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

Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars

Updating from vPars A.02.xx or A.03.xx to A.03.xx (PA-RISC only)

Chapter 4

Updating from vPars A.02.xx or A.03.xx to A.03.xx (PA-RISC only)

To update from an earlier vPars A.02.xx or A.03.xx version to the latest vPars A.03.xx version, perform the

following:

Step 1. Save a copy of the vPars database in case you need to revert back to the earlier version of vPars or

you need to restore the database.

Step 2. Shut down all the virtual partitions.

Step 3. Reboot the server into standalone mode. This consists of the following:

1. At the MON> prompt, type reboot

2. If needed, interrupt the boot sequence at the BCH> and boot /stand/vmunix instead of

/stand/vpmon. For example:

BCH> bo pri

interact with IPL? y

ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix

Step 4. Install the new vPars bundle using swinstall. For the appropriate bundle name, see “Bundle

Names” on page 62.

Step 5. Reboot the system:

# shutdown -r

Step 6. Boot the vPars Monitor and the virtual partitions from the disk where you installed the vPars

bundle. For example, if we had installed the bundle to the disk at the primary path:

BCH> bo pri

interact with IPL? y

ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon -a

If you have configured your AUTO file in the LIF area to boot the Monitor and virtual partitions

automatically, then this step will be performed automatically. For more information, see

“Boot||Shut: Autoboot” on page 143.

Step 7. On each virtual partition, repeat Step 4 to install the new vPars bundle on each boot disk of each

virtual partition (you do not need to reboot the hard partition). Because the boot disk used to boot

in standalone mode in Step 3 already has the new vPars bundle (this was installed during Step 4),

you can exclude this step for the boot disk at the primary path.

You must install the new vPars bundle on each virtual partition before putting the virtual partitions

back into production. Running a mix of older and newer vPars versions within a group of virtual

partitions is not supported.