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

NOTE: If the BOOT and ALTBOOT disks are a mirrored pair, updating is not required on
the ALTBOOT disk. Otherwise, if you wish to have the alternate boot disk up dated, after
updating the OS on the primary boot path disk, boot the virtual partitions from the alternate
path boot disk and repeat the update-ux procedure. For example, if keira2 has an alternate
boot disk that is not a mirror of the primary boot disk, and you wish to update the OS on
the alternate boot disk, boot keira2 from the alternate boot path using:
MON> vparload -p keira2 -B ALT
and repeat the update-ux procedure:
keira2# update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
6. Reboot the nPartition to ISL> or EFI.
Use the reboot command from the vPars Monitor.
Example:
MON> reboot
NOTE: At this point, you need to reboot the nPartition from the MON> prompt, not just
the virtual partition. By rebooting the nPartition, you can load the new vPars Monitor in the
next step.
7. If needed (depending upon how your nPartition’s autoboot configuration is set up), interrupt
the nPartition boot process and load the vPars Monitor.
The command sequences for loading the vPars Monitor differ on the BCH (on PA-RISC)
and EFI Shell (on HP Integrity) interfaces.
Example for PA-RISC:
BCH> bo pri
interact with IPL: y
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
Example for Integrity:
Shell> fs0:
fs0:\> hpux
HPUX> boot vpmon
8. Boot the virtual partitions.
Use the vparload -all vPars Monitor command.
Example:
MON> vparload -all
When the virtual partitions are booted, they will continue and complete their update processes
(the virtual partitions can be booed in any order). After this is completed, you should arrive
at the login: prompt for each virtual partition. Login as root and continue to the next step.
9. Turn autoboot and autosearch settings back to their original settings that you recorded
earlier above.
Use the vparmodify command.
Example:
keira1 # vparmodify -p keira1 -B auto
keira1 # vparmodify -p keira1 -B nosearch
keira1 # vparmodify -p keira2 -B manual
keira1 # vparmodify -p keira2 -B nosearch
Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx 83