vPars read before installing hp-ux virtual partitions june 2002
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Table of Contents Welcome to HP-UX Virtual Partitions!.................................. 4 What is vPars?........................................................................ 5 Media Box Contents.............................................................. 7 Mounting the CD................................................................... 8 Installation Instructions.......................................................... 9 Configuration and Licensing Information.............................
Welcome to HP-UX Virtual Partitions! This booklet provides a brief overview of the product HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars), outlines the contents of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions media box, describes the steps to access the CD, and discusses information you should read about before you install. You can view the latest version of this document and other vPars documentation from the web at: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.
What is vPars? The vPars (Virtual Partitions) product allows you to run multiple instances of HP-UX simultaneously on one server or nPartition by dividing a server or nPartition 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. Because each HP-UX instance is isolated from all other instances, vPars provides application and OS (Operating System) fault isolation.
One Hard Partition Virtual Partition 1 Virtual Partition 2 Virtual Partition N Hardware: subset Hardware: subset Hardware: subset OS: HP-UX 11i or later OS: HP-UX 11i or later OS: HP-UX 11i or later Patch Level: A Patch Level: B Applications: app1, app2 Applications: app2 6 ...
Media Box Contents The HP-UX Virtual Partitions media box includes the following: • Read Before Installing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (this CD booklet) — Use this to get a brief description of HP-UX Virtual Partitions, the contents of this media box, steps on how to access the CD, and information you should read before installing vPars. • HP-UX Virtual Partitions CD— Contains the HP-UX Virtual Partitions product T1335AC A.
Mounting the CD 1. Login in as root. 2. Mount the CD to the desired directory. The following example uses the /cdrom directory: # mount -r /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /cdrom You can find your specific cdrom device file by using the command ioscan -fnC disk.
Installation Instructions The supported methods of installing vPars are: • • Software Distributor (SD) Ignite-UX For installation instructions, see Installing and Managing HPUX Virtual Partitions, available on this CD or from the web. On the vPars CD, see the file at: DOCS/T1335A/vparsguide.pdf From the web, go to: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.
Configuration and Licensing Information Please read the document HP-UX Ordering and Configuration Guide. This document contains information on the required licensing for the vPars product as well as licensing for other products, such as HP-UX 11i Operating Environments (OEs), on a computer using virtual partitions. The document also contains the latest information on supported hardware, specifically I/O cards and I/O devices. To access this document, go to: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/11i/index.
Additional Product Interactions In addition to the product interactions listed in Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars), please note the following additions: • Partition Manager Partition Manager (parmgr) version B.11.11.01.05 or later is required for installation of the vPars product. This is true on both nPartition-able servers as well as nonnPartitionable servers (rp7400/N4000 and rp5470/L3000). It is normal to have this product installed on nonnPartitionable servers.
B.11.11.07.16. The correct equivalent OnlineDiag version is B.11.11.07.23. Also, when using cstm’s info command, information is shown only for the processors that are currently owned by the virtual partition from which the info command is run (in other words, only the bound and unbound CPUs that are currently assigned to the virtual partition). For the unbound CPUs which are not assigned to the virtual partition, the information is displayed as N/A.
PDC Firmware Revision: N/A IODC Revision: 0 Instruction Cache [Kbyte]: N/A Processor Speed: N/A Processor State: N/A Monarch: No Active: No Data Cache [Kbyte]: N/A Instruction TLB [entry]: N/A Processor Chip Revisions: N/A Data TLB Size [entry]: N/A 2nd Level Cache Size:[KB] N/A Serial Number: N/A Processor PIM Information: Not Supported by this computer system • LPMC and icod_stat Reporting In a vPars environment, the icod_stat command does not report the correct number of “Unassigned processors that can
For more information on using iCOD within a vPars environment, see the section “iCOD Compatibility with vPars and PSets” in the manual Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) User’s Guide for version B.05.00 available at http://docs.hp.com.
Known Problems vparutil command Description: The vparutil tool for setting SCSI parameters from the command prompt does not work properly on the Superdome platform. Symptoms: The vparutil tool provides the ability to get and set the SCSI parameters for a specified SCSI controller. However, on the Superdome platform, this tool does not work correctly and will return the error message "Error while making firmware call" when you attempt to set the parameters for a controller.
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