HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.07

Shell:> fs0: /* go to the EFI partition of the disk */
fs0:> vparconfig reboot vPars /* sets the mode and reboots the system */
Note: vparconfig is an EFI utility which gets installed in the EFI partition during the
installation of the vPars product.
• If you are at the EFI shell prompt in vPars mode and you do not have vPars installed on
any of your disks, you can use the built-in EFI command parconfig to switch to nPars
mode:
Shell:> parconfig nPars
Shell:> parconfig reset
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.05.07.
• QXCR1001028753 Improve fpar_restore_efi_variable message.
• QXCR1001017940 Man Page changes for vparenv command.
For information on specific defects, see the HP ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com.
Known Problems and Workarounds
This section provides a list of problems and limitations known to HP at the time of publication.
If workarounds are available, they are included. For information on specific defects, see the HP
ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com.
• No support of agile addressing (extended hardware paths) for non-11.31
virtual partitions in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environments
Related Defect ID and Patch Number QXCR1000764993
Applicable On vPars A.04.xx on HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), vPars A.03.xx on HP-UX 11i v1
(B.11.11)
Description Any agile hardware path placed into the vPars database (/stand/vpdb)
cannot be used to boot HP-UX 11.11 or HP-UX 11.23 virtual partitions.
Symptoms Virtual partition OS panic, of the following type:
panic: all VFS_MOUNTROOTs failed: NEED DRIVERS ?????
Workaround Use legacy hardware paths when assigning boot paths to virtual partitions
running HP-UX v2 (B.11.23) or HP-UX v1 (B.11.11).
• Configuring a virtual partition with a low amount of base memory can
result in a system hang or lead to slow system performance
Symptoms System hang or slow system performance
Known Problems Fixed in This Version 7