HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.04.05)

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.
New and Changed Features in This Release
This section lists features that are new in this release, or previously available features that have
changed in this release.
New Features
The following features are new with the vPars A.04.05 release:
• Support for mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments.
Virtual partitions running vPars A.04.05 on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) are supported in a mixed
HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
Beginning with vPars A.04.05, you can can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
A mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment enables you to have a vPars A.04.05 Monitor
and database that supports both virtual partitions running vPars A.04.05 on HP-UX 11i v2
(11.23) and virtual partitions running vPars A.03.05 on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11).
Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars does not refer to mixing hardware (PA and Integrity) platforms.
Additionally, virtual partitions running vPars A.05.xx on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31), vPars A.04.04
and earlier on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23), or vPars A.03.04 and earlier on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11)
are not supported in a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environment.
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.
• Support for boot and recovery from DVD (HP Integrity servers only).
vPars A.04.05 supports booting from CD/DVD media on HP Integrity servers.
Using make_media_install for creating a golden image on a DVD for replicating a virtual
partition system configuration also is supported by vPars A.04.05.
Two-step media recovery using a bootable CD/DVD is supported by vPars A.04.05, to restore
virtual partitions from tapes created with the Ignite-UX command make_tape_recovery.
For details on DVD boot, recovery, and two-step media recovery processes, see the “Creating
a Boot CD/DVD or an Installation DVD” section of the Ignite-UX Administration Guide for
HP-UX 11i. The Ignite-UX Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i is available at the Ignite-UX
Information Library on the HP Technical Documentation website:
http://www.docs.hp.com/en/IUX/infolib.html
Compatibility and Installation Requirements
This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.
For specific installation instructions, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide.
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