HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.07) (5900-1229, September 2010)

Example:
keira1# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
2. Record the current autoboot and autosearch settings of all the virtual partitions. The update
process sets autoboot to manual, so you will need to restore these settings later.
To find the current settings, use vparstatus.
Example:
keira1 # vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
keira1 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira2 Up Dyn,Manl,Nsr /stand/vmunix
keira3 Up Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix
3. Install the latest Update-UX bundle onto each virtual partition (use Ctrl-A to switch between
consoles).
Note that this does not update the operating system, only the Update-UX bundle.
Example:
keira1 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira2 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
keira3 # swinstall -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD Update-UX
4. For each virtual partition, except the first virtual partition, use Update-UX to install the latest
OE and vPars bundle. These updates can occur in parallel, although this is not required.
Although you can update all the virtual partitions, including the first virtual partition, in
parallel, by leaving the first virtual partition up until all the updates for the other virtual
partitions are complete, it allows you to use the first virtual partition to verify the processing
and status of the other virtual partitions.
Example:
keira2 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
keira3 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
NOTE: Be sure that both the OE and vPars bundles are specified on the update-ux command
line.
When using Update-UX to update vPars, you must update in this manner, in which case
you are updating both the OS and vPars version with the same command line.
5. After the all updates for the above virtual partitions have completed, use Update-UX to
install the latest OE and vPars bundle to the first virtual partition.
Use the update-ux command.
Example:
keira1 # update-ux -s depot1:/release/1131/HPUX11i-OE-Ent.DVD HPUX11i-OE-Ent T1335CC
Although you can do all the updates in parallel, you need to make sure that all of the other
virtual partition updates have successfully performed the updating to the point of halting.
In the next step, the entire nPartition will be rebooted; if the other virtual partitions are still
in progress of updating, the OS instances may be in an unknown state.
82 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars