Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.02)

How vPars and its Components Work
Boot Sequence
Chapter 2
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The Monitor loads the partition database (the default is /stand/vpdb) from the same disk that
/stand/vpmon was booted. The Monitor internally creates (but does not boot) each virtual partition according
to the resource assignments in the partition database.
Next, the vPars Monitor runs in interactive mode (when no options to /stand/vpmon are given) with a
command line interface.
MON>
To boot a kernel in a virtual partition (that is, to launch a virtual partition), use the Monitor command
vparload. For example, to launch the virtual partition named uma1:
MON> vparload -p uma1
In this example, the vPars Monitor would load the virtual partition uma1 and launch the kernel from the boot
device specified for uma1. (The boot device is assigned when the virtual partition is created and is recorded in
the Monitor database.)
HP-UX is now booted on the virtual partition uma1.
Once a virtual partition is running, you will be at the virtual console of a virtual partition. Subsequent virtual
partitions can be booted using the vPars command vparboot at the HP-UX shell prompt of uma1.
For more information on the HP-UX boot process, see the following manpages:
boot (1M)
efi (4)
hpux (1M)
hpux.efi (1M)
isl (1M)
pdc (1M)
setboot (1M)
For more information on how to boot a virtual partition, see “Boot||Shut: Booting a Virtual Partition” on
page 132.