vPar Ignite on new disk (vparboot -I & vPar Ingite ITRC cookbook-- Gone!!!)

[Kevin_31]

I had it bookmarked at
http://europe-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=3694372e111174ed45/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000058095231

but now it's bouncing me out-a-there. Must have been removed. Anyone know where I can find a replacement, equivalent, etc.

I'm trying to boot a newly created vPartition
directy to an ignite image. The man page for vparboot shows that:

vparboot -p vp3 -I x.x.x.x,/opt/ignite/boot/WINSTALL

(where x.x.x.x is our ip address of the server with the WINSTALL/Ignite on it)

should work, and I think the reason it isn't is because my Ignite server is an old D-class server and I'm trying to boot an N4000-44 from it. I'm guessing that if I setup ignite on an N (or even L) class server then this command might work.

# vparboot -p vp3 -I x.x.x.y,/opt/ignite/boot/WINSTALL
vparboot: Booting vp3. Please wait...

(where x.x.x.y is ip address of my D-class ignite server)

or I copied the WINSTALL file to an L300 (same architecture as an N) I get:

# vparboot -p vp3 -I x.x.x.x,/var/WINSTALL
vparboot: Booting vp3. Please wait...
#
but on the VPMON console I get:
MON> Kernel file is not relocatable for vp3
File address is 0x0000000000020000 and memory address is 0x0000000004000000
Failed to load ram()INSTALL

Any suggestions please?

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[harry d brown jr]

Kevin

What does your vPar database look like?

Also, have a look at:

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSearchResults


live free or die
harry

[Sandip Ghosh]

Kevin,

You can have a look over here.

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/T1335-90001.pdf

Sandip

[Ajay Sishodia]

Kevin,

From the manual,

If you are using Ignite/UX for installing or recovering virtual partitions,
in addition to adding the vPars bundles to your Ignite server, you need to
replace the existing /opt/ignite/boot/WINSTALL file with the vPars
WINSTALL file using the WINSTALL_script. (The WINSTALL file is a
bootable kernel file).
Also, you must be running Ignite/UX version B.3.4.115 or higher.


??? From the vPars web site:
Go to http://www.software.hp.com
Select Enhancement Releases
Select HP-UX Virtual Partitions
Follow the instructions on the web page for obtaining the files
WINSTALL and WINSTALL_script.

HTH
Ajay

[Kevin_31]

Ahaa, new WINSTALL kernel in Ignite for vPar. I can believe that, but there are some outdated links or some'pin:

"For important information about obtaining the correct Ignite-UX install kernel, see the 02/13/02 Important Update re: HP-UX Virtual Partitions" links to http://software.hp.com/HPUX-RDMP/

"Follow the instructions on the web page for obtaining the files
WINSTALL and WINSTALL_script." Is this in the Ignite download? I've already got B.3.5.89.
I've searched all over itrc for "WINSTALL.shar.gz" but got nothing back.
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By the way, do you guys have account/access to boththe us itrc site and others? I've got my account on the uk one, and whenever I try to follow a link which is on the US one (like Harry's above at

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSearchResults

I get "Your User ID and Password are not found at this IT Resource Center site. Please check and re-enter your User ID and Password. Also, be sure you are using the site where you registered: European support customers should have registered at the European site, and Americas/Asia-Pacific support customers should have registered at the Americas/Asia-Pacific site.
If you do not have a User ID and Password for the IT Resource Center, please register.
(Error 131)"

Reading this I don't think I need to create another account on the US site (if I do it'll ask me my country and redirect me to the UK anyway) but I'm missing out on some info with this error.

[Paul McCleary]

Hi,

The winstall and the winstall_script files are both on the vPars software CD in the root of the directory so you should have no problem getting them.

Hope this helps, Paul