v3) Considerations in vPars

4. Configurations

4.1 Supported Configurations

The following vPars versions are supported in various mixed HP-UX combinations in vPars

environment.

Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars

For Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment within the same hard partition, note that the

vPars monitor that must be used is that bundled with A.05.03 or later. See the latest

version of HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv3.html#Virtual%20Partitions) which lists all the supported version

combinations of vPars.

• HP-UX 11iv1: A.03.05

• HP-UX 11i v2: A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05

• HP-UX 11i v3: A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03

Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars

For Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment within the same hard partition, note that the vPars

monitor that must be used is that bundled with A.05.01, A.05.02, or A.05.03 or

later. See the latest version of HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv3.html#Virtual%20Partitions) which lists all the supported version

combinations of vPars.

• HP-UX 11i v2: A.04.02, A.04.03, A.04.04, A.04.05

• HP-UX 11i v3: A.05.01, A.05.02, A.05.03

Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars

For mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars environments within the same hard partition, note that the

vPars monitor that must be used is that bundled with A.04.05 or later. See the latest

version of HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv2.html#Virtual%20Partitions) which lists all the supported version

combinations of vPars.

• HP-UX 11i v1: A.03.05

• HP-UX 11i v2: A.04.05

As a general rule of thumb, when running mixed HP-UX vPars combinations, the higher HP-UX OS

release’s vPar monitor has to be booted. Please refer to the “Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars

Environment” section in HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide for complete details on mixed