HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.04.06 vPars A.04.06 HP Part Number: T1335-90100 Published: September 2008 Edition: 1.
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Table of Contents vPars A.04.06 Release Notes...........................................................................................5 vPars Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 New Features...............................................................................
vPars A.04.06 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.06 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.
— — — — • FEATURE11i (required patches for vPars install) HWEnable11i (required patches for new hardware) QPKAPPS & QPBASE (recommended OS patches) OnlineDiag, NPar, iCAP, WBEM (changes for vPars support) From the HP ITRC or Patch Hub: — PHKL_34088 (bootloader patch for sx2000 systems) — PHKL_35114 (11.23 VMvPar fix) — PHNE_36225 (Cumulative mux and pty patch) — PHKL_36288 (Cumulative diag2 driver and vPars enablement) — PHKL_33929 (11.23 page cache synchronization and pfdats fix) — PHKL_33930 (11.
Hardware Requirements The vPars A.04.06 release runs on HP 9000 servers and HP Integrity Servers with the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) operating system. Switching Modes between vPars and nPars on Integrity Systems The following information on modes and using new vPars commands for Integrity systems is included in Chapter 5 of the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide. It is duplicated here as a reminder, in case you are using vPars A.04.xx on Integrity systems.
• QXCR1000784543 vparstatus shows -ve cpus after vparboot -I on vpar with floater cpus. • QXCR1000586118 Enhance vPars/iCAP to allow easier fix on non-compliant vPar database. Known Problems and Workarounds This section provides a list of problems and limitations known to HP at the time of publication. If workarounds are available, they are included. For information on specific defects, see the HP ITRC at http://itrc.hp.com.
System..............: winona2 Summary: INIT initiated 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.
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. Symptoms On the nPartitionable servers, the virtual partition connected to an Ultra2 or Ultra160 SCSI boot device fails to boot after the SCSI card was configured using the vparutil command. Workaround — For vPars A.03.
Automatic system restart for partition 2 is currently enabled. Do you want to disable automatic system restart? (Y/[N]) y -> Automatic system restart is disabled. GSP:CM> • Topology of A5158A Changes from Fabric to Public Loop After the Virtual Partition Reboots Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf15533 Applicable On — vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC — vPars A.03.
port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa port 4: sw Online L-Port 1 public Workaround — To permanently set the device to fabric, set the setting on the switch. For example: switch> portcfggport port_#,1 — where port_# is the port number of the switch that is connected to the A5158A card and 1 represents “true”.
For more information on using vPars with fibre channel devices, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide. • On sx2000 Integrity Servers, Booting an OS Kernel while in the Wrong Mode May Cause a Panic Instead of Displaying Error Messages Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGag06132 Applicable On — vPars A.05.xx on Integrity — vPars A.04.
— — — — — — Kernel Memory Allocation LPMC and resulting CPU States LVM & vPars I/O Backplane Upgrade LVM/VxVM and vPars sx2000 Upgrade Resizing vPars automatically with HP-UX Workload Manager Booting, Installing, Recovery, and Sharing in a vPars Environment from DVD/CDROM/TAPE/Network Ordering vPars Product Numbers The vPars A.03.xx, vPars A.04.xx, and vPars A.05.xx releases have different product numbers: T1335CC vPars A.05.xx for HP-UX 11i v3 T1335BC vPars A.04.xx for HP-UX 11i v2 T1335AC vPars A.03.
