Installing SLP

After downloading the software package from HP’s software depot at www.software.hp.com, use the swinstall command to install the package on your system. Detailed information on how to configure and use SLP can be found in the respective man pages.

Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard Support Line User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this upgrade.

The following are the steps to install SLP:

Back up your system before installing a upgrade.
Login as root.
Copy the upgrade to the /tmp directory.
Move to the /tmp directory:
cd /tmp
Run swinstall to install the upgrade:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -s /tmp/upgrade_slp.tar
By default, swinstall will archive the original software in /var/adm/sw/save/upgrade_slp. If you do not wish to retain a copy of the original software, use the patch_save_files option:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true -x patch_save_files=false -s /tmp/upgrade_slp.tar
WARNING! If patch_save_files is false when a upgrade is installed, the upgrade cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful when using this feature.
To put this upgrade on a magnetic tape and install from the tape drive, use the command:
dd if=/tmp/upgrade_slp.tar of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Installing SLP

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