HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.05 and A.04.05)

Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx
and A.05.xx) Environment
This section describes how to update an existing A.04.xx vPars environment to a mixed HP-UX
11i v2/v3 vPars environment; a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment contains both vPars
A.04.xx/11.23 and A.05.xx/11.31 virtual partitions in the same nPartition.For information on using
a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, see “Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments
in vPars A.05.xx” (page 62). For information on the typical time needed to update the OS version,
see the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide.
For information on vPars and OS versions, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and
Configuration Guide.
CAUTION: In a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, the vPars A.04.xx virtual partitions
must be running vPars A.04.02 or later.
CAUTION:
Designated-Admin Feature and mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments Within a mixed
HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, only the virtual partitions containing vPars A.05.01 can
modify other virtual partitions via the vparmodify command, and only virtual partitions
containing vPars A.05.01 can vparcreate and vparremove other virtual partitions. If you use
the designated-admin feature and configure only virtual partitions containing vPars A.04.02 as
designated-admin virtual partitions, no virtual partitions will be able to modify other virtual
partitions.
For information on using a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, see “Mixed HP-UX 11i
v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx” (page 62).
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 any of the following:
• “Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC” (page 111)
• “Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity” (page 113)
• “Installing vPars with Software Distributor ” (page 115)
Update-UX Primer
The advantages of using Update-UX 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,
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