HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.03)

The Update Process.........................................................................................................................79
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05)
Environment.........................................................................................................................................83
Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process.............................84
Update-UX Primer...........................................................................................................................87
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX.............................................................................................87
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.........................................................................................88
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.04.xx Monitor..............................................88
The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step Details........89
Migrating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars (A.03.05, A.04.02 or later,
A.05.03)..................................................................................................................................................96
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx)
Environment.........................................................................................................................................98
Update-UX Primer...........................................................................................................................98
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX.............................................................................................99
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.........................................................................................99
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor............................................100
The Update Process: Goal..............................................................................................................100
The Update Process: Step by Step..................................................................................................100
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.05.xx............................................................................................105
General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)....................................................105
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx............................................................................................105
The Steps........................................................................................................................................106
Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05...........................................................................................108
The vPars A.03.05 Update Process.................................................................................................109
Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx ........................................................................110
Applying a vPars Sub-System Patch...................................................................................................111
Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset.......................................................112
Hardware Path Changes................................................................................................................112
vPars Database Changes................................................................................................................112
Hardware Path Tables....................................................................................................................112
Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset........................................................114
Hardware Path Changes................................................................................................................114
vPars Database Changes................................................................................................................114
Hardware Path Tables....................................................................................................................114
Upgrading Backplanes from PCI to PCI-X ........................................................................................116
Updates Involving VPARSBASE.........................................................................................................116
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC......................................................................................116
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity......................................................................................118
Installing vPars with Software Distributor ........................................................................................120
Removing the vPars Product..............................................................................................................121
From a Single Virtual Partition......................................................................................................121
From the Entire System.................................................................................................................121
5 vPars Monitor and Shell Commands.......................................................................123
Notes on Examples in this Chapter.....................................................................................................124
Syntax of Example Commands......................................................................................................124
Example Server..............................................................................................................................124
Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity Only)............................................124
Modes.............................................................................................................................................124
Commands to Set the Mode..........................................................................................................125
Differences Between vparconfig and parconfig..............................................................126
Usage Scenarios.............................................................................................................................126
EFI Boot Disk Paths, including Disk Mirrors, and vparefiutil (Integrity Only)..........................128
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