topic Re: Updating VPars in Operating System - HP-UX

Updating VPars

Ray Allen_1 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:06:16 GMT

Hi All,

I need to update VPars, but I'm not familiar with VPars, so I am not sure where to begin. We have 3 servers to update, S16K-A, rp7410, and rp8420.
When I run swlist -l fileset |grep -i vpars, I see several vpar patches,but nothing that looks like the actual VPars product.

How can I check to verify if VPars is installed/running on the server?

Where can I get the update?

Anyone know of a good document with step by step instructions for doing the update?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: Updating VPars

Marvin Strong — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:09:52 GMT

vparstatus will be the easiest to see if you are running vpars.

Re: Updating VPars

freddy_21 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:12:36 GMT

swlist -l bundle|grep -i virtual
T1335AC A.03.01.05 HP-UX Virtual Partitions

that's means the version is A.03.01.05

check running or not:
vparstatus -v

about step by step to configure VPAR, you can search at www.docs.hp.com

Re: Updating VPars

Pete Randall — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:13:55 GMT

Try vparstatus:

root# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
sire Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
dam Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix -lq

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
CPU Num Memory (MB)
CPU Bound/ IO # Ranges/
Virtual Partition Name Min/Max Unbound devs Total MB Total MB
============================== ================ ==== ====================
sire 1/ 4 1 0 4 0/ 0 1536
dam 3/ 4 3 0 14 0/ 0

This definitely indicates it's running!

Pete

Re: Updating VPars

Miguel Hernández — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:14:40 GMT

Hi Ray:

swlist |grep -i VirtualPartition

greetings.

Re: Updating VPars

john kingsley — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:21:20 GMT

Run "swlist -a revision -l fileset". If you have the VPars product installed, you should see:

VirtualPartition.VPAR-KRN
VirtualPartition.VPAR-MON2
VirtualPartition.VPAR-RUN

The commmand vparstatus will list the vpar nodes that are running.

VPars is not a free product. So, to get updates, you will need a support contract. But if you have support for vpars, you should be be receiving updates automatically.

The vpars installation guide provide a very detail instructions for updating Vpars.
HPUX 11iv1:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html#Virtual%20Partitions
HPUX 11iv2:
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#Virtual%20Partitions

Re: Updating VPars

Ray Allen_1 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:34:43 GMT

Thanks everybody for your help and quick responses.

Re: Updating VPars

Ray Allen_1 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:35:45 GMT

See above resonses.