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vPars Monitor Commands

The commands that may be issued from the

vpmon command prompt (MON>) are classiﬁed as either

vPars monitor management commands or vPars monitor information lookup commands.

vPars Monitor Management Commands

This section explains the vPars monitor management commands.

The

vparload command has two formats:

vparload -auto | -all

vparload -p vpar_name [[[ -b kernel_path ]|[

-o boot_options ]|[ -B {boot_device |tape }]]

-D disk_index | -E disk_index

]]

An error occurs if no options are speciﬁed for

vparload.

The

vparload command can be used to load and activate one or more partitions. If

vparload fails to

boot a virtual partition from the primary boot path, then further boot actions will be decided based on the

settings of autoboot and autosearch ﬂags. This may result in automatically booting that virtual partition

from the alternate boot path. The

-B

, -E, -b, -D,or-o options can only be used with the

-p option. Do

not use the

-B or -b options with the

-D or -E options. Each option is explained as follows:

-auto Boots all the virtual partitions that have their autoboot attribute set to

AUTO.

-all Boots all virtual partitions regardless of the autoboot attribute.

-p vpar_name Boots the virtual partition speciﬁed by vpar_name .

-b kernel_path Boots the virtual partition using the kernel kernel_path , such as

/stand/vmunix.prev

, instead of the default kernel /stand/vmunix. The -b

option is mutually exclusive with the -D and -E options.

-o boot_options Boots the virtual partition using the speciﬁed boot options. See boot (1M) and

hpux(1M).

-B boot_device Boots the virtual partition using the boot device at the legacy hardware path

boot_device . The -B option is mutually exclusive with the -D and -E options.

-B tape On PA-RISC platforms, boots the virtual partition using the tape device. On

Itanium(R)-Based platforms, lists all the tape devices assigned to the partition. The

user will then be prompted to select the tape device from which to boot the parti-

tion. The -B option is mutually exclusive with the -D and -E options.

-D disk_index Launches the install kernel from the CD/DVD speciﬁed by the disk index. If disk

index is "X," the install EFI application is launched from the disk "fsX:".

The order in which ﬁrmware assigns the indices for the disks is unknown. If the

installable CD/DVD media is present, install kernel is automatically launched. If

installable CD/DVD media is not present at the index speciﬁed, vPar will be shut-

down automatically and the user must select a different disk_index .

This option is available on Itanium-based platforms only. It is mutually exclusive

with the

-b, -B, and -E options.

This option is provided as a tool to install or recover a vPar.

-E disk_index Launches the vPar boot helper EFI application from the disk speciﬁed by the disk

index. If disk index is "X", the vPar boot helper EFI application is launched from

the disk "fsX:".

The boot helper EFI application prints the EFI paths of all the bootable disks

belonging to the target vPar and interactively prompts the user to select a disk to

boot from. If the disk selected is a CD or DVD device, then install kernel from the

media is launched instead of the regular kernel. And any boot options speciﬁed on

the command line are ignored.

The order in which ﬁrmware assigns the indices for the disks is unknown. How-

ever, trying to boot the boot helper from a random disk is usually harmless. If the

boot helper is present, the user will be interactively prompted to select a disk. If

the boot helper application is not present on the disk, then the vPar will be shut-

down automatically and the user must select a different disk_index . The vPar boot

helper gets installed as part of vPars product installation.

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