Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.02.01)

Monitor and Shell Commands

Autobooting the Monitor and All Virtual Partitions

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winona1# vparmodify -p winona1 -B auto

winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -B auto

winona1# vparmodify -p winona3 -B auto

NOTE For Superdome and other nPartition-able servers, you must use the boot

device path "path ﬂags" to set automatic booting past the BCH for a

nPartition. See the manual HP System Partitions Guide for more

information, including the proper conﬁguration of paths for a nPartition.

When booting multiple virtual partitions automatically, the sequence for

booting is not deterministic, and booting a sequence of virtual partitions

automatically is not supported. If booting a sequence is required, the

sequence of virtual partitions needs to be booted manually (one by one).

For more information on booting a virtual partition, see “Booting a

Virtual Partition” on page 112.

When booting multiple virtual partitions automatically, there is no way

to tell which virtual partition will be active with the console after the

partitions have booted.

All changes to stable storage can only be performed at the BCH> prompt.

See “System-wide stable storage and the setboot command” on page 29.

If you need to reboot the hard partition as part of the process to access

the BCH>, see “Shutting Down or Rebooting the Hard Partition (rebooting

the vPars monitor)” on page 120.

For information on accessing and using the BCH commands, please see

your hardware manual.