HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

has the value of only nPars. parconfig does not allow you to set the mode to vParsmode
-n means no interactive prompts
NOTE: HP recommends using vparconfig instead of parconfig whenever possible;
information on parconfig is provided here as additional information or when vparconfig
is not present on the disk. vparconfig is installed only on the boot disks of the virtual
partitions when vPars is installed. If the boot disks are removed or you switch boot disks, you
may need to use parconfig.
Example
To set the nPartition into nPars mode and reboot the nPartition:
1. First, set the mode:
Shell> parconfig nPars -n
2. Then, you can reboot the nPartition from either the EFI shell using the reset option:
Shell> parconfig reset
Differences Between vparconfig and parconfig
Table 25 vparconfig versus parconfig
parconfigvparconfig
parconfig is a built-in EFI shell command, so
you can execute parconfig from the EFI shell.
vparconfig is not a built-in EFI shell
command, so you must execute vparconfig
from the disk.
EFI shell:
parconfig modevparconfig reboot modesyntax:
parconfig does not automatically reboot the
nPartition. You must manually reboot the
nPartition.
vparconfig automatically reboots the
nPartition after you set the mode.
nPartition reboot:
Usage Scenarios
• If you are running HP-UX in nPars mode (standalone), use the following vPars command to
switch to vPars mode:
OS-Prompt> vparenv -m vPars
1
OS-Prompt> reboot
1
Sets the mode for the next nPartition reboot for the system to boot into vPars mode.
• If you are at the vPars Monitor prompt, use the following vPars Monitor command to switch
to nPars mode:
MON> reboot nPars
The reboot nPars command sets the mode and reboots the system.
• If you are at EFI shell prompt, use the following EFI utility to switch to either nPars or vPars
mode:
Shell> fsN:
fsN:\> vparconfig reboot mode
Since vparconfig is not a built-in EFI shell command, you must go to the disk to execute
vparconfig. For example, to switch to vPars mode:
Shell> fs0:
1
fs0:\> vparconfig reboot vPars
2
1
Access the EFI partition of the disk.
126 vPars Monitor and Shell Commands