bring up vpars

[IT_2007]

I have 4 vpars running and how do I set priority to bring them up?

Like vpar1 - first
vpar2- second
vpar4 - third
vpar3 - last

[Torsten.]

If you configure autostart, all vpars will boot at the same time (simultaneous).

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

One *very* important thing to keep in mind with vPars is that you don't use the "standard" startup command like hpux -lq /stand/vmunix.
You *must* use the following to start the vPars:

hpux -lq /stand/vpmon -a

HTH,
Jeff

[V.Manoharan]

Hi Srini,
To Boot the vpar1 first when the server is powered on, mention the hadware path of Vpar1 bootdisk as primary path in the BCH. Then you can write a script in the vapr1 server to start vpar2,vpar4 & vpar3.

setboot can't be used to set as primary boot since setboot command on vpar systems will not read/write on the stable storage. So any settign to be done need to be configured in the BCH.

Regards
Mano

[IT_2007]

Jeff,

I know that bootstring has to setup like "hpux -lq /stand/vpmon -a" to bring up vpars automatically. But I want to bring up vpar1 first then remaining ones should come up.

[Torsten.]

From the manual:

"At the ISL prompt, boot the Monitor and the first virtual partition.
Example:
ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon vparload -p winona1
"

(you can use this as autoboot string)


Use "vparboot" to start the other vpars from your running OS (even as script).

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

OK, then you should *only* setup vPar1 to auto boot and then on vPar1 setup a startup script linked from /sbin/rc3.d to /sbin/init.d that goes something like...

for i in 2 4 3
do
/usr/sbin/vparboot -p vpar$i
sleep 60 #or whatever time you want/need
done

You get the idea.

HTH,
Jeff

[IT_2007]

Jeff,

That's what exactly I thought.

Thanks,
Srini

[IT_2007]

got idea.