HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Administrator Guide

vparremove -p Oslo -f
Removing and recreating a virtual partition
If you remove a vPar configuration, and recreate it using the vparcreate command, the newly
created vPar might have not have the same hardware paths for network and storage devices. This
could change the LAN instance number. In such a case, you must update the netconf file with
the new instance number. When the LAN instance number is incorrect, the network is inaccessible
and startup scripts will hang until they timeout.
NOTE: To modify netconf, you might have to mount all the file systems using the mountall
command to be able to access the editor that is required to modify the netconf file. To avoid the
long boot time, boot to single user mode and modify the netconf file with the new LAN instance
number.
Installing the HP-UX Operating Environment on a vPar
You must install the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 (AR1109) or later release on the vPars.
There are multiple ways to install HP-UX 11i on a virtual partition. HP-UX 11i installation on a vPar
using an Ignite-UX server is described here.
Installing HP-UX 11i on a vPar using an Ignite-UX server
This approach describes the use of the network to directly install HP-UX 11i from an Ignite-UX
server. For more information about Ignite-UX based installation, see the Ignite-UX Administration
Guide for HP-UX 11i available on the website at: http://www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs.
NOTE: Before using the Ignite-UX server approach, ensure the following:
• The vPar is created and assigned a network interface.
• At least one disk has been added to the vPar with sufficient space to install HP-UX 11i on it.
• The Ignite-UX server is set up and accessible from the LAN interface assigned to the vPar.
To install HP-UX 11i on a vPar using an Ignite-UX server:
1. Boot the vPar to EFI.
2. Create a dbprofile from EFI shell by running the following command:
Shell> dbprofile –dn mybootprofile –sip <IP_address_of_ignite-server>
-cip <IP_address_of_vPar> -gip <IP_address_of_gateway> -m
<network_mask> -b “/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi”
NOTE: IP_address_of_gateway is the IP address of gateway from the LAN domain of
the vPar to the LAN domain of the Ignite server. network_mask is the netmask (in dotted
notation) of the LAN to which vPar is connected.
3. Boot from the install kernel using the following command:
lanboot select –dn mybootprofile
4. Follow the steps as prompted by the install kernel to install HP-UX 11i.
Setting up a vPar to use NPIV HBAs
This section describes the steps to configure a vPar with NPIV HBAs, install a vPar image on an
NPIV disk, and bring the vPar up.
44 Creating and managing virtual partitions