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

Planning Your Virtual Partitions and Installing vPars
Removing the vPars Product
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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.