how to convert vpars to a npar, and retaining evrerything on vpar2

[Hanry Zhou]

I have 3 vpars on the npar, and now I want to conver them to a npar, also inherit everything on vpar2.

What steps I should implement? Thanks in advance!

[melvyn burnard]

change the autoboot string ion th evpar 2 boot disks to tell it to boot from /stand/vmunix instead of /stand/vpmon
and change the primary boot path in the server firmware (at BCH for PA RISC, EFI for Integrity, remember ing to set the boot environment on an Integrity server)

[Alzhy · Accepted solution]

Really simple mi amigo:

1. Shutdown all 3 vPars
2. Once on vpmon MON> prompt, "reboot"
3. Once on EFI or BCH prompts, boot vPar 2's BOOT PATH
4. Respond Y to ISL interaction (jus in case vPar2's boot disk is the nPar vPmon launcher) - and boot normally ISL> hpux /stand/vmunix
5. vPar2's boot environment will now be booted up as an nPar using all tghe nPars resources - memory, cpus, HBAs, etc, etc.


That is it. And this pretty much illustrates the flexibility of vPars/nPars... the vPar environments vPar1 and vPar3 is still maintained and dormant. With vPar2's boot path booted - the vPar software is just simply not active but is still installed.