HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.09) (5900-2188, March 2012)

OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................76
The Update Process: Goal...................................................................................................76
The Update Process............................................................................................................76
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05)
Environment...........................................................................................................................79
Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process..............................80
Update-UX Primer..............................................................................................................83
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................84
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.................................................................................84
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.04.xx Monitor...........................................84
The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step Details............85
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)...............................................................................................................................91
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx)
Environment...........................................................................................................................93
Update-UX Primer..............................................................................................................94
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...................................................................................94
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.................................................................................95
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor...........................................95
The Update Process: Goal...................................................................................................95
The Update Process: Step by Step........................................................................................96
Mixing Minor Versions – vPar A.04.xx and A.05.xx..................................................................100
Supported vPar Configuration and OE Environments.............................................................100
Unsupported Configurations..............................................................................................101
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.05.xx.................................................................................101
General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)..............................................102
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx.................................................................................102
The Steps........................................................................................................................103
Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05................................................................................105
The vPars A.03.05 Update Process.....................................................................................105
Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx ...............................................................106
Applying a vPars Sub-System Patch..........................................................................................107
Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset.................................................108
Hardware Path Changes...................................................................................................108
vPars Database Changes..................................................................................................109
Hardware Path Tables.......................................................................................................109
Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset...............................................110
Hardware Path Changes...................................................................................................110
vPars Database Changes..................................................................................................110
Hardware Path Tables.......................................................................................................111
Upgrading Backplanes from PCI to PCI-X ................................................................................112
Updates Involving VPARSBASE...............................................................................................112
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC.................................................................................112
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity................................................................................114
Installing vPars with Software Distributor .................................................................................116
Removing the vPars Product....................................................................................................117
From a Single Virtual Partition............................................................................................117
From the Entire System......................................................................................................118
5 vPars Monitor and Shell Commands..........................................................119
Notes on Examples in this Chapter.........................................................................................119
Syntax of Example Commands..........................................................................................119
Example Server...............................................................................................................120
Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity Only).............................................120
Modes...........................................................................................................................120
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