HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.10 HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: T1335-91015 Published: September 2012 Edition: 1.
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Contents vPars A.05.10 Release Notes...........................................................................5 vPars overview.........................................................................................................................5 New and changed features in this release...................................................................................5 Changes in this release.........................................................................................................
vPars A.05.10 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.05.10 release. 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. Each virtual partition is assigned its own subset of hardware, runs a separate instance of HP-UX, and hosts its own set of applications. vPars provides application and operating system fault isolation.
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 Use legacy hardware paths when assigning boot paths to virtual partitions running HP-UX v2 (B.11.23) or HP-UX v1 (B.11.11). • Configuring a virtual partition with a low amount of base memory can result in a system hang or lead to slow system performance Symptoms System hang or slow system performance Workaround Configure the virtual partition with enough base memory using the guidelines in the following table.
• ALTBOOT automatically set when booted in vPars mode Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGag43601 Applicable On vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC systems Description After creating a new vPars database (vpdb) the ALTBOOT variable for a virtual partition may be automatically set when booting in vPars mode. Explicitly set alternate boot path settings are unaffected by this issue. Symptoms ALTBOOT variable for a virtual partition is automatically set.
Applicable On vPars A.05.xx Description During the installation of HP-UX on a virtual partition, an error may occur during the configuration of the iCOD software product. When the virtual partition reboots following the configuration phase, the software will be configured correctly, so there is no loss of functionality. Symptoms An error message will appear in the install log: ERROR: The "configure" script for "iCOD.
Symptoms The console display includes the following: Initializing IO Devices ... LBA Cell 01 (01): Occupied PCI-X 133MHz Scan PCI: Rope Slot Seg Bus Dev Fun Card .. Loading.: 1/0/1/1/0/4/0.6.0.0.0.0.0 Executing Image: "\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI" Optional Data : "\EFI\HPUX\HPUX.EFI boot /stand/vmunix" Starting: 1/0/1/1/0/4/0.6.0.0.0.0.0 (C) Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.All rights reserved HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.
>------------ Event Monitoring Service Event Notification ------------< Notification Time: Wed May 4 15:29:44 2005 winona2 sent Event Monitor notification information: /system/events/ipmi_fpl/ipmi_fpl is >= 3. Its current value is CRITICAL(5). Event data from monitor: Event Time..........: Wed May 4 15:29:44 2005 Severity............: CRITICAL Monitor.............: fpl_em Event #.............: 267 System..............
Applicable On ◦ vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC ◦ vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC ◦ vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC Description While a virtual partition is shutting down, panicking, or booting, typing Control-s to suspend its console output may cause the virtual partition to stop making forward progress. The virtual partition may appear to hang.
Description During a crash dump of a virtual partition, hardware heartbeats are delayed long enough such that the watchdog timer is triggered. If the watchdog timer has been configured to reset, then the entire system is reset (TOC). Symptoms A system (or nPartition) is reset when a virtual partition is performing a crash dump. Workaround From the GSP, use the AR command to set the watchdog timer to not automatically restart the system (or nPartition). Examples are below.
Description When the A5158A is connected to the Brocade 2800 or 12000 switch, the topology of the A5158A changes after the virtual partition reboots. Symptoms ◦ Before a reboot, the topology shows PTTOPT_FABRIC: 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 = PTTOPT_FABRIC ...
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 reset Reset Done 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 = PTTOPT_FABRIC ... • Autoboot Fails from Fibre Channel Device via Brocade 3800 Switch Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGae78109 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.
Stored message buffer up to panic: 5028, 0x11, 0x40). pinned_pdk_malloc_avail_contig(): 0x33000 Bad News: Cannot use the Kernel Stack when interrupted on the ICS. Bad News: Fault/trap with interrupts disabled and we cared. reg_dump(): Displaying register values (in hex) from the save state ...
◦ LVM & vPars I/O Backplane Upgrade ◦ Resizing vPars automatically with HP-UX Workload Manager ◦ Increasing Flexibility by Mixing Minor Release of Virtual Partitions Ordering vPars Product Numbers The vPars A.03.xx, vPars A.04.xx, and vPars A.05.xx releases have different product numbers: T1335DC vPars A.05.xx for HP-UX 11i v3 T1335BC vPars A.04.xx for HP-UX 11i v2 T1335AC vPars A.03.xx for HP-UX 11i v1 vPars Media Starting with the March 2008 release (vPars A.05.
