HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.07) (5900-1229, September 2010)

Ignite-UX Cookbook........................................................................................................................77
Ignite-UX, the LAN, the LAN card, and vparboot -I......................................................................78
PA-RISC...........................................................................................................................................78
Integrity...........................................................................................................................................79
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx..............................................................................................80
Update-UX Preparation Steps.........................................................................................................80
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX.............................................................................................81
The Update Process: Goal................................................................................................................81
The Update Process.........................................................................................................................81
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05)
Environment.........................................................................................................................................85
Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process.............................86
Update-UX Primer...........................................................................................................................89
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX.............................................................................................89
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.........................................................................................90
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.04.xx Monitor..............................................90
The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step Details........91
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)..................................................................................................................................................98
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx)
Environment........................................................................................................................................100
Update-UX Primer.........................................................................................................................100
OE Bundle Names for Update-UX...........................................................................................101
vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX.......................................................................................101
Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor............................................102
The Update Process: Goal..............................................................................................................102
The Update Process: Step by Step..................................................................................................103
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.05.xx............................................................................................107
General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)....................................................107
Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx............................................................................................107
The Steps........................................................................................................................................108
Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05...........................................................................................110
The vPars A.03.05 Update Process.................................................................................................111
Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx ........................................................................112
Applying a vPars Sub-System Patch...................................................................................................113
Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset.......................................................114
Hardware Path Changes................................................................................................................114
vPars Database Changes................................................................................................................114
Hardware Path Tables....................................................................................................................114
Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset........................................................116
Hardware Path Changes................................................................................................................116
vPars Database Changes................................................................................................................116
Hardware Path Tables....................................................................................................................116
Upgrading Backplanes from PCI to PCI-X ........................................................................................118
Updates Involving VPARSBASE.........................................................................................................118
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC......................................................................................118
Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity......................................................................................120
Installing vPars with Software Distributor ........................................................................................122
Removing the vPars Product..............................................................................................................123
From a Single Virtual Partition......................................................................................................123
From the Entire System.................................................................................................................124
5 vPars Monitor and Shell Commands.......................................................................125
Notes on Examples in this Chapter.....................................................................................................126
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