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

If updating all virtual partitions in parallel, then perform the following steps.•
◦ On all remaining virtual partitions:
If the OE must also be updated, use Update-UX to install the latest OE and the
vPars A.03.05 bundle to the virtual partition.
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– If only the vPars bundle needs to be updated, use swinstall to install vPars
A.03.05.
◦ Wait for the vPars A.03.05 updates to complete.
Monitor the installation logs (such as the /var/adm/sw/swagent.log file or
swinstall.log file) until the virtual partitions halt.
• If updating in a staggered manner, then perform the following steps
◦ Wait for the HP-UX 11i v2 and vPars A.04.05 updates to complete.
◦ After the vPars A.04.05 updates complete, update all but one of the remaining virtual
partitions to vPars A.03.05.
◦ Wait for the vPars A.03.05 update to complete on all but the last virtual partition.
Monitor the installation logs (such as the /var/adm/sw/swagent.log file or
swinstall.log file) until the virtual partitions halt.
◦ On the last virtual partition, update the HP-UX Operating Environment, if needed,
and update the vPars bundle.
12. Make sure that all virtual partition updates have successfully completed to the point of halting,
then reboot the nPartition (reboot from the vPars Monitor).
13. Interrupt the nPartition boot process as needed and load the vPars A.04.05 Monitor.
14. Boot all virtual partitions (vparload -all from the vPars Monitor).
15. Turn autoboot and autosearch settings back to their original settings that you recorded
previously.
16. Verify the virtual partition configurations.
17. Verify the correct vPars Monitor has been booted.
18. Restart gWLM if needed.
Following the mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars update, perform any application updates as needed.
Update-UX Primer
The advantages of using Update-UX are 1) you can update both OE and vPars versions
simultaneously, so there are fewer reboots, and 2) although you must still reboot the nPartition,
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05) Environment 85