vpar install and boot on RP8440

[Mahesh Babbar]

Dear all,

We are having RP8440 server installed with 2 vPars on single cell board.

I want to upgrade my 2nd vPar with make_net_recovery image of some other server.

We have followed following steps.

1/ Created make_net_recovery image of source server

2/ Copied this image on our Ignite server and created necessary config file and
modified entries in INDEX file.

The above 2 steps are working fine and we are able to restore from goldenimage.

3/ Now In order to boot 2nd vPar we also need to install vPar s/w on it.And we created a seprate depot and config file for its installation.

A/ We created the depot of T1335AC (vPar SW) using make_depot command
# make_depots -v -s /var/adm/crash/test -d /depot/HPUX/11.11v1/Apps/vPar

B/ We then created cfg file for this using make_config command
# make_config -s /depot/HPUX/11.11v1/Apps/vPar -c /depot/images/goldimage/vpar.cfg

C/ i have attached the vpar.cfg file

D/ We made changes in INDEX file adding vpar.cfg.

cfg "Golden Image for xxx server" {
description "Golden Image for xxx server"
"/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.11/config"
"/depot/images/goldimage/xxx.cfg"
"/depot/images/goldimage/vpar.cfg"
"/var/opt/ignite/config.local"
}

Now after following these steps we are facing following problems:

The vpar sw is not able to get installed nor giving error message after it has completed make_net_recovery of xxx server image.

And on reboot it gives error "kernel not relocatable"

[Torsten.]

"kernel not relocatable" always indicates that vPars software is not installed.

One of several workarounds (it is up to you):

- stop the first vPar.
- boot the second (new) in non-vPar mode
- install vPars software
- reboot in vPar mode

[Torsten.]

If you think about a downtime, you should consider to upgrade to vPars version 3.05 at the same time.

[Tim Nelson]

kernel not relocatable could also indicate a missing patch.

search patch database for your message.

[likid0]

as you say yo get the "kernel not relocatable" because "The vpar sw is not able to get installed".

if you look at the log in the ignite server of the recovery, when you get to the swinstall part, that your vpar software is being skipped because of dependencies,etc.

Take a close look or upload it so we can check

[likid0]

Just to add 1 thing:

Does the vpar software showup in the software tab of the ignite advance restore menu?

And if it does you choosing the vpar software, in the ignite restore menu?