Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.02.01)

How vPars Works
Boot Sequence
Chapter 240
However, in a server with vPars, at the ISL prompt, the secondary
system loader hpux loads the vPars monitor /stand/vpmon:
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
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 szilva1:
MON> vparload -p szilva1
In this example, the vPars monitor would load the virtual partition
szilva1 and launch the kernel from the boot device specified for szilva1.
(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 szilva1.
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 UNIX shell prompt of szilva1.
For more information on the HP-UX boot process, see the following
manpages:
boot (1M)
hpux (1M)
isl (1M)
pdc (1M)
setboot (1M)
For more information on how to boot a virtual partition, see “Booting a
Virtual Partition” on page 112.