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

NOTE: In a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment, all HP-UX 11i v1 vPars must be
updated to vPars A.03.05. However, before vPars A.03.05 is installed, you must install iCAP
version 8.03 on each HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition. This will also install the required versions of
WBEM and NParProvider and necessary patches.
Installing iCAP 8.03 onto an HP-UX 11i v1 system running versions of vPars prior to A.03.05 will
exhibit an error message which can be ignored, and you can proceed with updating the vPars
software. After the vPars installation, you must go to each HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition and run
the command swconfig -v B9073BA to complete the iCAP installation.
CAUTION:
Designated-Admin Feature and Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments
In a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment, configure only virtual partitions containing
vPars A.05.03 as designated-admin virtual partitions. Within a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars
environment, only the HP-UX 11i v3 virtual partitions (containing vPars A.05.03) can modify other
virtual partitions via the vparmodify command, and only HP-UX 11i v3 virtual partitions can use
vparcreate and vparremove to create and remove other virtual partitions. If you use the
designated-admin feature and configure only HP-UX 11i v1 and/or 11i v2 virtual partitions as
designated-admin virtual partitions, no virtual partition will be able to modify other virtual partitions.
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx
and A.05.xx) Environment
This section describes how to update an existing A.04.xx vPars environment to a mixed HP-UX 11i
v2/v3 vPars environment; a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment contains both vPars
A.04.xx/11.23 and A.05.xx/11.31 virtual partitions in the same nPartition. For information on
using a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, see “Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments
in vPars A.05.xx” (page 58). For information on the typical time needed to update the OS version,
see the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide.
For information on vPars and OS versions, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and
Configuration Guide.
CAUTION: In a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, the vPars A.04.xx virtual partitions
must be running vPars A.04.02 or later.
CAUTION:
Designated-Admin Feature and Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments
Within a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, only the virtual partitions containing vPars
A.05.01 can modify other virtual partitions via the vparmodify command, and only virtual
partitions containing vPars A.05.01 can vparcreate and vparremove other virtual partitions.
If you use the designated-admin feature and configure only virtual partitions containing vPars
A.04.02 as designated-admin virtual partitions, no virtual partitions will be able to modify other
virtual partitions.
For information on using a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, see “Mixed HP-UX 11i
v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx” (page 58).
Note that this process works only using Update-UX and a corresponding Ignite-UX depot; it does
not work by directly using the OE and vPars media. If you wish to install directly from media, you
should use the instructions from any of the following:
• “Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC” (page 116)
• “Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity” (page 118)
• “Installing vPars with Software Distributor ” (page 120)
96 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars