HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)
Monitor and Shell Commands
Monitor: Using Monitor Commands
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For example, to change the partition database information so that winona2 always boots using
/stand/vmunix.other:
# vparmodify -p winona2 -b /stand/vmunix.other
See the vparmodify (1M) manpage for more information on modifying the partition database.
(vPars A.04.01) For 11i v2 (11.23) systems, alternate kernels are in the directory
/stand/alternate_config/.
Also, when a virtual partition is booted, there may be a pause in the console output. For more
information, see “Booting a Virtual Partition” on page 159.
Finally, when there is a pending reboot for reconfiguration for the involved nPartition, the target
virtual partitions will not be booted until all the virtual partitions within the nPartition have been
shut down and the vPars Monitor rebooted. For more information see “Shutting Down or Rebooting
the nPartition (OR Rebooting the vPars Monitor)” on page 162.
• bootpath
displays the device from which the vPars Monitor (/stand/vpmon) was booted
Example:
MON>bootpath
disk(0.0.2.0.6.0)
• reboot [
mode
]
reboots the entire hard partition. Other hard partitions are not affected.
mode sets the mode for the next reboot and has the value of either nPars or vPars. This is applicable on
only Integrity systems.
NOTE You should shut down each virtual partition (using the Unix shutdown command) prior to
executing the Monitor reboot command. A confirmation prompt is provided, but if you
accept confirmation of the reboot while any virtual partitions are running, the reboot
brings the running partitions down ungracefully. For more information, see “Shutting
Down or Rebooting the nPartition (OR Rebooting the vPars Monitor)” on page 162.
Displaying Information
• cat
filename
[openonly]
displays the contents of
filename
. When openonly is specified, this command only prints "open
succeeded" if the Monitor was able to open the
filename
. This command is similar to the Unix cat
command.
filename
must be a text file on an HFS file system.
/stand is the default directory
Example:
To display the file /stand/notes.txt
MON> cat notes.txt
10/13/2001: built new kernel today. if problems arise, revert to saved kernel
vmunix.original