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

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

Upgrading Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset (Integrity)

Chapter 4

Upgrading Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset (Integrity)

You can upgrade the following Integrity servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 chipsets:

• rx7620 to rx7640

• rx8620 to rx8640

• Integrity Superdome

For the upgrade process steps, please see the hardware upgrade documentation for your server. You can also

view the LVM/VxVM and vPars sx2000 Upgrade document available at the web site below:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.html#Virtual%20Partitions

CAUTION Upgrade Notes

• vPars A.04.02 or later is required for vPars systems running the sx2000 chipset.

• PHKL_34088 is also required for vPars systems running the sx2000 chipset.

• The physical hardware upgrade from the rx7620 to rx7640 requires a cold-install of the OS

and therefore of vPars as well.

• Please be aware that instead of performing the upgrades for vPars, LVM etc., you also have

the option of performing a cold-install on the post-upgrade hardware as if they were new

systems with no previous installations.

Hardware Path Changes

The upgrade changes the hardware paths. For the new hardware paths as well as the hardware upgrade

process, see the upgrade manual for your server. For reference, the changes are noted in the tables at the end

of this section:

• “rx7620 to rx7640 Hardware Path Changes” on page 87

• “rx8620 to rx8640 Hardware Path Changes” on page 87

• “Integrity Superdome Hardware Path Changes (x=cell)” on page 88.

vPars Database Changes

For the hardware upgrade process, follow the process documented in the hardware upgrade manual. As part

of the process, you will need to perform the following changes to the vPars database (vpdb) in nPars mode. For

more information on nPars mode, see “Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity only)” on

page 95.

• updating hardware paths that are assigned to any virtual partitions using vparmodify:

Examples:

— To add a new boot path:

# vparmodify -p

vpar_name

-a io:

new_path

:boot

— To delete an old boot path:

# vparmodify -p

vpar_name

-d io:

old_path

:boot

—To add a new LBA:

# vparmodify -p

vpar_name

-a io:

new_path