Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.01)

Monitor and Shell Commands

Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity only)

Chapter 5

• On an Integrity system which has vPars software installed but does not have the correct

firmware version installed, you will see the following behavior depending upon the mode of

operation:

— If the current mode is nPars, booting vmunix works as expected. Booting vpmon exits

with an unsupported environment message.

— If the current mode is changed to vPars using vparenv or vparconfig, the hpux loader

does not allow boot of either the vpmon or vmunix. In this case, you should use

vparconfig to change mode back to nPars and reboot the system. You should then

install the required firmware. See the HP-UX Virtual Partition Ordering and

Configuration Guide for information on the required firmware.