HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (March 2012)

• Flexibility
Compatibility with nPartitions (hard partitions)◦
◦ Integration with iCAP (Instant Capacity on Demand)
◦ Dynamic creation of virtual partitions while other virtual partitions are running
• Automated and Intelligent Management
Goal-based workload management across virtual partitions (cross-virtual partition
integration with HP-UX Workload Manager)
◦
◦ Easy, automated deployment through Ignite-UX
• Integration with the rest of the HP VSE (Virtual Server Environment) for HP-UX
◦ HP Partitioning Continuum, Workload Manager, iCAP and PPU, Rapid Deployment
2.3 Features of vPars Software by Release
This section outlines the features in brief for each of the supported vPars releases. For detailed
information, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes for a specific release.
For customers that are using previous versions of vPars, HP strongly recommends that you update
to the latest supported vPars version to take advantage of new features and product improvements.
2.3.1 vPars A.05.xx Releases
vPars A.05.09
Includes changes to support dynamic cores in HP Superdome 2 (SD2) vPars.
vPars A.05.08
• 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 releases of vPars. This enhances
the flexibility of using the vPars software. This feature is available only on HP-UX 11i v3 vPars
version 05.05 and later. On HP-UX 11i v2, only vPars version A.04.07 is supported along
with the HP-UX 11i v3 mixed minor version environment. Any other vPars version on an HP-UX
11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v1 Operating Environment is not supported.
For more information about the supported vPars configuration and Operating Environments,
see 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.
vPars A.05.07
• Includes changes to enable vPars support on HP Superdome 2 (SD2) Integrity servers.
In SD2, the implementation of Virtual Partitions has changed. For more information, see the
HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Release Notes and HP Superdome 2 Administrator Guide on
the BSC website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs.
• Includes fixes customer reported problems and internally found defects.
10 Overview of Virtual Partitions