HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

4 Upgrading the VSP from previous versions of Integrity VM
This chapter describes how to upgrade the VSP from an older version. The chapter topics include:
• Upgrading the VSP from previous version of Integrity VM V3.x to V6.1
• Updating previous versions of the VSP
4.1 Upgrading the VSP from previous versions of Integrity VM V3.x to
Integrity VM V6.1
The Integrity VM Version 6.1 VSP requires the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Only HP-UX 11i
v2 servers running Integrity VM Version 3.0 or Version 3.5 can be upgraded to the HP-UX 11i v3
Integrity VM Version 6.1 release. This section describes the process to follow when upgrading an
HP-UX 11i v2 based Integrity VM server to an HP-UX 11i v3 based Integrity VM server. If you are
upgrading the VSP from Integrity VM V4.0 or later to Integrity VM V6.1, see Section 4.2.
HP-UX 11i v3 supports many features that are backward compatible with 11i v2, allowing 11i v2
applications to run without modifications. The primary goal of this section is to provide direction
to the administrator performing the upgrade of the VSP to make sure that all configured virtual
machines (guests) boot and run after completing the upgrade to 11i v3.
Figure 3 provides a flowchart of the upgrade procedure from 11i v2 to 11i v3.
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