HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (May 2012)

NOTE: Do not use Ignite-UX version C.6.3.xx. For the latest version of Ignite-UX, see Ignite-UX

at the Software Depot website at http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot.

NOTE: Ignite-UX C.6.8 or later will not work with vPars A.04.01 on PA-RISC systems. Either use

an Ignite version earlier than C.6.8 and later than C.6.2.241 or upgrade to vPars A.04.02.

vPars A.03.xx

Ignite-UX version B.3.7 or later is required.

4.5.5 WLM Version

For detailed information on WLM compatibilities including required versions, see the WLM product

Release Notes available at http://www.hp.com/go/wlm.

• When using vPars, WLM, and iCAP on the same system, you will need the following minimum

versions:

◦ vPars A.03.01 or later

◦ WLM A.03.00 or later

◦ iCAP B.06.01 or later for nPartitionable servers.

iCAP B.05.01 or later for non-nPartitionable servers.

• When using Psets, vPars, WLM, and iCAP on the same system, you will need the following

minimum versions:

◦ vPars A.04.01 or later

◦ WLM A.03.01 or later

◦ iCAP B.07.00 or later

A virtual partition can be resized automatically based on application performance using WLM.

For more information on how to use WLM to accomplish this, go to the BSC website at

www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs, click HP-UX 11i Workload Management (gWLM/WLM) Software

and see the Resizing partitions automatically with HP-UX Workload Manager white paper. This

document is also available in the information library section of the WLM web page at

http://www.hp.com/go/wlm.

4.5.6 iCAP Version

NOTE: When using dual-core Intel® Itanium® (Montecito) systems, iCAP requires iCAP version

8.x or higher. For more information, please see the iCAP v8.x product release notes available on

the BSC website at www.hp.com/go/hp-icap-docs.

vPars A.05.xx

See the Support Tools product documentation for the Support Tools version required for HP-UX 11i

v3; vPars itself has no special requirements.

HP-UX 11i v3 Sept 2011 or later systems require iCAP version 10.04.01 or later to support dynamic

core migration between SD2 vPars.

vPars A.04.xx

For vPars A.04.xx and iCAP B.07.xx, see the A.04.xx resources chapter of the HP-UX Virtual

Partitions Administrator Guide for information on using iCAP B.07.xx with vPars A.04.xx.

vPars A.03.xx

The hang during shutdown documented on page 25 of the vPars A.03.01 RBI is fixed with iCAP

B.06.02.

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