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

• When the vPars Flexible Administrative Capability feature is enabled, a vPars A.04.05 virtual
partition should be the designated-admin virtual partition. Because of HP-UX 11i v1 virtual
partition command restrictions in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments, if only vPars
A.03.05 virtual partitions are configured to be designated-admin, then no virtual partitions
will be able to perform vparmodify, vparremove, or vparcreate operations on other
virtual partitions.
• HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) is supported in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars
environments with the following restrictions:
◦ Do not nest processor sets (Psets) under vPars A.03.05.
◦ Do not assign CLPs to any of the virtual partitions.
For details about these restrictions for using gWLM in a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars
environment see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.03.05).
• The Virtual Partition Manager (vparmgr) GUI is supported only on HP-UX 11i v1 virtual
partitions in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments.
Feature Summary
The following table highlights the rules for having a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
Table 8 Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Feature Summary
vPars A.05.xx
Instances
vPars A.04.xx InstancesvPars A.03.xx InstancesFeature
Not AllowedA.04.05A.03.05Minimum vPars Version
YesNovPars Monitor Supports Mixed
HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars
Environment
SupportedNot SupportedCell Local Processor (CLP)
SupportedNot SupportedCell Local Memory (CLM)
SupportedNot Supportedvparcreate, vparremove
SupportedNot Supportedvparmodify on other virtual
partitions
Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx
Beginning with vPars A.05.01, you can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment. A
mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment allows you to have a vPars A.05.01 monitor and
database that supports both virtual partitions running vPars A.05.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) and
virtual partitions running vPars A.04.02 or later on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23).
An example mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment looks like the following:
Table 9 Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environment
HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31)
running vPars A.05.01
HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31)
running vPars A.05.01
HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23)
running vPars
A.04.03
HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23)
running vPars
A.04.03
HP-UX 11iv3
(11.31) running
vPars A.05.01
vPars A.05.01 Monitor
Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars does not refer to mixing hardware (PA and Integrity) platforms.
Additionally, virtual partitions running vPars A.03.xx on HP-UX 11iv1 (11.11) and vPars A.04.01
on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) are not supported in a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment.
58 Planning Your System for Virtual Partitions