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vpmon(5) vpmon(5)
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 options
-B
, -E, -b or -o should be used only with the -p
option.
Each options are detailed 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 partition_name Boots the virtual partition partition_name.
-B boot_device Boots the virtual partition using the boot device at the hardware path boot_device.
-B tape On PA-RISC platforms, boots the virtual partition using the tape device. On Integrity
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 partition.
-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 belong-
ing to the target vPar and interactively prompts the user to select a disk to boot from.
The order in which firmware assigns the indices for the disks is unknown. However
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 shutdown automati-
cally and the user must select a different disk_index. The vPar boot helper gets
installed as part of vPars product installation.
This option is available on Integrity platforms only. It is mutually exclusive with the
-B option.
This option is provided as a tool to boot a vPar only if a valid HP-UX h/w path to EFI
path mapping is not present in the virtual partition database for a boot disk. Refer to
vparefiutil(1M) for additional information on HP-UX h/w path to EFI path mappings.
This option is not recommended for general purpose use. If virtual partitions are
configured as per the documented procedure, there may not be a need to use this
option to boot a vPar.
-b kernel_path Boots the virtual partition using the kernel kernel_path, such as
/stand/vmunix.prev
, instead of the default kernel /stand/vmunix.
-o boot_options Boots the virtual partition using the specified boot options.
clear_pending
The clear_pending command can be used to clear the pending reboot for reconfiguration flag. If the
pending reboot for reconfiguration flag is set, the user will not be able to boot any virtual partition until the
monitor is rebooted. If this flag has been set in error, the
clear_pending
command can be used to clear
it thus enabling virtual partition boots.
readdb filename
The readdb command can be used to read an alternate valid partition database filename for partition
configuration information.
filename must be an absolute path and reside on a HFS file system.
This command may only be used when the vpmon /stand/vpmon is booted and the default partition
database (/stand/vpdb ) does not exist, the alternate partition database as specified in the -D option of
/stand/vpmon does not exist, or the database file read is corrupt.
reboot [mode]
The reboot command will reboot the entire hard partition. Other hard partitions are not affected.
Each virtual partition should be shut down prior to invoking the reboot command. A confirmation prompt
is provided, but if you accept confirmation of the reboot while any virtual partitions are running, the reboot
command will bring down the running partitions ungracefully.
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