HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.1.5 Administrator Guide (5900-2295, April 2013)

Figure 3 Upgrade Procedure
Upgrade HP-UX to 11i v3
and then install new
layered products, including
Integrity VM.
5.
7.
Study current 11i v2 to 11i v3
upgrade documentation.
Analyze the HP-UX 11i v2
based Integrity VM server
using tools.
Update hardware requiring
new firmware or replace
obsolete adapters.
Check that all guests still boot
and run correctly.
Install new Integrity VM
guest kits onto guests and
reboot each guest.
Final check - assure all guests
boot and then backup both
server and guests.
Decide whether
to perform a
cold install or
update_ux.
1.
8.
9.
2.
4.
3.
Perform
cold install or
update_ux.
...cold install update_ux...
6.
NOTE: If you plan to perform a cold install, follow these steps:
1. Offline migrate all virtual machines to another VSP, for example, system X (which has shared
access to the storage).
2. Remove all virtual machines using the hpvmremove command.
3. Back up the /var/opt/hpvm directory.
4. Perform the cold install of HP-UX only, restarting the system. (Step 6 in the flowchart)
5. Restore the /var/opt/hpvm directory.
6. Install the Integrity VM. (Step 7 in the flowchart)
7. Offline migrate the virtual machines from system X.
8. Start the virtual machines. (Step 9 in the flowchart)
44 Upgrading the VSP from previous versions of Integrity VM