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Updating to HP-UX 11i v2
Creating an HP Service Partition
Chapter 6112
In Figure 6-2, only two partitions are displayed in the Primary Partition
Table list: Partition 1 (EFI) and Partition 2 (HP-UX). If the HP Service
Partition were already configured, you should see a third partition listed
as HPSP.
If you already have an HP Service Partition (your output looks similar to
Figure 6-3), you may skip the rest of this section and continue with, “The
Next Step” on page 115.
Before You Begin You will need to ensure that you have a minimum of 1 GB of disk space
that you can allocate for use by the EFI Boot Disk Partition and the new
HP Service Partition prior to beginning this procedure.
Make sure that you are familiar with the Ignite-UX make_tape_recovery
(1M) or make_net_recovery (4) commands before you start. You can also
find more information about Ignite-UX, including the latest
documentation, on the web:
http://software.hp.com/products/IUX
The following procedure will take you through creating and configuring a
new HP Service Partition.
Creating an HP Service Partition
Step 1. Determine which recovery method to use:
• make_tape_recovery generally provides faster recovery/restore
performance than make_net_recovery. However HP Integrity
servers do not support direct boot from tape devices. Consequently,
you will need to perform a “two-step media” recovery process. This
means that you will need a tape device with enough capacity to hold
the system archive, the HP-UX 11i v2 DVD media along with the
recovery tape to create the HP Service Partition and restore your
system.
• make_net_recovery recovery/restore performance is determined by
the speed of your network. In most cases, this method is slower than
make_tape_recovery. However, you can boot directly to the
Ignite-UX server containing your system archive.