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

General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)
The general process for updating from A.03.xx to A.05.xx is to perform the update in two steps:
1. Update your virtual partitions from A.03.xx to A.04.02 or later.
“Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx” (page 102)
2. Update your virtual partitions from A.04.02 or later to A.05.01
“Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx” (page 75)
“Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx)
Environment” (page 93)
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx
This section describes how to update an existing A.03.xx PA-RISC vPars environment to the latest
A.04.xx PA-RISC vPars environment. The advantages of using this process are 1) you can update
both OE and vPars versions simultaneously, so there are fewer reboots, and 2) although you must
still reboot the nPartition, you can perform these steps within a vPars environment; you do not need
to boot the system into standalone mode. However, if you are not familiar with Update-UX, you
can continue to use the swinstall methods (see the links in the next paragraph).
Note that this process works only using Update-UX and a corresponding Ignite-UX depot; it does
not work by directly using the OE and vPars media. If you wish to install directly from media, you
should use the instructions from “Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC” (page 112) or “Installing
vPars with Software Distributor ” (page 116).
For information on the typical time needed to update the OS version, see the HP-UX 11i v2
Installation and Update Guide.
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.
NOTE: Before using the Update-UX command, make sure you have the latest Update-UX bundle
installed for each virtual partition:
# swinstall -s source_depot Update-UX
In the example below, the Update-UX command syntax is
# update-ux -s source_depot OE_bundle vPars_bundle
For example, the command line used in this section is
# update-ux -s depot1:/release/0505.1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335BC
where:
• depot1:/release/0505.1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD is the source depot
• HPUX11i-OE-Ent is the OE bundle
• T1335BC is the vPars bundle
For more information on using Update-UX, see the HP-UX 11.23 Installation and Update Guide.
102 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars