BIND 9.2.0 is available as a web release on HP-UX 11i v1 platform
at HP’s software depot at http://www.software.hp.com. The
latest version of BIND 9.2.0 is Version 6.0 released in December
2004. After downloading the software package, use the swinstall command to install the package on your system. Detailed
information on how to use BIND 9.2.0 can be found in the respective
man pages.
- Step1
If you have installed BIND
9.1.3 on your system, use swremove command to remove the old web upgrade.
- Step2
Type: swinstall -s <destination
path> on the command line
Where <destination path> is the absolute
path where you downloaded the BIND 9.2.0 web upgrade depot to.
(Refer to the swinstall.1m man page for more information on swinstall command)
Execution of the above command would display a GUI screen.
- Step3
Select the BIND 9.2.0 product
in the GUI screen
- Step4
Invoke Action menu and select Install option
BIND 9.2.0 on HP-UX 11i is now available for use.
If you install the current version of BIND 9.2.0 on a system
where a previous version of BIND 9.2.0 is installed, the previous
version of BIND 9.2.0 is overwritten. Now, if you try removing the
current version of BIND 9.2.0, both the current version and previous
version of BIND 9.2.0 are removed, and the system will revert back
to the base version of BIND, that is 8.1.2, delivered with the HP-UX
11i v1 operating system.
The BIND 9.2.0 files are installed into the /usr/contrib/bind directory. During installation, the /usr/bin/enable_inet script backs up the existing BIND 8.1.2 files
into /usr/contrib/bind/save_custom/backup directory and activates the higher version of
BIND by linking the new files to existing file locations.
The enable_inet -r bind command allows reverting back to the older version of
BIND. enable_inet status bind shows the currently active version of BIND. If
you want to install a GR patch, you need to disable BIND 9.2.0 by
running the command "/usr/bin/enable_inet -r bind" in the command line to revert back to the base version
delivered with HP-UX 11i (BIND 8.1.2) prior to patching.
