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

Ignite-UX, the LAN, the LAN card, and vparboot -I......................................................................76
PA-RISC............................................................................................................................76
Integrity............................................................................................................................77
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx...................................................................................78
Update-UX Preparation Steps...............................................................................................78
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................79
The Update Process: Goal...................................................................................................79
The Update Process............................................................................................................80
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05)
Environment...........................................................................................................................82
Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process..............................83
Update-UX Primer..............................................................................................................85
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................86
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.................................................................................87
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.04.xx Monitor...........................................87
The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step Details............88
Migrating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars (A.03.05, A.04.02 or later,
A.05.03)...............................................................................................................................94
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx)
Environment...........................................................................................................................96
Update-UX Primer..............................................................................................................97
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................97
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.................................................................................98
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor...........................................98
The Update Process: Goal...................................................................................................98
The Update Process: Step by Step........................................................................................99
Mixing Minor Versions – vPar A.04.xx and A.05.xx..................................................................103
Supported vPar Configuration and OE Environments.............................................................104
Unsupported Configurations..............................................................................................104
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.05.xx.................................................................................105
General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)..............................................105
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx.................................................................................105
The Steps........................................................................................................................106
Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05................................................................................108
The vPars A.03.05 Update Process.....................................................................................109
Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx ...............................................................110
Applying a vPars Sub-System Patch..........................................................................................111
Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset.................................................112
Hardware Path Changes...................................................................................................112
vPars Database Changes..................................................................................................112
Hardware Path Tables.......................................................................................................112
Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset...............................................114
Hardware Path Changes...................................................................................................114
vPars Database Changes..................................................................................................114
Hardware Path Tables.......................................................................................................114
Upgrading Backplanes from PCI to PCI-X ................................................................................115
Updates Involving VPARSBASE...............................................................................................116
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC.................................................................................116
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity................................................................................118
Installing vPars with Software Distributor .................................................................................120
Removing the vPars Product....................................................................................................121
From a Single Virtual Partition............................................................................................121
From the Entire System......................................................................................................122
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