Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.03.03)

How vPars and its Components Work

EFI and Integrity Notes

Chapter 2

Also, while running in vPars mode, the EFI device path of a boot device, specifically the Monitor boot

device, can be changed when the boot device is reformatted due to an installation (either cold or

Ignite-UX). The associated EFI boot path is updated to use the new EFI device path. However,

firmware-saved EFI boot path options are not updated. If the nPartition or Monitor is rebooted, the new

EFI boot path options are discarded and replaced with the previously saved EFI boot path options, which

contain now stale EFI device paths.

The EFI boot options can be updated manually by performing the following:

1. Switch to nPars mode via the vparenv or vparconfig command.

2. Reboot the nPartition to the EFI Boot Manager.

3. Select Boot Option Maintenance Menu.

4. Select Delete Boot Option(s).

5. Select HP-UX Primary Boot and then exit.

6. Select Exit to return to the EFI Boot Manager.

7. Select EFI Shell [Built-in].

8. Launch HP-UX from the EFI shell prompt:

Shell> fsN:

fsN:\> efi\hpux\hpux boot vmunix

9. Use the setboot command to set up the primary boot path with the desired boot device. This also sets

the HP-UX Primary Boot boot option with the latest EFI device path.

10. Use the vparenv command to switch to vPars mode

11. Reboot the nPartition.