upgrading 11.23 to 11.31

[josinjosek]

how i can upgrade hpux 11.23 to 11.31

[Torsten.]

1) check the hardware requirements!

2) read the docs
http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-0689/index.html

and consider to do a cold install (maybe much easier to manage, because of your affected applications)

[melvyn burnard]

First, read the Release Notes and Installing and Upgrading manuals at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv3.html
Then check your firmware
Use the msv2v3check utility availale from:
http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=MSV2V3Check

Be aware of the increased requirement for file system space, so you will probably need to create an Ignite image, and then recreate the server and enlarge file systems where required to do the upgrade.
Otherwise you can do a cold install.

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

I have done 11.23 upgrades and 11.31 - havn't had an issue.

Need to check Hardware requirements, and firmware.

Need to check diskspace in vg00.

Example - I had to increas /stand on one of my systems - here's how I did it on the fly! (make sure you have a good backup):

/stand had to be increased:

First, break the mirror:

for lv in `vgdisplay -v /dev/vg00 | grep "LV Name" | awk '{print $3}'`
do
lvreduce -m 0 $lv /dev/dsk/c3t6d0
done
lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
EXTENSION=512
vgdisplay -v /dev/vg00 | grep "LV Name" | awk '{print $3}' > /tmp/lvs.$$

wc -l /tmp/lvs.$$

lvextend -m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvcreate -L $EXTENSION -m 1 -n lvexttemp -s y /dev/vg00
for lv in `tail -9 /tmp/lvs.$$`
do
lvextend -m 1 $lv
done
lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
vgdisplay -v vg00
lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol1
cd /tmp
mkdir 700 stand
cd /stand
find . -depth | cpio -pdm /tmp/stand/
cd /tmp
umount /stand
lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvol1
for lv in `
for lv in `tail -9 /tmp/lvs.$$`
do
lvreduce -m 0 $lv /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
done

NEWSIZE=512
lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvexttemp
lvcreate -l 1 -m 1 -r n -C y -s y -n lvol1 /dev/vg00
lvextend -L $NEWSIZE /dev/vg00/lvol1
newfs -Fhfs /dev/vg00/rlvol1
mount /stand
cd /tmp/stand
find . -depth | cpio -pdm /stand/
lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
cd /tmp/
bdf |grep vg00
lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol1
for lv in `tail -9 /tmp/lvs.$$`
do
lvextend -m 1 $lv /dev/dsk/c0t6d0
done


lvextend -L 4512 /dev/vg00/lvol4
fsadm -b 4512M /opt
lvextend -L 5120 /dev/vg00/lvol6
fsadm -b 5120M /usr
lvextend -L 5120 /dev/vg00/lvol7
fsadm -b 5120M /var

Next, install latest update-ux from dvd or depot:

swinstall -s DEPOTSERVER:/var/software/hp/HP11iV3.Ent.Feb2007 Update-UX

Then upgrade:

/usr/sbin/update-ux -s DEPOTSERVER:/var/software/hp/HP11iV3.MC.Feb2007 HPUX11i-OE-MC


Rgds...Geoff

[marie-noelle jeanson]

Hi,

An "easy" way to check hw requirements (and some SAN requirements): run the script msv2v3check! It must be run on the 11i v2 version, before 11i v3 is installed on your system.
Get it for free from software depot:
http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=MSV2V3Check

Marie.