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

Monitor the installation progress until the virtual partitions halt.
To monitor the log files, first login to the virtual partition being updated (for
example, use telnet) and then use the tail -f command to view the current
installation status being written to the /var/adm/sw/swagent.log file or
swinstall.log file.
12. Make sure that all virtual partition updates have successfully completed to the point of
halting, then reboot the nPartition.
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.
13. Load the vPars Monitor.
The need to do this depends upon how your nPartition’s autoboot configuration is set up
(that is, whether /stand/vmunix or /stand/vpmon is loaded by default).
BCH> bo pri
interact with IPL: y
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
14. Boot the virtual partitions.
MON> vparload -all
When the virtual partitions are booted, they will continue and complete their update processes
(the virtual partitions can be booted 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.
15. Turn autoboot and autosearch settings back to their original settings that you recorded
previously.
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure1 -B auto
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure1 -B nosearch
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure2 -B manual
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure2 -B nosearch
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure3 -B auto
azure1 # vparmodify -p azure3 -B nosearch
16. Verify the virtual partition configurations.
To confirm the state of the system you can use various commands (vparstatus, bdf,
lvlnboot, swverify) and log files (/var/adm/sw/swagent.log or swinstall.log).
The virtual partitions should now be running the latest vPars version. To verify this, you
can login to each virtual partition and use the vparstatus command with the -P option.
azure1# vparstatus -P
Current Virtual Partition Version: A.04.05
Monitor Version: A.04.05
[Virtual Partition OS Version]
Virtual Partition Name OS Version State
============================ ========== =====
azure1 B.11.23 Up
azure2 B.11.11 Up
azure3 B.11.23 Up
azure2# vparstatus -P
Current Virtual Partition Version: A.03.05
Monitor Version: A.04.05
[Virtual Partition OS Version]
Virtual Partition Name OS Version State
============================ ========== =====
96 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars