Appendix E Moving from a Standalone to vPars

A standalone system running a single instance of HP-UX can be further divided into multiple virtual partitions. This section provides a brief overview of the process for moving from a standalone system environment to a virtual partitions environment.

Converting a standalone system to a virtual partitions environment divides system resources among the virtual partitions and enables the system to run multiple instances of HP-UX. Each virtual partition is assigned a subset of the system resources (processing cores, memory, and I/O) and runs its own instance of HP-UX. For an understanding of system partitioning using vPars see Chapter 2: “How vPars and Its Components Work ”.

Use the following information to plan and implement your move from a standalone environment to a virtual partitions environment:

Plan what system resources are to be assigned to each virtual partition and plan each virtual partition’s features (such as its name, autoboot setting, HP-UX version, and vPars version).
For details see Chapter 3: “Planning Your System for Virtual Partitions”.
Install the appropriate HP-UX and vPars software release for each virtual partition.
For details see Chapter 4: “Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars”.

Appendix E Moving from a Standalone to vPars

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