64 bit upgrade details

[Alberto_70]

Hello forum, I am looking for docs on 32-bit to 64-bit upgrade. System is hp-ux 11.00. Any help will be appreciated. This system is 64-bit upgradeable. I am looking for step by step instructions. Please suggest how to get started. Thanks

[Peter Godron]

Alberto,
a number of documents exist on this.
It depends on the hardware you start of with.
One example is:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/B3782-90728/ch04s04.html

Note: The consensus seems to be to backup your machine and do a cold install, rather than conversion.
Regards

[Alberto_70]

Appreciate it. Can you tell how much time would the cold install take? Any information or steps available? Thank you again.

[Peter Godron]

Alberto,
The cold install option SEEMS to be the preferred option. But you can always search the newsgroup for more details/experiences.

Time taken depends on the system.
In my experience total time approx. 1 day.
Depending also on how fast YOU work! ;-)
Process is (in general terms):
1.backup your config and data
2.install the system from ignite or CD
3.configure and restore

Best to have a look at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11.0.html#Installing%20and%20Updating

Regards

[Steven E. Protter]

Do a make_tape_recovery backup so in case things go badly, you can put the system back the way you had it before you started.

Stick the Core OS CD in the cd-rom.

Boot the box from the console.

interupt at the 10 second prompt

sea


A series of random access devices will be listed. One of them will be your cd-rom. You should look at an ioscan printout to figure out which is the cd-rom. Sometimes its stamped on the server.

Lets say the cd-rom is P4

bo P4

N, Don't interact.

You install the new os cold.

As of my last check there is no way to upgrade the os from 32 bits to 64 bits. The only path available is cold install as shown above.

Maybe upgrade/ux can do it, but I recall reading that it could not.

SEP

[Alberto_70]

Hello all, Thanks. I found /etc/.supported_bits doesn't have model number. Would PHCO_23169 do the job?

1) Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
s700: 11.04
s800: 11.04

However, this system is B.11.00 E 9000 ...
2) The patch refers to 11.04 .. but i think we are upgrading to 11.03 64 bit.

Any ideas?

[Alberto_70]

Any help?

[Patrick Wallek]

What model system are you running?

A patch for 11.04 will not work on 11.0. Also, therre is no such release as 11.03.

Tell us what model you system is (the results of the 'model' command) and we can tell if it will run 64-bit.

[Alberto_70]

Thank you very much.

Model: 9000/888/C429-CO

This model# is not found in /etc/.supported_bits

Also, Is this the right upgrade doc? This refers 10.x to 11.00 upgrade. Is it the same as cold installing 64 bit?

http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-6721/ch01.html

Thanks again.

Regards

[Alberto_70]

Hello! Can someone answer above please?

[Patrick Wallek]

I have never heard of a C429. I don't know what that system would run.

If you are running 11.0 now, do the following:

# getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS

If it returns 32/64, then your machine is capable of running 32 or 64 bit HP-UX. If it returns only 32, then you can only run 32-bit HP-UX.