Installation Preparation for HP-UX

To successfully install HP-UX there are a few decisions you will need to make before starting the installation. The decisions you need to make are:

• Select a system disk from the available hard disk drives.
• How much swap space, or virtual memory you will need. The installation suggests the amount of swap needed, based on the system hardware configuration. This may be used without modification.
• The FQDN and Internet address for the system.
• If this machine is a DNS client you will need to know the DNS host's Internet address and it's hostname. For Indiana University this information is located in the Support Center KnowledgeBase.
• Information about the local time zone.
• The Internet address of the local router or gateway so that the default route can be set.

The complete guide to installing HP-UX is available online to Indiana University and is recommended reading.

Backing up your System Before Installation

If you are re-installing or upgrading it is very important that current backups of the files on the system are created.