HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.06 HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: T1335-91005 Published: March 2010 Edition: 1.
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Table of Contents vPars A.05.06 Release Notes...........................................................................................5 vPars Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 Changes in This Release....................................................................
vPars A.05.06 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.05.06 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.
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.
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.
Workaround Configure the virtual partition with enough base memory using the guidelines in the following table. • Total Memory Assigned to the Virtual Partition Minimum Base Memory 1 GB to 8 GB 1/2 of total memory 8 GB to 16 GB 4 GB Over 16 GB 1/4 of total memory Dynamically adding RAM on PA-RISC servers with older PDC firmware causes a panic in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment Applicable On vPars A.05.
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.
Applicable On — vPars A.05.xx on Integrity — vPars A.04.02, A.04.03 on Integrity Description On Integrity systems running the sx2000 chipset and Intel Itanium 2 single-core processor with 9 MB cache, a virtual partition remains in the load state for at least 30 seconds and does not complete its boot process. Symptoms The console display includes the following: Initializing IO Devices ... LBA Cell 01 (01): Occupied PCI-X 133MHz Scan PCI: Rope Slot Seg Bus Dev Fun Card .. Loading.: 1/0/1/1/0/4/0.6.0.0.0.0.
/system/events/ipmi_fpl/ipmi_fpl is >= 3. Its current value is CRITICAL(5). Event data from monitor: Event Time..........: Wed May 4 15:29:44 2005 Severity............: CRITICAL Monitor.............: fpl_em Event #.............: 267 System..............: winona2 Summary: INIT initiated Workaround Note that in a vPars environment, when system events are reported via EMS either from system firmware or an OS instance, the system events are decoded and reported on all virtual partitions.
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 the nPartitionable servers, using the vparutil command to configure an Ultra2 or Ultra160 SCSI card can cause the virtual partition that owns the SCSI card to fail to boot. Symptoms On the nPartitionable servers, the virtual partition connected to an Ultra2 or Ultra160 SCSI boot device fails to boot after the SCSI card was configured using the vparutil command. Workaround — For vPars A.03.
# Name --- ---0) vpar8cell 1) vpar4cell 2) vpar3cell Select a partition number: 2 Automatic system restart for partition 2 is currently enabled. Do you want to disable automatic system restart? (Y/[N]) y -> Automatic system restart is disabled. GSP:CM> • Topology of A5158A Changes from Fabric to Public Loop After the Virtual Partition Reboots Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf15533 Applicable On — vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.03.
switchState: Online switchMode: Native ... port 0: -- No_Module port 1: -- No_Module port 2: -- No_Module port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa port 4: sw Online L-Port 1 public Workaround — To permanently set the device to fabric, set the setting on the switch. For example: switch> portcfggport port_#,1 — where port_# is the port number of the switch that is connected to the A5158A card and 1 represents “true”.
Symptoms The system panic displays messages similar to the following EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix ................ Launching /stand/vmunix SIZE: Text:29561K + Data:7016K + BSS:7128K = Total:43705K Console is on virtual console Booting kernel... Stored message buffer up to panic: 5028, 0x11, 0x40). pinned_pdk_malloc_avail_contig(): 0x33000 Bad News: Cannot use the Kernel Stack when interrupted on the ICS. Bad News: Fault/trap with interrupts disabled and we cared.
Ordering vPars Product Numbers The vPars A.03.xx, vPars A.04.xx, and vPars A.05.xx releases have different product numbers: T1335DC vPars A.05.xx for HP-UX 11i v3 T1335BC vPars A.04.xx for HP-UX 11i v2 T1335AC vPars A.03.xx for HP-UX 11i v1 vPars Media Starting with the March 2008 release (vPars A.05.03), the HP-UX 11i v3 vPars software is distributed on the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment media.
