Upgrade from 11.0 to 11.11

[ATL-Sysadmin]

I have an HP model '9000/800/L3000-5x' that I need to upgrade from HP-UX 11.00 to HP-UX 11.11. How can this be accomplished?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

In my opinion, a cold-installation always guarantees success. Begin here:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6552/5991-6552.pdf

Regards!

...JRF...

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
please see earlier thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=872720

Most people go for the "cold install" path.

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Berd]

I have used the update-ux script procedure for a number of boxes, and have not yet hit any issues.

I feel that if you cold-install, yes your O/S will be fine, but you could experience app issues if like I have seen apps installed into the O/S file systems and not segregated.

Regards,
Berd

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi,
I suggest you go for cold install.. Its always preferable & better.
please check following for installtion which is already suggested above:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-6552/5991-6552.pdf

[Rick Garland]

I have had better luck with the cold install than an upgrade.

Seeing most of the replys are saying cold install, why not go to 11.23? It will run on a PARISC.

[Luk Vandenbussche]

An upgrade can be succesfull with a good preparation. I have done several upgrades yet.

They were all succesfully

[ATL-Sysadmin]

Thanks to all of you for your information.

[Sheriff Andy]

1) Make sure you have a very good ignite image on tape. I had to go back because of a failed update-ux.

2) Make sure that the RockRidge patches are in place.

3) Make sure that you have enough space available in your filesystems. The upgrade document goes over how much space is required.

Do you have a lot of time to play with this server, or does this have a small window?

We ran update-ux on 2 N class servers with no issues, and ran update-ux with 2 failed attempts on our L1000, before we had a successful update. It came down to us exporting the RPC_SUPPORTED_NETADDRS=ip:x.x.x.x, then restarting the swagentd daemon.

[ATL-Sysadmin]

I have concluded that doing a cold install is the best solution for me. Thank you for your info.