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

vPars A.05.01
The vPars A.05.01 release requires patch PHSS_36739 to resolve issues with the vPars dynamic
memory migration feature. This patch fixes JAGag43006 (“Memory got removed from an active
partition during memory OLA”). The patch is available at the HP IT Resource Center (at http://
itrc.hp.com select maintenance and support for hp products). For more information, see HP-UX
Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.01).
vPars A.04.xx
From the HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) Update Release, verify the following bundles are installed on your
system:
• B.11.23.0706 FEATURE11i (required patches for vPars install)
• HWEnable11i (with required patches for new hardware)
• QPKAPPS and QPKBASE (with recommended patches)
• OnlineDiag, NPar, iCAP, WBEM, and other bundles (with changes for vPars support)
See the version specific HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes for further required patches.
vPars A.03.xx
After installing HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11), you should install the latest Quality Pack (QPK) bundles,
available from the HP-UX 11i v1 Support Plus CD or online at http://itrc.hp.com.
To get Quality Pack (QPK) bundles from http://itrc.hp.com:
1. Select maintenance and support for hp products.
2. Click the standard patch bundles link under patching.
3. The HP-UX patch bundles link will present a web page with links to releases with the Support
Plus 11.11 bundles.
4. Select GOLDAPPS11i and GOLDBASE11i. Also, review additional recommended patches and
select add to selected patch list for download.
These QPK bundles provide recommended patches for HP-UX 11.11 OE software and HP-UX
11.11 vPars software.
4.2 Hardware
This section lists the supported hardware configurations.
4.2.1 Servers
vPars releases support the following HP-UX servers as indicated in Table 9. Yes indicates the vPars
release is supported on the server model, and No indicates the vPars release is unsupported on
the server model.
Table 9 Server Support for vPars Releases
A.05.07, A.05.08
and A.05.09
A.05.04, A.05.05,
and A.05.06
A.04.06 and
A.04.07A.03.05Server Model
NoNoYesYesrp5470
1
/L3000, rp5405
NoNoYesYesrp7400/N4000
YesYesYesYesrp7405, rp7410
YesYesYesYesrp8400
YesYesYesYesrp7420
YesYesYesYesrp8420
YesYesYesYesrp7440, rp8440
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