changing vpmon Boot disks path

[Deepak Seth_1]

i booted the rx7640 in npar mode , and issue the following commands
- parstatus -p0 -V - to verify the current path
[Partition]
Partition Number : 0
Partition Name : Partition 0
Status : Active
IP Address :
Primary Boot Path : 1/0/0/3/0.6.0
Alternate Boot Path : 1/0/1/1/0/6/1
HA Alternate Boot Path : 1/0/1/1/0/6/0
--- Made the Change--
(herhxp01 root):/> parmodify -p0 -b 0/0/8/1/0.8.0
(herhxp01 root):/> parstatus -p0 -V
[Partition]
Partition Number : 0
Partition Name : Partition 0
Status : Active
IP Address :
Primary Boot Path : 0/0/8/1/0.8.0
--- boot system in vpar mode---
it is still showing the older path

(herhxp01 root):/> vparstatus -m
Console path: No path as console is virtual
Monitor boot disk path: 1.0.0.3.0.6.0
Monitor boot filename: /stand/vpmon
Database filename: /stand/vpdb

why it is not changed . I need to change to do an upgrade to my vpar which will hpux 11.31 and therefore change the vpmon boot disk poiting to vPars A.05.xx bundle.

please help.

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

I would use "setboot" in nPar mode or simply point to the disk you want in EFI (fsx:) and start the boot loader manually.

Running

# ioscan -fneCdisk

will help you to find the disk in EFI.

[Deepak Seth_1]

thanks.
what is meant by starting the boot loader manually. Also why parmodify didn't worked.

[Torsten.]

I never did this with parmodify, so I cannot tell.

Manually means, go to EFI shell, select the right disk (e.g. fs0:), go to efi/hpux and run hpux.efi - the boot loader.

You can let it run from there if the AUTO string is set to boot vpmon or stop the loader and force the system to boot vpmon.