HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.08

and Installation Requirements” (page 5) for further information on using vPars A.05.xx and vPars
A.04.xx on Integrity systems, including other Integrity-only specifics.
CAUTION: After using vparenv to change the boot mode from vPars mode to nPars mode,
further booting and loading of virtual partitions will fail although the vPars monitor has not been
rebooted. To boot or load virtual partitions, use vparenv to change the boot mode back to vPars
mode.
Usage Scenarios
• If you are running HP-UX in nPars mode (standalone), use the following vPars command to
switch to vPars mode:
OS-Prompt> vparenv -m vPars /* sets the mode for the next nPartition reboot*/
OS-Prompt> reboot /* to reboot the system into vPars mode */
• If you are at the Monitor prompt, use the following Monitor command to switch to nPars mode:
MON> reboot nPars /* sets the mode and reboots the system */
• If you are at the EFI shell prompt, use the following EFI utility to switch to either nPars or vPars
mode:
Shell:> fsN:
fsN:> vparconfig reboot nPars|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.
• If you are at the EFI shell prompt in vPars mode and you do not have vPars installed on any
of your disks, you can use the built-in EFI command parconfig to switch to nPars mode:
Shell:> parconfig nPars
Shell:> parconfig reset
NOTE: Remember to issue a parconfig reset after setting the mode. parconfig
nPars only sets the mode to nPars. You must issue the parconfig reset command to reset
the system so it boots into nPars mode.
NOTE: parconfig does not support switching to vPars mode. In other words, you can use
parconfig to set the mode to nPars, but you cannot use parconfig to set the mode to
vPars.
Known Problems Fixed in This Release
This section lists the customer-reported defects resolved in this release of vPars.
• QXCR1001048181
The size of the float memory decreases by 256 MB after each reboot of vpar1.
• QXCR1001048831
After changing time on all vpars and reboot of vpmon, one vpar did not change. This fix is
currently available only in patch PHKL_41583 11.31 vPars PSM component for vPars A.05.08.
Known Problems Fixed in This Release 7