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

keira1 B.11.31 Up
keira2 B.11.23 Up
• vparstatus output from a virtual partition running vPars A.04.03 in a mixed HP-UX 11i
v2/v3 vPars environment:
keira2# vparstatus -P
Commands product information: A.04.03
Monitor product information: A.05.01
Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.03
Beginning with vPars A.05.03, you can have a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment on
PA-RISC systems only. A mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment allows you to have a
vPars A.05.03 monitor and database that supports:
• virtual partitions running vPars A.05.03 on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)
• virtual partitions running vPars A.04.02 or later on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23), and
• virtual partitions running vPars A.03.05 on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11)
An example mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment looks like the following:
Table 3-6 Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environment
HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
running vPars A.04.05
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)
running vPars A.05.03
HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11)
running vPars A.03.05
HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
running vPars A.04.02
HP-UX 11i v3
(11.31) running
vPars A.05.03
vPars A.05.03 Monitor
Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars does not refer to mixing hardware (PA-RISC and Integrity)
platforms. Additionally, virtual partitions running vPars A.05.02 or earlier on HP-UX 11iv3
(11.31), vPars A.04.01 or earlier on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23), or vPars A.03.04 or earlier on HP-UX
11i v1 (11.11) are not supported in a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment.
Features of Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments
The following are notable features of mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environments:
• The vPars A.05.03 Monitor or later is required for a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars
environment.
The vPars A.05.03 Monitor supports virtual partitions running vPars A.05.03 on HP-UX 11i
v3 (11.31), virtual partitions running vPars A.04.02 or later on HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23), and
virtual partitions running vPars A.03.05 on HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11).
• The vPars A.03.05 Monitor does not support booting the HP-UX 11i v2 or 11i v3 environments.
• The vPars A.04.xx Monitor does not support booting the HP-UX 11i v3 environment.
• HP-UX 11i v3 virtual partitions (running vPars A.05.03) have no vPars command restrictions
as compared with a pure HP-UX 11i v3 vPars environment.
• An HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition (running vPars A.03.05) can use vparmodify on itself
only, and cannot use the vparcreate and vparremove commands. Thus, in a mixed
HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment, an HP-UX 11i v1 virtual partition cannot remove
virtual partitions, cannot create new virtual partitions, and can modify only itself.
• An HP-UX 11i v2 virtual partition (running vPars A.04.02 or later) can use vparmodify on
itself only, and cannot use the vparcreate and vparremove commands. Thus, in a mixed
HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment, an HP-UX 11i v2 virtual partition cannot remove
virtual partitions, cannot create new virtual partitions, and can modify only itself.
• When the vPars Flexible Administrative Capability feature is enabled, a vPars A.05.03 virtual
partition should be the designated-admin virtual partition. Because of HP-UX 11i v1 and
11i v2 virtual partition command restrictions in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars
environments, if only HP-UX 11i v1 or HP-UX 11i v2 virtual partitions are configured to be
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