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

Monitor and Shell Commands

Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity only)

Chapter 5

2. Set the mode to vPars so that you can boot the nPartition into the vPars environment.

# vparenv -m vPars

3. Reboot the nPartition into the vPars environment and load the first virtual partition.

4. From the first virtual partition, use vparboot -I to install the OE and vPars software onto the

remaining boot disks of the remaining virtual partitions.

For detailed steps on how to do the installation, see “Installing vPars Using Ignite-UX (Integrity)” on

page 76.

• Suppose you have booted to the Monitor prompt but are unable to load the any vPars databases. You can

boot the system into nPars (standalone) mode and attempt to look into the database without the Monitor

running. To do this:

1. Set the mode to nPars and reboot the nPartition:

MON> reboot nPars

2. During the nPartition bootup process, boot into standalone mode by booting the vmunix kernel

instead of the vPars Monitor:

Shell> fs0:

fs0:\> hpux.efi /stand/vmunix

# vparstatus -v -D /stand/vpdb

CAUTION

• When you set the mode to vPars for the first time on a system, you must use vparenv.

When a vPars database does not exist on a system, first boot into nPars (standalone) mode,

create the vPars database, and then use vparenv -m vPars to switch the mode to vPars.

If vparconfig reboot vPars is used and vparenv -m vPars has not previously been

executed on the system, it may not be possible to boot vPars.

• Changing the mode to vPars should be performed using vparenv instead of vparconfig

whenever possible.

NOTE

• When the system is at the EFI shell prompt in vPars mode, you can use either one of the

following commands to reset the nPartition:

— EFI_Shell> parconfig reset

— EFI_Shell> fsx:

fsx> vparconfig reboot vPars

The standard EFI Shell command reset should not be used to reset the system or

nPartition when it is in vPars mode.

• If the desired mode is not set, you will not be able to boot into that mode. For example, you

will not be able to boot the vPars Monitor (/stand/vpmon) when you are in nPars mode.

Likewise, you will not be able to boot into standalone mode when you are in vPars mode.