs.hp.com makes plain). I think you're chasing a phantom number here.

[Torsten.]

>>"HP-UX v3 must be 0703 mar 2007"

I agree, there is no 0703 release of 11.31.

see

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-4174/index.html

...
What is New in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 Release?
What is New in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2008 Release?
What is New in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 Release?
What is New in the Initial (February 2007) HP-UX 11i v3 Release?
...

[Stijn V]

Indeed. But I did receive that information (requirements from HP)... I already logged a case at HP...

[Stijn V]

Still working on the case, hp says for VMHost 4.0:

http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90179/T2767-90179.pdf

Guests can run any of the following operating systems:
â HP-UX 11i v2 (0609 or later)
â HP-UX 11i v3 â 0703, 0709, 0803, and 0809

I do have the initial release of v3, which is from february 2007 and there is no march update?

I'll keep you informed...

[Stijn V]

HP says:

According the release notes, you need at least HP-UX 11i v3 March 2007 for a "supported" Guest on VMHost 4.0.

With March 2007, they mean the initial release of V3 (which is from February 2007).

Thanks all for your help.

[Duncan Edmonstone]

Torsten,

>This is the requirement I found in the >manual regarding a guest:

>HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 or later

Yeah this is a nsaty one in the manuals - actually if you look at the release notes for v4,0 you'll see:

HP-UX 11i v2 (0609 or later)

See http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90179/T2767-90179.pdf p11 section 1.1

HTH

Duncan