HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.09 HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: T1335-91014 Published: May 2012 Edition: 1.
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Contents vPars A.05.09 Release Notes..........................................................................5 vPars Overview........................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release.................................................................................5 Changes in This Release.......................................................................................................
vPars A.05.09 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.05.09 release. In this release the updates are made to support Dynamic Cores in HP Superdome 2 (SD2) vPars. vPars Overview The HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) product runs multiple instances of HP-UX simultaneously on one server, or nPartition, by dividing it into virtual partitions.
For nPartition-able systems, call your HP Support Representative. • Networking and I/O Card Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide for the required I/O card firmware. You should also check the firmware on new I/O cards, because they may not be updated with the firmware required for vPars.
Since vparconfig is not a built-in EFI shell command, you must go to the disk to execute vparconfig. For example, to switch to vPars mode: Shell:> fs0: /* go to the EFI partition of the disk */ fs0:> vparconfig reboot vPars /* sets the mode and reboots the system */ Note: vparconfig is an EFI utility which gets installed in the EFI partition during the installation of the vPars product.
Workaround Configure the virtual partition with enough base memory using the guidelines in the following table. • Total Memory Assigned to the Virtual Partition Minimum Base Memory 1 GB to 8 GB 1/2 of total memory 8 GB to 16 GB 4 GB Over 16 GB 1/4 of total memory Dynamically adding RAM on PA-RISC servers with older PDC firmware causes a panic in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment Applicable On vPars A.05.
Symptoms ALTBOOT variable for a virtual partition is automatically set. Workaround To avoid this issue, you can either: • ◦ Ignore the alternate boot path setting. ◦ Explicitly set the alternate boot path for the virtual partition. Virtual Partition Fails to Load after a Reboot or Issuing vparload -all Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGae88150 Applicable On • vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC • vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC • vPars A.03.
Workaround After the installation completes, the software is configured correctly, no further action is required. To avoid this error for future installs, update the server firmware to the latest supported version. See the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide for details. • On PA-RISC Servers, Booting a Fibre Channel Tape Device May Cause the Target Virtual Partition to Hang Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf09885 Applicable On ◦ vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC ◦ vPars A.04.
ESC[0mESC[37mESC[40m> System Memory = 16335 MB loading section 0 ...................................................... (complete) loading section 1 ............ (complete) loading symbol table loading System Directory (boot.sys) to MFS ..... loading MFSFILES directory (/stand/bootfs) to MFS .............. Workaround You can either: ◦ Update the server firmware to the latest version. See the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide for firmware version details.
Workaround Note that in a vPars environment, when system events are reported via EMS either from system firmware or an OS instance, the system events are decoded and reported on all virtual partitions. The OS instance that is shown as sending the event is not necessarily indicative of the actual virtual partition that encountered the problem. The Reporting Entity ID is the only clue to which virtual partition reported the problem.
Workaround Type Control-q to resume console output. • Configuring an Ultra2 or Ultra160 Card with vparutil Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf00411 Applicable On ◦ vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC ◦ vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC ◦ vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC Description On the nPartitionable servers, using the vparutil command to configure an Ultra2 or Ultra160 SCSI card can cause the virtual partition that owns the SCSI card to fail to boot.
Current Automatic System restart: Enabled Do you want to modify it? (Y/[N]) y New Automatic System restart (Enabled / Disabled): disabled New Automatic System restart: Disabled Confirm? (Y/[N]): y -> Automatic System restart will be updated.
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 Vendor ID is = 0x00103c Device ID is = 0x001028 TL Chip Revision No is = 2.3 PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x000006 Topology = PUBLIC_LOOP ... ◦ Logging into the switch, the switch information before the reboot shows: brocade01:admin> switchshow switchName: brocade01 switchType: 2.4 switchState: Online switchMode: Native ...
Applicable On vPars on PA-RISC Description Using a fibre channel mass storage device going through a Brocade 3800 switch with firmware version 3.1.1, autobooting virtual partitions fails on rp5405, L3000/rp5470, or N4000/rp7400 servers with PDC 43.22 installed. Symptoms Autoboot fails. Workaround Boot the virtual partitions manually from the vPars Monitor or HP-UX shell prompt.
Related Information This section lists the official vPars documents. All documents, including additional topic-specific papers related to using vPars, are available on the BSC website at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (this document) This document describes what is new as well as known problems for a specific vPars release.
T1335AC vPars A.03.xx for HP-UX 11i v1 vPars Media Starting with the March 2008 release (vPars A.05.03), the HP-UX 11i v3 vPars software is distributed on the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment media. HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions is distributed via the Virtual Server OE (VSE-OE) and the Data Center OE (DC-OE). There is no longer a separate HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Partitions DVD.
