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

To list the current Update-UX bundle, use the swlist command. For example:
azure2 # swlist -l product | grep Update
If necessary to update the Update-UX bundle, use the swinstall command.
Example where target OS will be HP-UX 11.23
azure1 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
Ctrl-A
azure3 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
Example where target OS will be HP-UX 11.11
azure2 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1111/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
8. Use Update-UX to install the latest OE and vPars bundle on each virtual partition that is updating
to HP-UX 11i v2 and vPars A.04.05
CAUTION:
Using Update-UX
Update-UX allows for both the OE and vPars bundles to be updated in the same session. To
simultaneously update both the OE and vPars bundles in the same session, they both must be
in the same source depot.
If you update from a depot which does not contain the vPars bundle, your disk will no longer
boot in vPars mode. See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide and Using Golden Images with
Virtual Partitions for information on how to setup your Ignite-UX server.
In the following example the target OS will be HP-UX 11.23 (the HPUX11i-OE-Ent Enterprise
OE bundle) and vPars will be updated to vPars A.04.05 (the T1335BC bundle).
azure3 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335BC
NOTE: The update virtual partitions must not be rebooted at this point. Once the update
completes, keep the systems halted while other virtual partitions are being updated.
9. Install iCAP v8.03 on all HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partitions that are updating to vPars A.03.05.
iCAP v8.03 must be installed before vPars A.03.05 is installed. For details see the HP Instant
Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x.
NOTE: If you are updating to vPars A.03.05, or configuring a mixed 11i v1/v2 vPars
environment, you must install iCAP version 8.03 (B.11.11.08.03.00) on each HP-UX 11i v1
virtual partition. This will also install the required versions of WBEM and NParProvider and
necessary patches.
Installing iCAP 8.03 onto an HP-UX 11i v1 system running versions of vPars prior to A.03.05
will exhibit an error message which can be ignored, and you can proceed with updating the
vPars software. After the vPars installation (which includes halting every virtual partition and
rebooting the nPartition to the new vPars A.04.05 Monitor), you must go to each HP-UX 11i
v1 virtual partition and run the command swconfig -v B9073BA to complete the iCAP
installation.
10. Decide whether to perform the remaining updates in parallel or to stagger the updates.
Updating in parallel involves updating concurrently with the HP-UX 11i v2 and vPars A.04.05
updates. A parallel update of the virtual partitions can reduce the total downtime resulting
from the updates.
Staggering updates involves waiting for the HP-UX 11i v2 and vPars A.04.05 updates to
complete before updating virtual partitions to vPars A.03.05. A staggered approach to
updating enables you to better monitor the update process from the last virtual partition before
it is updated.
88 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars