HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.08

vPars A.05.08 Release Notes
This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.05.08 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.
New and Changed Features in This Release
This section lists features that are new in this release, or previously available features that have
changed in this release.
Changes in This Release
This release of vPars A.05.08 on HP-UX 11i v3 includes the following changes and enhancements:
• Support to update vPars from HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 to a mixed minor environment
HP-UX Virtual Partitions now supports mixing different minor release of vPars. This enhances
the flexibility of using vPars software. This feature is available only on HP-UX 11i v3 vPars
version 05.05 and later. On HP-UX 11i v2 this feature is available only for vPars version
04.07. Any other vPars version on an HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment is not supported.
For more information about the supported vPars configuration and Operating Environments,
refer HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide, March 2011 available on the HP Business
Support Center (BSC) website at www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs
• Ability to set High Availability and alternate boot paths for vPars monitor from the MON
prompt
The mon_bootpath command now allows you to set either the Primary, HA, or Alternate
boot path for the vPars monitor.
For more information about the new options in mon_bootpath, refer the HP-UX Virtual
Partitions Administrator Guide, March 2011 available on the BSC website at www.hp.com/
go/hpux-vpars-docs, and the vpmon(5) manpage.
Note: Starting March 2010 release (vPars A.05.06), HP-UX Virtual Partitions will not be delivered
as part of the bundle T1335CC. The product number for vPars bundle T1335CC is now changed
to T1335DC. Henceforth, both the Virtual Server Environment Operating Environment (VSE OE)
media and the Application Release (AR) media will contain the vParsT1335DC bundle. The T1335DC
bundle was originally introduced in the HP-UX March 2009 release.
Compatibility and Installation Requirements
This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.
For specific installation instructions, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide.
Required Patches
vPars A.05.08 requires the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) March 2011 update release, including the
following patch bundles from the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 update release:
• B.11.31.2011 FEATURE11i (required patches for vPars installation)
• PHKL_41583 11.31 vPars PSM component for vPars A.05.08
You can download patches from the HP IT Resource Center (ITRC) website:
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