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

NOTE: To change the nPartition’s PRI boot path, you cannot use setboot from within a virtual
partition; using setboot within a virtual partition changes only the virtual partition’s primary path
entry in the vPars database.
You can use parmodify to change the nPartition boot path, or you can make the change at the
Boot Console Handler (BCH) PA-RISC firmware interface.
Using parmodify to change the nPartition PRI boot path to point to a vPars A.04.05 boot disk
is the method used in “Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process”
(page 80) and “The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step
Details” (page 85).
You can configure boot options for an nPartition by using the /usr/sbin/parmodify command
from the HP-UX command line in any virtual partition in the nPartition.
The format for changing nPartition boot paths using parmodify is as follows:
parmodify -p partitionNumber [-b priPath] [-t haaPath] [-s altPath]
where:
• partitionNumber is the nPartition to be modified. You can use the parstatus -w
command to list the local nPartition number.
• priPath is the primary boot path (PRI on HP 9000 servers, or the first item in the boot options
list on HP Integrity servers).
• haaPath is the secondary boot path (the HAA boot path on HP 9000 servers, or the second
item in the boot options list on HP Integrity servers).
• altPath is the alternate boot path (ALT on HP 9000 servers, or the third item in the boot
options list on HP Integrity servers).
The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step
Details
This section describes how to update a vPars A.03.xx environment to a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2
vPars environment running vPars A.03.05 and A.04.05.
The Update Process: Goal
In the examples used in this section, we begin with three virtual partitions, all running vPars A.03.02:
• The first partition, azure1, is running vPars A.03.02 (on 11.11).
• The second partition, azure2, is running vPars A.03.02 (on 11.11).
• The third partition, azure3, is running vPars A.03.02 (on 11.11).
We wish to update to the following:
• azure1 running vPars A.04.05 (on 11.23).
• azure2 running vPars A.03.05 (on 11.11).
• azure3 running vPars A.04.05 (on 11.23).
The first virtual partition is defined as the virtual partition that owns the boot disk from which the
vPars Monitor was booted. You can use the vparstatus -m and vparstatus -v commands
to determine which virtual partition this is. When upgrading to a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars
environment, the first virtual partition must have vPars A.04.05 installed.
Procedure 1 Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments
The following steps should be done from the vPars console after backing up all virtual partitions
and establishing a depot with the required HP-UX OE and vPars versions.
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05) Environment 85