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

• After creating the mirror disk, set the mirror disk as alternate path using setboot.
# setboot -a mirror_disk_hw_path
• Execute the vparefiutil command on the new disk.
# vparefiutil -u [-H mirror_disk_hw_path]
• Booting from a recently added boot disk.
Problem:
If you add a boot disk at a known hardware path, it may not be possible to immediately boot
from this new disk.
Solution:
• If the EFI signature of the disk is known, the vparload -E command can be used to
boot from the disk.
vPars Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor
To boot the vPars Monitor, from ISL or EFI, specify /stand/vpmon:
— PA-RISC:
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
— Integrity:
Shell> fs0:
fs0:\> hpux
HPUX> boot vpmon
NOTE: You must be in vPars mode to boot the vPars Monitor. See “Modes: Switching between
nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity Only)” (page 120). Also, backspace is sometimes not parsed
correctly; if the command fails, try again without backspacing.
With no arguments to vpmon, the vPars Monitor will load and go into interactive mode with the
following prompt:
MON>
The following options are available when booting the vPars Monitor:
boots all virtual partitions that have the autoboot attribute set. For more information, see
vparmodify(1M).
-a
boots the virtual partitions using an alternate partition database file. For more information,
see “Using an Alternate Partition Database File ” (page 162). The default partition database
file is /stand/vpdb.
-D database_filename
For more information on the vPars boot sequence, see “Boot Sequence” (page 29).
vPars Monitor: Accessing the vPars Monitor Prompt
You can reach the vPars Monitor prompt in the following ways:
• From the ISL or EFI prompt, you can boot the vPars Monitor into interactive mode (see “vPars
Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor” (page 127)).
• After shutting down all virtual partitions, you will arrive at the vPars Monitor prompt on the
console (see “Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor)”
(page 149)).
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