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

Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
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keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
3. Install the latest Update-UX bundle onto each virtual partition (use Ctrl-A to switch between
consoles). Note that this does not update the operating system, only the Update-UX
bundle. Example:
keira1 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira2 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira3 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
4. For each virtual partition, except the first virtual partition, use Update-UX to install the latest
OE and vPars bundle. These updates can occur in parallel, although this is not
required. Although you can update all the virtual partitions, including the first virtual
partition, in parallel, by leaving the first virtual partition up until all the updates for the
other virtual partitions are complete, it allows you to use the first virtual partition to verify
the processing and status of the other virtual partitions.
Example:
keira2 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
keira3 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
NOTE: Be sure that both the OE and vPars bundles are specified on the update-ux command
line.
When using Update-UX to update vPars, you must update in this manner, in which case
you are updating both the OS and vPars version with the same command line.
5. After the all updates for the above virtual partitions have completed, use Update-UX to install
the latest OE and vPars bundle to the first virtual partition. Example:
keira1 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
Although you can do all the updates in parallel, you need to make sure that all of the other
virtual partition updates have successfully performed the updating to the point of halting.
In the next step, the entire nPartition will be rebooted; if the other virtual partitions are still
in progress of updating, the OS instances may be in an unknown state.
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. Example:
MON> reboot
78 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars