HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.03)

NOTE: After using vparenv to change the boot mode from vPars mode to nPars mode,

further booting and loading of virtual partitions will fail although the vPars monitor has not

been rebooted. To boot or load virtual partitions, use vparenv to change the boot mode back to

vPars mode.

Usage Scenarios

• If you are running HP-UX in nPars mode (standalone), use the following vPars command

to switch to vPars mode:

OS-Prompt> vparenv -m vPars /* sets the mode for the next nPartition reboot*/

OS-Prompt> reboot /* to reboot the system into vPars mode */

• If you are at the Monitor prompt, use the following Monitor command to switch to nPars

mode:

MON> reboot nPars /* sets the mode and reboots the system */

• If you are at the EFI shell prompt, use the following EFI utility to switch to either nPars or

vPars mode:

Shell:> fsN:

fsN:> vparconfig reboot nPars|vPars

Since vparconfig is not a built-in EFI shell command, you must go to the disk to execute

vparconfig. For example, to switch to vPars mode:

Shell:> fs0: /* go to the EFI partition of the disk */

fs0:> vparconfig reboot vPars /* sets the mode and reboots the system */

Note: vparconfig is an EFI utility which gets installed in the EFI partition during the

installation of the vPars product.

• If you are at the EFI shell prompt in vPars mode and you do not have vPars installed on

any of your disks, you can use the built-in EFI command parconfig to switch to nPars

mode:

Shell:> parconfig nPars

Shell:> parconfig reset

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.05.03.

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

• QXCR1000760681 vparstatus shows -ve CPUs after vparboot -I on vpar with

floater CPUs

• QXCR1000760757 0612.1111 iCAP startup failure: “No core found matching

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