HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (v09.06.16)

For more information, see the “Flexible Administrative Capability” chapter in HP-UX Virtual
Partitions Administrator’s Guide.
• Support for Tape Devices
For more information, see the recovery chapter in HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s
Guide.
• Customer-requested Defect Fixes
For more information, see the HP-UX Virtual Partition Release Notes for this release.
vPars A.03.02 vPars A.03.02 adds support for:
• Specifying only the SBA on the vPars command-line
• New autosearch attributes using vparcreate and vparmodify commands to enable
automatic fallback to an alternate bootpath.
• New -m option that displays vPars monitor information for the vparstatus command
• Logging of vPars commands that are executed into syslog
• Customer-viewable defect fixes as documented in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes
vPars A.03.01 vPars A.03.01 adds support for:
• rp8400/rp8420 SEU (Server Expansion Unit)
• PA-8800 processors (dual-core)
• rp7420 and rp8420 servers
• vPars, WLM & iCAP on the same system or nPartition
• IPMI functionality
• Obsolescence Note
vPars A.01.01 is no longer supported as of the A.03.01 release. For information on the expected
end of support dates for existing vPars releases, see “Obsolescence of vPars Releases”
(page 20).
No new cards are being added for the A.03.01 release. For a list of all the cards that are supported,
see “Supported Cards” (page 32).
2.3 Features of vPars Software by Release 17