HP-UX 10.xx/11.xx installation from scratch

HP-UX 10.xx/11.xx Installation from scratch

Prerequisites

An HP-UX 11.xx System will take about 2.6 GB, with paging space thus a 4 GB disk will be needed.
An HP-UX 10.xx System will take about 2.0 GB, including Instant Information, thus a 4 GB disk is recommended.

Base system

Cycle power, press ESC to enable admin menu, insert Install CD and

 
boot P3       # for C8000: boot path, selected via console menu 
boot scsi.3   # for older models: assume CD-ROM with ID=3

accept defaults for installation. Skip network configuration for later. For 10.20 systems, VUE may be selected as GUI, if desired. On prompt, take the chance to adapt filesystem sizes, e.g.:

For a 10.20 system on a 2GB disk

 
swap 192MB  # 160MB ? 
/opt 832MB  # for disk resident Instant Information +64MB 
/usr 384MB 
/var 416MB 
/tmp  64MB

For a 10.20/11.00 system on a 4GB disk

 
/opt 1152MB  # for disk resident Instant Information, native compilers etc. 
/usr  768MB 
/var  512MB 
/tmp  128MB

If necessary, adapt filesystems now (note that the logical volume names may vary from system to system), example:

 
shutdown                        # single user mode, root login 
umount /usr   
lvextend -L 128 /dev/vg00/lvol4 # /tmp 128MB 
extendfs /dev/vg00/lvol4  
lvextend -L 768 /dev/vg00/lvol7 # /usr 768MB 
extendfs /dev/vg00/lvol7  
lvextend -L 128 /dev/vg00/lvol5 # /home 500MB, if local user filesystems 
extendfs /dev/vg00/lvol5  
lvextend -L 896 /dev/vg00/lvol6 # /opt 896MB, if local dynatext 
extendfs /dev/vg00/lvol6  
init 4                          # back to multi user mode

Install Workstation & Networking ACE, DCE, VUE English (10.20,11.00)
Patches ("Quality Pack") from support Plus CD:
```
 
mount -r /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /cdrom # CD-ROM at SCSI ID=3 
swinstall -i 
```
when prompted select
- /cdrom/QPK110 (HP-UX 11.0)
- /cdrom/700QPK1020 (HP-UX 10.20)
select (mark) install to proceed.
Be patient, may take hours !

Occasionally, the install process might leave some filesets unconfigured. This will lead to fatal SAM internal errors whenever SAM is called. Cure: configure manually via command line:

swconfig \*

Note the backslash. Ensure that /etc/fstab is clean, i.e. does not contain references to non-existing devices.

Additional Software (CD)

Install Instant Information CD, follow instructions in the booklet:

 
mount -o cdcase /dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /cdrom        # CD-ROM at SCSI ID=3, lowercase handling 
/cdrom/uxinstal/setup.sh /cdrom               # prepare depot 
/usr/sbin/swinstall -s /var/spool/sw/InstInfo # do it (might need network configured !) 
/cdrom/uxinstal/cleanup.sh                    # cleanup depot   
                                              # installation on disk: 
mkdir /opt/hpii_books 
/cdrom/uxinstal/cp2disk.sh /cdrom /opt/hpii_books  # takes ages, be patient ! 
                                              # update information, important ! 
/cdrom/uxinstal/newdisk.sh  /opt/hpii_books /opt/dynatext 
export PATH=/opt/dynatext/bin:$PATH           # put this in the appropriate .profile

Ignite-UX: from Applications CD #3 (for 10.20, 11.00)
(The alternative sites for 10.20, 11.00 are now dead.)
Adstar/Tivoli backup clients, if desired:
- adsm V3.x,
- tsm,
patches, if applicable
- 11.11
  PHKL_29243, PHSS_37516, PHSS_37516 to enable Firefox,

Some basic customizations

In /etc/inetd.conf disable all unnecessary services. If the machine should offer boot services, bootps and tftp must be enabled.
```
 
chmod o-x /usr/bin/ypcat 
```
IP name and name resolution
If not yet set, change hostname with
```
/etc/set_parms hostname
```
and set IP address with
```
/etc/set_parms ip_address
```
If necessary, change LAN config with SAM
Use
```
/etc/set_parms addl_netwrk
```
to specify network mask (255.255.255.0) and Gateway address (192.168.1.1).

For name resolution the file /etc/resolv.conf should look like

For a machine running nameservices itself, e.g:

 
domain     gsi.de 
nameserver 127.0.0.1          # localhost 
nameserver 140.181.98.80      # machine itself

For a machine using a home DSL router, e.g:

 
domain       localdomain      # some dummy domain name 
nameserver   192.168.1.1      # router

/etc/nsswitch.conf
is needed to steer name resolution. An entry like
```
 
hosts: files[NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue TRYAGAIN=continue] nis   
```
specifies name resolution in the order /etc/hosts, DNS nameserver, NIS. (leave out the nis entry if NIS won't be active). More information with
```
 
man switch 
```
For machines not resolving via an external name server, some important host addresses may be additionally stored in /etc/hosts, e.g.:
```
 
127.0.0.1       localhost       loopback 
192.168.1.1     vigor 
192.168.1.42    rs6kf 
```

Additional local software

Check the software list for stuff to be preferrably installed locally on the system disk.

The Written Word depots (tar.Z)
are SAM-able and go into opt/TWWfsw. This can be redirected prior to installation to the local directory with
```
mkdir opt
ln -s ../ opt/TWWfsw
```
HP depots
go into /opt/
others should go into /opt/

Appropriate PATH and MANPATH entries should be made in central startup scripts, e.g. /opt/bin/.profile.

Software installation on NFS-mounted filesystems: modify /var/adm/sw/defaults to contain the lines

 
swconfig.write_remote_files  = true 
swcopy.write_remote_files    = true 
swinstall.write_remote_files = true 
swpackage.write_remote_files = true 
swremove.write_remote_files  = true 
swinstall.enforce_dependencies=false

A complete list of options can be found in /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults

What's next ?

After installation you will need to customize your system.

Last update: 8-Apr-2008, M.Kraemer