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

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 (11.23 VMvPar fix)

— PHNE_36225 (Cumulative mux and pty patch)

— PHKL_36288 (Cumulative diag2 driver and vPars enablement)

— PHKL_33929 (11.23 page cache synchronization and pfdats fix)

— PHKL_33930 (11.23 pstat maxmem fix with CLM and pfdats fix)

NOTE: PHKL_34088 is required for vPars running on Integrity systems with the sx2000

chipset. Without this patch, your vPars system will not properly load the vPars Monitor.

NOTE: PHNE_36225 is required for vPars running on HP9000 systems with the sx2000

chiptset. Without this patch, both the console and the vPar will hang when a vPar with the

PDH console device attached is booted.

You can download patches from the following Web site:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

vPars Checklist

This section is a brief checklist of common but significant items you should check while setting

up vPars.

Firmware Checklist

• Check Server Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration

Guide for the required server firmware.

For the non-nPartition-able systems, firmware upgrades must be done outside of the vPars

environment (in standalone mode).

For nPartition-able systems, call your HP Support Representative.

• Networking and I/O Card Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and

Configuration Guide for the required I/O card firmware.

You should also check the firmware on new I/O cards, because they may not be updated

with the firmware required for vPars.

Virtual Partition Checklist

Each virtual partition requires a minimum of:

• At least one CPU

• Its own boot disk

• Enough memory for the operating system and its applications

• A network card (if you require networking capability for the virtual partition)