HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

Be sure that both the OE and vPars bundles are specified on the update-ux command line.
CAUTION:
Using Update-UX
Update-UX allows for both the OE and vPars bundles to be updated in the same session. To
simultaneously update both the OE and vPars bundles in the same session, they both must be
in the same source depot.
If you update from a depot which does not contain the vPars bundle, your disk will no longer
boot in vPars mode. See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide and Using Golden Images with
Virtual Partitions for information on how to setup your Ignite-UX server.
NOTE: Although you can update all the virtual partitions, including the first virtual partition,
in parallel, by leaving the first virtual partition up until all the updates for the other virtual
partitions are complete, it allows you to use the first virtual partition to verify the processing
and status of the other virtual partitions.
Further, if you need to change the primary path in stable storage, you will use the first virtual
partition to enter into standalone/nPars mode and change the PRI boot path.
6. After the all updates for the above virtual partitions have completed, use Update-UX to install
the latest OE and vPars bundle to the first virtual partition.
Example:
keira1 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
Although you can do all the updates in parallel, you need to make sure that all of the other
virtual partition updates have successfully performed the updating to the point of halting. In
the next step, the entire nPartition will be rebooted; if the other virtual partitions are still in
progress of updating, the OS instances may be in an unknown state.
NOTE: If the BOOT and ALTBOOT disks are a mirrored pair, updating is not required on
the ALTBOOT disk. Otherwise, if you wish to have the alternate boot disk updated, after
updating the OS on the primary boot path disk, boot the virtual partitions from the alternate
path boot disk and repeat the update-ux procedure. For example, if keira2 has an alternate
boot disk that is not a mirror of the primary boot disk, and you wish to update the OS on the
alternate boot disk, boot keira2 from the alternate boot path using:
MON> vparload -p keira2 -B ALT
and repeat the update-ux procedure:
keira2# update-ux -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335BC
7. Reboot the nPartition.
Example:
MON> reboot
On Integrity, if you need to change the PRI boot path, reboot in nPars mode:
MON> reboot npars
NOTE: At this point, you need to reboot the nPartition from the MON> prompt, not just the
virtual partition. By rebooting the nPartition, you can load the new vPars Monitor.
8. If you need to change the PRI boot path, follow the procedure below. Otherwise, proceed to
the next step.
a. Interrupt the boot up process and enter into standalone (PA) or nPars (Integrity) mode.
Example for PA-RISC:
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx) Environment 101