HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

IMPORTANT: The mixed minor versions vPars feature is available only on HP-UX 11i v3 vPar
software version 05.05.xx and later. On HP-UX 11i v2 this feature is available only for vPars
version 04.07. Any other vPars version on an HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment is not supported.
Supported vPar Configuration and OE Environments
The following vPars versions are supported in various mixed HP-UX combinations in vPars
environment:
• HP-UX 11i v2: A.04.07
• HP-UX 11i v3: A.05.05, A.05.06, A.05.07, A.05.08
NOTE: For Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment within the same hard partition, you must
use the vPars monitor that is bundled with vPars version A.05.05 and later.
To use the mixed minor versions feature, it is important to know which HP-UX OE is required for
which version of the vPar Command. The table below lists the HP-UX Operating Environments that
are supported by the different versions of the vPars Command.
Table 17 HP-UX OE versions required for the different supported vPar versions.
HP-UX OE VersionvPars Release Version
HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) June 2008 Update or laterA.04.07
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) March 2009 Update or laterA.05.05
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) March 2010 Update or laterA.05.06
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) September 2010 Update or laterA.05.07
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) March 2011 UpdateA.05.08
After determining the HP-UX OE version, you can determine the vPar command version that can
be run on a monitor version. The table below is a support matrix of the mixed minor version. To
read the table, select the monitor version and read down the column and see which versions are
compatible with it.
Table 18 vPar Monitor versions that are compatible with different vPar Command versions.
Integrity vPars Monitor Version
vPar Command
Version A.05.08A.05.07A.05.06A.05.05A.04.07
YYYYYA.04.07
YYYYNA.05.05
YYYYNA.05.06
YYYYNA.05.07
YYYYNA.05.08
Y – Supported; N – Not supported
Unsupported Configurations
The mixed minor vPar versions feature is not supported in certain conditions. The following is a list
of known unsupported configurations:
• The mixed minor version is not supported on PA-RISC platforms. The feature is available only
on Integrity platforms.
• HP-UX 11i v1 does not support the mixed minor version feature.
104 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars