HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-17 - vPars

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 26 (of 46)
Chapter 17 Virtual Partitions (vPars)
October 29, 2013
#vparcreate -p vPar1 -a io:0.8.0.0.2.0:ALTBOOT
 To set both the primary and alternate boot paths on the same command line:
#vparcreate -p vPar1 -a io:0.8.0.0.5.0:BOOT –a
io:0.8.0.0.2.0:ALTBOOT
vparmodify: if the virtual partitions are already created, you can specify the primary or alternate
boot paths with the BOOT and ALTBOOT attributes within the vparmodify command:
 To set the primary boot path:
#vparmodify -p vPar1 -a io:0.8.0.0.5.0:BOOT
 To set the alternate boot path:
#vparmodify -p vPar1 -a io:0.8.0.0.2.0:ALTBOOT
 To set the primary and alternate boots paths on the same command line:
#vparmodify -p vPar1 -a io:0.8.0.0.5.0:BOOT -a
io:0.8.0.0.2.0:ALTBOOT
setboot does not read from or write to stable storage on a vPars systems. Instead, the setboot
command reads from and writes to the vPars partition database, affecting only the entries of the
virtual partition from which the setboot command was run.
Uing vparmodify to change a boot path in the vPars database does not update the EFI path in the
vPars database. To update the EFI path of a boot disk in the vPars database (for example, after
creating a boot disk mirror), execute vparefiutil -u (-u for update) on each virtual partition.
To modify the paths in stable storage of a PA-RISCstem, use the parmodify command or go to
the BCH.
For Integrity-Systems, you must reboot the vpmon and set the new UID of the Disk in the EFI
Shell.
Monitor commands
The following table gives an overview of the Monitor commands at the MON> prompt. The most
useful command is vparload. The vparload command does the same as the vparboot
command from a running partition.
Command
Explanation
readdb
reads an alternative database.
vparload
boots or loads a vPars from the Monitor. Examples: