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

6. For each virtual partition—except the first virtual partition—use Update-UX to install the latest
OE and vPars bundle, or use swinstall if only updating the vPars bundle.
7. After the previous updates complete, use Update-UX to install the latest OE and vPars bundle
to the first virtual partition, or use swinstall if only updating the vPars bundle.
8. Reboot the nPartition after making sure that all virtual partition updates have successfully
completed to the point of halting.
MON> reboot
9. Interrupt the nPartition boot process as needed and load the vPars Monitor.
BCH> bo pri
interact with IPL: y
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
10. Boot all virtual partitions.
MON> vparload -all
When the virtual partitions are booted, they will continue and complete their update processes.
After this is completed, you can access the login prompt for each virtual partition. Login as
root and continue to the next step.
11. Restore the virtual partition autoboot and autosearch settings to the original settings that you
previously recorded.
Use the vparmodify -p vpname -B setting command, where vpname is the virtual
partition name and setting is the autoboot or autosearch setting.
12. Verify the virtual partition configurations.
To verify the vPars versions, login to each virtual partition and use the vparstatus -P
command.
13. Verify the correct vPars Monitor has booted.
Use the vparstatus -m command to confirm the boot disk path of the vPars Monitor.
Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx
To update from an earlier vPars A.02.xx or A.03.xx version to the latest vPars A.03.xx version,
perform the following steps.
NOTE: If updating to the vPars A.03.05 release, use the “Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars
A.03.05” (page 105) procedure.
1. Save a copy of the vPars database in case you need to revert back to the earlier version of
vPars or you need to restore the database.
2. Shut down all the virtual partitions.
3. Reboot the server into standalone mode. This consists of the following:
1. At the MON> prompt, type reboot
2. If needed, interrupt the boot sequence at the BCH> prompt and boot /stand/vmunix
instead of /stand/vpmon. For example:
BCH> bo pri
interact with IPL? y
.
.
.
ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix
4. Install the new vPars bundle using swinstall. For the appropriate bundle name, see “Bundle
Names” (page 70).
106 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars