Java On HP-UX 7.x

[jcarr5150]

Yes. I know, HP-UX 7.x is ancient, but I'm at a place where it's still alive and well. Can any version of a Java SDK work on HP-UX 7.x?

What's the lowest HP-UX version a Java SDK can run on? I think it may be HP-UX 10.0, but I could be wrong.

I'm trying to convince mgt we need to upgrade, but if I can't, is there a Java SDK for 7.x?

Thanks in advance.

[Torsten.]

HP-ux 7 is from 1990, Java from 1995, IMHO no chance.


BTW, on what hardware you run this???

[OldSchool]

well...here's what hp has listed as supported:

http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXJAVAHOME

the earliest supported OS listed is 11.11 aka 11v1, which I thought was out of support now.

The earliest release of hpux I ever dealt with was 9.02 (?) on 715 workstations. I can't imagine anything that runs 7.x being able to run anything newer than 10.20 or maybe 11.0, both of which are also out of support.

As I recall, there was a 10.10 release that may have been specific to workstations.

Finding media would be a challenge, you'd have to go the e-bay route or similar. If it even has a chance of working on the existing hardware, who knows....if it did, I'd buy lottery tickets.

[OldSchool]

"BTW, on what hardware you run this???"

yeah...what he said!

[Torsten.]

"I'm trying to convince mgt we need to upgrade..."

For how many years do you try this now?

;-)


From wikipedia:

7.x (1990)
Support for 300/400, 600/700 (in 7.03) /800 HP systems


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-UX


Another interesting link about 25 years of 11i:

http://h20338.www2.hp.com/hpux11i/cache/611872-0-0-225-121.html

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

As far as the 10.x releases went, both 10.01 and 10.10 ran on the 800-series HP9000's. The 10.20 release appeared shortly thereafter. The 9x-to-10x transition saw the redrafting of the filesystem layout. A worth-while read from a historical standpoint is, in my opinion:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5963-8942/5963-8942.pdf

Regards!

...JRF...

[Laurent Menase]

You will have probably a big perf problem.

[jcarr5150]

Hi guys.

Thanks for your responses. As I get more details, I'll pass them along, but I'm new to this company and this is how they've been operating, well, I guess since 1990. :)

What's changing their tune was they thought they could install a third party product and couldn't, not to mention they couldn't even install WebSphere MQ 7. This is all before me.

Why am I here you may ask? I just need to feed my family and I took what was open in my traveling area.

Thanks again for your responses. They will help.

[Pete Randall]

Laurent makes an excellent point. Even if you could find a version of Java to run on 7.x, the chances that it would run effectively would be pretty minimal. There would be nowhere near enough CPU power to handle the load and nowhere near enough memory either.

I would say your only hope of incorporating Java into your processes is going to have to involve some newer hardware and newer operating systems.


Pete

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

This has to be a joke.

Right? HP-UX 7.0? The OS pre-dates Java by a decade.

Java is only released for supported HP-UX versions the lowest of which is 11.11

As I recall 1.4 Java ran on 11.00

Before that, I don't remember.

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