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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 38 (of 46)
Chapter 17 Virtual Partitions (vPars)
October 29, 2013
 Support for the new sx2000 chipset on Integrity servers like Integrity Superdome,
rx8640, rx7640 and also PA cell-based server with PA-RISC 8900 CPU like rp8440
and rp7440.
 vPars Flexible Administrative Capability on Integrity Servers: Limit
administration capability for certain virtual partitions, only the superuser within the
designated vPars can perform vPars administration affecting other vPars. A super-
user for a non-designated virtual partition can perform tasks that affect that particular
vPar only.
vPars A.04.01:
 First release of vPars on Integrity platform (IA-64), updates for PA-RISC systems;
 works in combination with HP-UX 11i v2 only;
 new Product number T1335BC only for 11i v2, T1335AC (A.03.xx) is for 11i v1;
 added support for HP Integrity Superdomes, rx8620, rx7620
 Restriction for bound and unbound CPU has been removed; all CPUs are fully
dynamic
 Support for cell local memory and cell local processors.
New commands like vparconfig, vparenv and vparefiutil added.
vPars A.03.xx Releases
vPars A.03.03:
 Flexible vPars Administrative Capability feature has been added. It allows restriction
of execution of certain vPars command such as vparmodify and vparreset. The
security can be set to either ON or OFF from vPars monitor’s prompt. New security
commands added are monadmin (at monitor prompt) and vparadmin (HP-UX shell).
For more info check chapter 8 of “vPars A.03.03 Admin Guide”
(http://docs.hp.com/en/7042/T1335-90041.pdf).
 Support for TAPE device as a vPars device attribute. Main advantage is the ability to
use make_tape_recovery within a virtual partition. See Ignite recovery part of this
document for more details.