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

Monitor and Shell Commands
Using an Alternate Partition Database File
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2. Shutdown all the virtual partitions and reboot the server:
winona3# vparstatus ; shutdown -hy 0
winona2# vparstatus ; shutdown -hy 0
winona1# vparstatus ; shutdown -hy 0
MON> reboot
3. Interrupt the boot process and boot the monitor /stand/vpmon
specifying the -palternate partition database option and the
-aautoboot option:
BCH> bo pri
interact with IPL: y
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon -D /stand/vpdb.sim -a
The monitor boots, reads the partition database file
/stand/vpdb.sim, and copies the partition configuration
information into the monitor’s memory. The local copy of the
partition database is now /stand/vpdb.sim (the same filename as
what was read by the monitor at monitor boot time).
Because the local copy is now /stand/vpdb.sim, you do not need to
specify the -D /stand/vpdb.sim option when performing vPars
monitor commands. For example, to set the static attribute for the
partition winsim2, the command is:
winsim2# vparmodify -p winsim2 -S static
This change will be synchronized to the local copies of
/stand/vpdb.sim. (If /stand/vpdb.sim does not exist, as in this case
on winsim2, the file will be automatically created during
synchronization).
4. To return to using /stand/vpdb, do the same steps as above, except
on the ISL command line in Step 3 is:
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon -a
By default, the file /stand/vpdb is read as the partition database
file.
When working with an alternate partition database file using -D
filename , please note the following: