HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.03.05 vPars A.03.05 HP Part Number: T1335-90087 Published: December 2007 Edition: 1.
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Table of Contents vPars A.03.05 Release Notes...........................................................................................5 vPars Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 New Features...............................................................................
vPars A.03.05 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.03.05 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.
NOTE: If you are installing iCAP on an HP-UX 11i v1 vPars system, and wish to update to vPars A.03.05, or configure a mixed 11i v1/v2 vPars environment, you must install iCAP version 8.03 (B.11.11.08.03.00) on each HP–UX 11i v1 virtual partition. This will also install the required versions of WBEM and NParProvider and necessary patches. Installing iCAP 8.03 onto an HP–UX 11i v1 system running versions of vPars prior to A.03.
• • Enough memory for the operating system and its applications A network card (if you require networking capability for the virtual partition) Operating System and Version Compatibility This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11). Hardware Requirements The vPars A.03.05 release runs on HP 9000 servers with the HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) operating system. Known Problems Fixed in This Version This section lists the known problems fixed in vPars A.03.05.
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 Unknown filesystem for path Workaround command.
— — — vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC Description During a crash dump of a virtual partition, hardware heartbeats are delayed long enough such that the watchdog timer is triggered. If the watchdog timer has been configured to reset, then the entire system is reset (TOC). Symptoms dump.
Symptoms — Before a reboot, the topology shows PTTOPT_FABRIC: vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 Vendor ID is = 0x00103c Device ID is = 0x001028 TL Chip Revision No is = 2.3 PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x000006 Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC ... — After a reboot, the topology shows PUBLIC_LOOP: vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 Vendor ID is = 0x00103c Device ID is = 0x001028 TL Chip Revision No is = 2.3 PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x000006 Topology = PUBLIC_LOOP ...
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x000006 Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC ... • TC Command of the GSP Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGae41558 Applicable On — vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC Description Initiating a Transfer of Control (TC) at the Guardian Service Processor GSP, while the vPars Monitor is booted, may cause the hard partition or system to hang. Symptoms If the vPars Monitor is booted and a TC is issued via the GSP, the hard partition or system may hang.
for servers using vPars. The document also contains the information on supported hardware, firmware, I/O cards and devices, and other HP-UX products used with vPars.
