HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.07) (5900-1229, September 2010)

Table 3-2 Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Feature Summary
vPars A.05.xx
Instances
vPars A.04.xx InstancesvPars A.03.xx InstancesFeature
Not AllowedA.04.05A.03.05Minimum vPars Version
YesNovPars Monitor Supports Mixed
HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars
Environment
SupportedNot SupportedCell Local Processor (CLP)
SupportedNot SupportedCell Local Memory (CLM)
SupportedNot Supported
vparcreate, vparremove
SupportedNot Supported
vparmodify on other virtual
partitions
Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx
Beginning with vPars A.05.01, you can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment. A
mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment allows you to have a vPars A.05.01 monitor and
database that supports both virtual partitions running vPars A.05.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)
and virtual partitions running vPars A.04.02 or later on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23).
An example mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment looks like the following:
Table 3-3 Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environment
HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31)
running vPars A.05.01
HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31)
running vPars A.05.01
HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23)
running vPars A.04.03
HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23)
running vPars A.04.02
HP-UX 11iv3
(11.31) running
vPars A.05.01
vPars A.05.01 Monitor
Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars does not refer to mixing hardware (PA and Integrity) platforms.
Additionally, virtual partitions running vPars A.03.xx on HP-UX 11iv1 (11.11) and vPars A.04.01
on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) are not supported in a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment.
NOTE: Read the following rules and the table below when running a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3
vPars environment. Many of the features of vPars are version-specific.
To switch to an environment of only virtual partitions running vPars A.04.xx on HP-UX 11i v2,
shut down the A.05.01 vPars Monitor and boot up the A.04.xx vPars Monitor.
Features
The following features work from all virtual partitions:
• legacy vPars functions
This includes dynamic CPU migration, except where noted below.
• HP-UX functions
All the corresponding HP-UX features associated with an HP-UX 11i release continue to
work. Note that, as in a normal OS instance, an 11.31-only feature will not work in an 11.23
OS-instance.
• HT OFF
All virtual partitions can boot and run when hyperthreading is disabled (HT is set to OFF).
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