Java runtime installation

[arun khatwani]

hi,

I am going to installl java runtime environmnet 1.4.2.22 on itanium machine .

So whether it requires reboot or not , how can i find out.

Is there any way that we can search that whether particular software requires reboot or not.

[Shibin_2]

Hi Arun,

In general, Java installation doesn't need a reboot. However, all the application that uses Java must be shutdown before you start the upgrade/install.

When you download the patch / software from HP for the installation, you can see some notes along with that, which will explain whether the patch / software has any dependencies and it requires reboot or not.

Thanks

[Andrey Chipalyuk]

>>particular software requires reboot or not

You must read the installation notes before install software to determine whether it requires reboot or not.

[Duncan Edmonstone · Accepted solution]

arun,

for any piece of HP-UX software that is in SD format, you can check whether it will require a reboot with the swlist command.

e.g. if I have a depot in /tmp called java1.4.depot which contains my Java product I'd run:

swlist -d -s /tmp/java1.4.depot -l fileset -a is_reboot

This would tell me if any of the filesets in the depot required a reboot when installed.

HTH

Duncan