
2 Installing HP Eloquence on the HP-UX platform
Installation Overview
This chapter describes the installation of the HP Eloquence product on the HP-UX platform, the configuration of the HP-UX operating system and the configuration of the HP Eloquence software on HP-UX.
With the release of HP-UX 10.x, Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new filesystem layout paradigm, modelled after SVR4 and OSF. The model provides many benefits, such as separating the operating system from applications and aligning HP-UX with an industry-accepted file system layout. HP Eloquence follows the HP-UX 10.x file system conventions and provides the same file structure with HP-UX 9.x and HP-UX 10.x.
HP Eloquence A.06.00 on the HP-UX platform requires HP-UX release 9.0 or later. HP Eloquence A.06.00 is installed in the /opt/eloquence6 directory and has no impact on a previously existing HP Eloquence installation.
HP Eloquence is installed and updated by the usual operating system tools.The installation tool depend on the operating system version:
- HP-UX 9.x
- /etc/update
- HP-UX 10.x
- /usr/sbin/swinstall
Please read the HP Eloquence release notes before installing or upgrating HP Eloquence as the release notes may include additional or more recent information.
Updating from HP-UX 9.x to HP-UX 10.x
If you install HP Eloquence on HP-UX 9.x and update to HP-UX 10.x subsequently, you should reinstall the HP Eloquence software using swinstall. HP Eloquence expects its configuration files in the directory /etc/opt/eloquence when running on HP-UX 10.x instead of /opt/eloquence/etc when running on HP-UX 9.x. It also requires the existence of the directory /var/opt/eloquence. Reinstalling HP Eloquence with swinstall does ensure the appropriate configuration. Your configuration files are copied automatically by the installation program to the new location. You should delete them afterwards manually from /opt/eloquence/etc.
NOTE: To get HP Eloquence properly running under HP-UX 10.x, it is recommended to install the transition links on the HP-UX operating system.
Updating from previous HP Eloquence revision
If you are updating from a previous HP Eloquence revision, there are some special considerations which must be taken into account.
Updating from HP Eloquence revision before A.05.02
- HP Eloquence is installed under /opt/eloquence6 instead of /usr/eloquence. The old HP Eloquence installation must be deleted manually if it is no longer used (please make a backup).
- HP Eloquence uses a new licence scheme. Instead of "branding" the executable files with a system id, a licence file is now present in the /etc/opt/eloquence/ (HP-UX 10.x) or /opt/eloquence/etc/ (HP-UX 9.x) directory. During installation, a temporary license key is installed (which will expire after 30 days). You need to request your permanent license after the installation has finished.
As a benefit of this approach, the usual operating sytstem tools for software management can be used and the product media are no longer machine specific.
- The HP Eloquence configuration files have changed. We recommend to start with the recent configuration files and merge your old configuration manually.
- Please note, that the HP-UX kernel configuration requirements have changed from previous HP Eloquence revisions.
Updating from HP Eloquence revision A.05.02 or above
- HP Eloquence is installed under /opt/eloquence6 instead of /opt/eloquence. The installation directory has been changed, so that HP Eloquence A.06.00 and a previous HP Eloquence revision can exist on the same system (which may be required during a transition periode).
- When HP Eloquence A.06.00 is installed, usually no temporary license key is generated, because you installed HP Eloquence before. However, you can simply re-use your license key from your current installation. Simply copy the license file from /opt/eloquence/licence to /opt/eloquence6/license (please note the different spelling of licence vs. license).
- The HP Eloquence configuration files have changed. While the user specific configuration file (.eloqrc) is still compatible, the global eloq.config is different. We recommend to start with the recent configuration files and merge your old configuration manually.
- Please note, that the HP-UX kernel configuration requirements have changed from previous HP Eloquence revisions.
HP Eloquence Installation and Configuration - 26 NOV 1997