HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)

Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars
Removing the vPars Product
Chapter 4
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Removing the vPars Product
From a Single Virtual Partition
To remove the vPars product, execute the swremove command from the target virtual partition. For example,
to remove the vPars product from the partition winona3:
winona3# /usr/sbin/swremove -x autoreboot=true VirtualPartition
The product will be removed, and the virtual partition will be shut down. Because the vPars-specific kernel
modifications have been removed, the OS instance cannot be booted again as a virtual partition. However, the
OS instance can be booted into standalone mode.
If you are at the console of winona3, use Ctrl-A to toggle to another virtual partition.
NOTE When the vPars product is removed, the contents of the AUTO file in the LIF area will be set to
the default hpux (where /stand/vmunix is the default argument). This is true even if you have
previously modified the AUTO file to contain hpux /stand/vpmon. This replacement occurs on
the boot devices associated with the target virtual partition, including the devices listed in
/stand/bootconf and the primary and alternate paths of the target virtual partition. See
bootconf (4) for more information on the file /stand/bootconf.
CAUTION Remove the vPars product only at the product level (VirtualPartition). Do NOT remove the
vPars product at the bundle level (T1335AC or VPARSBASE). Recommended kernel patches
are included in the vPars bundle; if the bundle is removed, these kernel patches will also be
removed. For more information on bundles and patches, see the "Patch Management Guide for
HP-UX 11.x" at http://docs.hp.com.
From the Entire System
1. Remove the vPars product from each virtual partition one by one.
2. After you have removed vPars from the last virtual partition, you will be at the Monitor prompt. At this
point, you can type REBOOT to reboot the system.
MON> reboot
NOTE On Integrity systems, you will also need to change the mode from vPars to nPars in order to be
able to boot in nPars (standalone) mode.
To uninstall VPARMGR or other vPars-related bundles, see “Installing and Removing
vPars-related Bundles” on page 77.