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

The Update Process
To update vPars from A.04.xx to A.05.xx, follow the process below. The following steps should
be done from the console:
1. Make sure that all the virtual partitions are up.
You can check this with vparstatus.
Example:
keira1# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
2. Record the current autoboot and autosearch settings of all the virtual partitions. The update
process sets autoboot to manual, so you will need to restore these settings later.
To find the current settings, use vparstatus.
Example:
keira1 # vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
3. Install the latest Update-UX bundle onto each virtual partition (use Ctrl-A to switch between
consoles).
Note that this does not update the operating system, only the Update-UX bundle.
Example:
keira1 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira2 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira3 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
4. For each virtual partition, except the first virtual partition, use Update-UX to install the latest
OE and vPars bundle. These updates can occur in parallel, although this is not required.
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.
Example:
keira2 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
keira3 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
NOTE: Be sure that both the OE and vPars bundles are specified on the update-ux command
line.
When using Update-UX to update vPars, you must update in this manner, in which case you
are updating both the OS and vPars version with the same command line.
5. 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.
Use the update-ux command.
Example:
keira1 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
80 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars