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15 May 2009: HP has extended HP-UX 11i v2 availability to 31 December 2010, one year beyond the previously stated date. Find more information in these related documents:
17 April 2009: HP introduces:
Updated layered software benefiting HP-UX 11i v2 users:
HP-UX 11i v3 offers new operating environments, delivering more software value in easier-to-deploy integrated packages.
Introduced in August 2004, HP-UX 11i v2 runs on HP 9000 and Integrity servers. HP shipped its last update to HP-UX 11i v2 operating environments in December 2007.
HP recommends that customers running v2 upgrade to the latest release of HP-UX 11i for the performance, availability, scalability and virtualisation advantages gained from that upgrade.
What's more, customers transitioning from HP 9000 to Integrity servers see cost savings through consolidation, in addition to the software advantages.
If you have an HP support contract, you are entitled to upgrade at no charge. That includes the right to use the larger, updated set of software delivered in the new HP-UX 11i v3 OEs.
Running HP-UX 11i v2 on HP 9000 systems? We have tools and resources to help you move as easily as possible while preserving your software assets and capitalising on your system administration skills.
- HP-UX 11i compatibility (PDF, 121 KB) ensures that your applications will run on the latest release, and on HP Integrity servers.
- The ARIES dynamic translator, which ships with every HP Integrity server, enables you to run HP 9000 binaries on HP Integrity servers without modification, without recompilation.
- The HP 9000 Cross Development Environment for Integrity (HP XPADE) lets you copy over scripts and applications and run them against HP 9000 libraries.
- HP Mixed-mode Translator (MITR) makes it possible to have a mix of HP 9000 shared libraries and Integrity binaries in the same process(es). Java applications can call native JNI libraries, increasing performance.
Updates to HP-UX 11i are released as Operating Environment Update Releases (OEUR). The release notes linked below describe the functionality included in HP-UX 11i v2 OEURs, by the date of the release:
September 2004 was the date of the first integrated release of HP-UX 11i version 2 for both HP 9000 and Integrity servers.
HP-UX 11i v2 released for Integrity servers and workstations in October 2003. The release notes below describe the functionality included in that release and updates to it.
HP-UX 11i simplifies software procurement, installation and management with integrated, pre-tested Operating Environments (OEs). The Foundation, Enterprise and Mission Critical OEs provide the most popular software products in packages that are simple to order, use and maintain.
The chart below indicates the software components of the three HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments (OEs).
