HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide (5900-2540, December 2012)

Though vPars can be created from the OA without purchasing a vPar license, HP does not support
such configurations. Attempting to boot HP-UX in a vPar without installing a licensed copy of vPars
software can cause unpredictable behavior and must be avoided.
Related software licensing
Customers can purchase the HP-UX OS or the application software that runs within vPars, using
the following options:
1. Per nPartition Licensing: allows licensing of the HP-UX 11i software to be based on the number
of active processors in the nPartition.
2. HP-UX 11i Software Virtualization Licensing: allows customers to purchase software licenses
for the maximum number of sockets that software is planned or configured to be run on.
For more information on HP-UX software licensing, including Virtualization Licensing for HP-UX,
see: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/os/hpux11i-oe-software-licensing.html?
jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
Ordering vPars
While vPars is available as a standalone layered product, HP recommends that you purchase it
as part of the VSE-OE (Virtual Server Environment OE) or the DC-OE (Data Center OE). The OEs
provide the highest level of integration, robust management and ease of use for an HP-UX virtualized
environment, and saves the cost of buying individual layered products. vPars is also available as
part of the Insight Dynamics Virtual Server Environment for Integrity.
nPartition and Virtual Partition unique identifiers
• Unique Machine (Complex) Identifier
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_MACHINE_IDENT
• Unique nPartition Identifier
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_PARTITION_IDENT
• Unique Virtual Partition Identifier
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_PARTITION_IDENT
• Machine (Complex) Serial Number
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_MACHINE_SERIAL and /usr/sbin/parstatus -X
• Server (Complex) Product Number
/usr/sbin/parstatus -X
• Machine (Complex) Hardware Model
/usr/bin/getconf MACHINE_MODEL and /usr/bin/model
• HP-UX Version and Installed Bundles
For the HP-UX version: /usr/bin/uname -r
For all bundles installed: /usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle
NOTE: Use the getconf command or the confstr() call to obtain the unique identifiers. Do
not use the uname -i command, which does not report unique IDs for nPartition systems.
To guarantee compatibility on current and future platforms, use the interfaces to getconf(1) and
confstr(3C) to retrieve unique machine identifiers. These interfaces and the commands listed below
are available from the HP-UX operating system running in the nPartition or vPar.
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