HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.04) (previously titled Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions)

How vPars and its Components Work

Comparing vPars Versions

Chapter 2

Flexible Admin Capability yes (A.03.03 and later) yes (A.04.02 and later) yes

Tape Boot Support yes (A.03.03 and later) yes (A.04.03 and later,

PA-RISC only)

yes (PA-RISC only)

vPars GUI yes no no

Parmgr Required for Install Not Required for

Install

Not Required for

Install

PPU Supported Products Percent Utilization Both Percent

Utilization and

Active CPU

Both Percent

Utilization

and Active CPU

Setting SCSI Parameters vparutil mptconfig mptconfig

a. Dynamic memory migration requires the ﬁrmware revisions indicated in the HP-UX Virtual

Partitions Ordering and Conﬁguration Guide.

b. In order to work in a vPars environment, hyperthreading requires the ﬁrmware revisions indicated

in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Conﬁguration Guide.

Table 2-2 Differences Between vPars Versions (Continued)

vPars Version A.03.xx A.04.xx A.05.xx