HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-17 - vPars

HP-UX Handbook Rev 13.00 Page 37 (of 46)
Chapter 17 Virtual Partitions (vPars)
October 29, 2013
information, see the “A.05.01 Resources” chapter in the “HP-UX Virtual Partitions
Administrator's Guide”.
Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments: You can now have a vPars A.05.01
monitor and database that simultaneously supports virtual partitions running vPars
A.05.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) and virtual partitions running vPars A.04.02 or
above on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23). For detailed information, see the Mixed HP-UX
11i v2/v3 vPars” section in the Planning” chapter of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions
Administrator’s Guide”.
Obsolescence Notes: vPars A.03.02 is no longer supported. See “Obsolescence of
vPars Releases” (page 16). Servers that are not nPartition-able are not supported
under A.05.01. These servers are the rp54x0/L-Class and rp7400/N4000. See
Servers” (page 18). These servers remain supported for A.03.xx and A.04.xx.
vPars A.04.xx Releases
vPars A.04.04:
Support for PA-RISC Servers using the HP sx2000 Chipset: rp7440, rp8440, and HP
9000 Superdome.
Pre-enablement of SCSI Tape Boot and Recovery for Integrity Servers: Tape
devices from within the vPars environment can be used on Integrity servers running
vPars A.04.04 this includes recovery using tape devices. Note: use only the tape
devices that are already supported with Integrity servers in stand-alone mode. vPars
does not support devices beyond those that are supported by the server itself.
vPars A.04.03:
Tape devices on PA-RISC Servers: Use of tape as boot devices from within the
vPars environment; this includes recovery using tape devices. For more information,
see the recovery chapter in the “HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide”.
Note: Only tape devices that are already supported for PA-RISC servers in standalone
mode can be used; vPars does not support devices beyond what is supported by the
server itself.
Obsolescence Note: vPars A.03.01 is no longer supported. See “Obsolescence of
vPars Releases” (page 16).
vPars A.04.02: