Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05

This section describes the process for updating a vPars environment from earlier vPars A.03.xx releases to vPars A.03.05.




	NOTE: To update to vPars A.03.05, you must update HP-UX to the HP-UX 11.11 December 2006 release. The vPars A.03.05 vPars Monitor (`vpmon`) requires that all vPars be running vPars A.03.05. Earlier vPars releases are not supported by the vPars A.03.05 `vpmon`. If you are updating to vPars A.03.05, or configuring a mixed 11i v1/v2 vPars environment, you must install iCAP version 8.03 (B.11.11.08.03.00) on each HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition before updating to vPars A.03.05. This will also install the required versions of WBEM and NParProvider and necessary patches. Installing iCAP 8.03 onto an HP-UX 11i v1 system running versions of vPars prior to A.03.05 will exhibit an error message which can be ignored, and you can proceed with updating the vPars software. After the vPars installation (which includes halting every virtual partition and rebooting the nPartition to the new vPars Monitor), you must go to each HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition and run the command swconfig -v B9073BA to complete the iCAP installation.

The vPars A.03.05 Update Process

This section provides details and examples of the process for updating a vPars environment from earlier vPars A.03.xx releases to vPars A.03.05.

The following steps should be performed from the vPars console.

Make sure all virtual partitions are in an Up state.
Use vparstatus to list virtual partition states.
Record the current autoboot and autosearch settings of all virtual partitions.
Use the vparstatus command to list all virtual partitions and their attributes (for example, Auto for autoboot, Manl for manual boot).
Turn autoboot off for all virtual partitions.
Use the vparmodify -p vparname -B manual command, where vparname is the virtual partition name, to set each virtual partition to boot manually (disable autoboot).
If necessary, install the latest OS-applicable Update-UX bundle onto each virtual partition.
vPars A.03.05 requires the December 2006 HP-UX OE. If updating the HP-UX OE on each virtual partition, the latest Update-UX release for HP-UX 11i v1 also is required.
You must install iCAP v8.03 on all HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partitions that are updating to vPars A.03.05.
iCAP v8.03 must be installed before vPars A.03.05 is installed. For details see the HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x.
For each virtual partition—except the first virtual partition—use Update-UX to install the latest OE and vPars bundle, or use swinstall if only updating the vPars bundle.
After the previous updates complete, use Update-UX to install the latest OE and vPars bundle to the first virtual partition, or use swinstall if only updating the vPars bundle.
Reboot the nPartition after making sure that all virtual partition updates have successfully completed to the point of halting.
MON> reboot
Interrupt the nPartition boot process as needed and load the vPars Monitor.
BCH> bo pri interact with IPL: y ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon
Boot all virtual partitions.
MON> vparload -all
When the virtual partitions are booted, they will continue and complete their update processes. After this is completed, you can access the login prompt for each virtual partition. Login as root and continue to the next step.
Restore the virtual partition autoboot and autosearch settings to the original settings that you previously recorded.
Use the vparmodify -p vpname -B setting command, where vpname is the virtual partition name and setting is the autoboot or autosearch setting.
Verify the virtual partition configurations.
To verify the vPars versions, login to each virtual partition and use the vparstatus -P command.
Verify the correct vPars Monitor has booted.
Use the vparstatus -m command to confirm the boot disk path of the vPars Monitor.

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