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Would you like to dramatically reduce the system downtime typically required to perform HP-UX 11i v2 and v3 operating system maintenance and updates?

Reduce downtime and enhance protection with HP Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) which can clone an HP-UX system image to an inactive disk. Perform system maintenance on the clone without taking your HP-UX system offline. Automatically synchronise the active image and the clone, reducing the need to manually update files on the clone. If needed, utilise the clone for system recovery and quickly reboot after the changes have been made to significantly reduce system downtime. For testing and provisioning purposes, re-host the clone of a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) managed root on another system. And, perform an operating environment update on the clone from an older version of HP-UX 11i v3 to HP-UX 11i v3 (update 4 or later).

What’s New

Reduce planned downtime for system maintenance and updates with faster reboots, provided by SoftReboot (when supported on particular servers), now with DRD support.

Features

Clone an HP-UX System Image to an Inactive Disk

  • Significantly reduce the downtime needed to perform HP-UX software maintenance. Perform system maintenance on the clone without taking the HP-UX offline.
  • Enable users to perform software update work during normal business hours, or whenever convenient. Use the clone for system recovery if needed and use off-hours to quickly reboot after the desired changes have been made thus significantly reducing downtime.
  • Reduce the downtime required for recovery from administrative errors. Automatically synchronise the active image and the clone, reducing the need to manually update files on the clone.
  • Provision systems quickly and efficiently. Re-host the clone of a logical volume manager (LVM) managed root on another system for testing and provisioning purposes.
  • Simplify testing. Perform an operating environment update on the clone from an older version of HP-UX 11i v3 to HP-UX 11i v3 update 4 or later.
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