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

1. Make sure that all the virtual partitions are up. You can check this with
vparstatus. Example:
keira1# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
2. Record the current autoboot and autosearch settings of all the virtual partitions. The update
process sets autoboot to manual, so you will need to restore these settings later. To find the
current settings, use vparstatus. Example:
keira1 # vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
TIP: In our example, we are updating all the virtual partitions. However, if you have virtual
partitions that already meet the mixed/OS vPars requirements (vPars A.04.02 or later) and
are not updating those virtual partitions, you can skip the update steps for these partitions.
3. Install the latest and OS-applicable 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 where target OS will be 11.31:
keira1 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira3 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
Example where target OS will be 11.23:
keira2 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1123/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
4. Determine if you need to change the PRI boot path and perform accordingly: If the current
nPartition’s PRI boot path currently points to a virtual partition that will be updated to only
A.04.xx and not A.05.01, you will need to change the nPartition’s PRI boot path such that it
points to the boot disk of a virtual partition that will be updated to A.05.01. For more
information, see “Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor”
(page 95).
Example:
In our example, the first virtual partition keira1 is being updated to vPars A.05.01, so we
would not need to change the nPartition PRI boot path and can proceed to the next step.
However, if keira1 is being updated to only A.04.02, then we would need to change the
nPartition’s PRI boot path to the boot disk of a virtual partition that is being updated to
A.05.01. To do this, perform the following:
a. Find the nPartition partition number for the current nPartition:
96 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars