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

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.04.05.

For information on specific defects, see the HP ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com.

• JAGag45268 / QXCR1000589751 Getting “vpar_acpi_eval_obj: HID=HWP0002

UID=12 hlen=7 ulen=2” in syslog

• JAGag31954 vparreset -h on system with AB5454 card hangs whole nPartition

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.

• Virtual Partition Fails to Load after a Reboot or Issuing vparload –all

Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGae88150

Applicable On

• vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC

• vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC

• vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC

Description On PA-RISC systems, vPars that use certain host bus adapters (such as

Ultra320) for boot disks may not boot to the UP state after a reboot or after the vparload

–all command is issued.

Symptoms The virtual partitions will not boot after a reboot. One or more of the following

errors may appear in the vPars Monitor event log:

iodc_perror: dev_open/Boot device init (0x42)

iodc_perror: reinit_bootdev/Read ENTRY IO (0x44)

iodc_perror: dev_reopen/Read ENTRY IO (0x47)

iodc_perror: iodc_io_init/init module and device(0x4b)

Could not read IODC firmware for HPA <hpa>

Unknown filesystem for path <hardware path>

Workaround Manually boot the virtual partitions with the vparboot or vparload

command.

• System Activity Events Reported Through IPMI by EMS

Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf62654

Applicable On