HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.04.05 vPars A.04.05 HP Part Number: T1335-90085 Published: February 2008 Edition: 1.
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Table of Contents vPars A.04.05 Release Notes...........................................................................................5 vPars Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 New Features...............................................................................
vPars A.04.05 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.05 release. vPars Overview The HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) product runs multiple instances of HP-UX simultaneously on one server, or nPartition, by dividing it into virtual partitions. Each virtual partition is assigned its own subset of hardware, runs a separate instance of HP-UX, and hosts its own set of applications. vPars provides application and operating system fault isolation.
Required Patches Version A.04.05 of vPars requires the following patches: • From HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) release 0706 OE: — FEATURE11i (required patches for vPars install) — HWEnable11i (required patches for new hardware) — QPKAPPS & QPBASE (recommended OS patches) — OnlineDiag, NPar, iCAP, WBEM (changes for vPars support) • From the HP ITRC or Patch Hub: — PHKL_34088 (bootloader patch for sx2000 systems) — PHKL_35114 (11.
Operating System and Version Compatibility This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23). HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) June 2007 or later is required for vPars A.04.05. For complete software, hardware, and firmware requirements see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide. Hardware Requirements The vPars A.04.05 release runs on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity Servers with the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) operating system.
NOTE: Remember to issue a parconfig reset after setting the mode. parconfig nPars only sets the mode to nPars. You must issue the parconfig reset command to reset the system so it boots into nPars mode. NOTE: parconfig does not support switching to vPars mode. In other words, you can use parconfig to set the mode to nPars, but you cannot use parconfig to set the mode to vPars. Known Problems Fixed in This Version This section lists the known problems fixed in vPars A.04.05.
— — — vPars A.05.xx vPars A.04.xx on Integrity vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC Description In a vPars environment, system activity events are decoded and reported on all virtual partitions. When examining any single virtual partition, this can be misleading, such that it may appear the events occurred on the virtual partition that reported the problem.
Description While a virtual partition is shutting down, panicking, or booting, typing Control-s to suspend its console output may cause the virtual partition to stop making forward progress. The virtual partition may appear to hang. Symptoms If a Control-s is typed at the system keyboard while the virtual partition currently writing to the console is shutting down, panicking, or booting, that virtual partition may appear to hang. Workaround • Type Control-q to resume console output.
Current Triggering alert levels are: 13 Do you want to modify them? (Y/[N]): n Automatic System Restart configuration has been updated GSP Host Name: keira GSP> — On nPartitionable servers, use the following procedure: GSP> cm Enter HE to get a list of available commands GSP:CM> ar This command modifies the automatic system restart configuration of the selected partition.
switchState: Online switchMode: Native ... port 0: -- No_Module port 1: -- No_Module port 2: -- No_Module port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa port 4: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:00:f4:28 — The switch information after the reboot shows: brocade01:admin> switchshow switchName: brocade01 switchType: 2.4 switchState: Online switchMode: Native ...
— — — vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC Description Using a fibre channel mass storage device going through a Brocade 3800 switch with firmware version 3.1.1, autobooting virtual partitions fails on rp5405, L3000/rp5470, or N4000/rp7400 servers with PDC 43.22 installed. Symptoms Autoboot fails. Workaround Boot the virtual partitions manually from the vPars Monitor or HP-UX shell prompt.
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2/index.html#Virtual%20Partitions • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (this document) This describes what’s new as well as known problems for a specific vPars release. • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide This is the vPars system administrator's guide that describes the basic concepts and common tasks for the vPars product.
NOTE: HP-UX Virtual Partitions documentation is available in the English language and in the Japanese language.
