HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.04 vPars A.05.04 HP Part Number: T1335-90096 Published: September 2008 Edition: 1.
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Table of Contents vPars A.05.04 Release Notes...........................................................................................5 vPars Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5 New Features...............................................................................
vPars A.05.04 Release Notes This document provides information about the HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.05.04 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.
vPars Checklist This section is a brief checklist of common but significant items you should check while setting up vPars. Firmware Checklist • Check Server Firmware: Check the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide for the required server firmware. For the non-nPartition-able systems, firmware upgrades must be done outside of the vPars environment (in standalone mode). For nPartition-able systems, call your HP Support Representative.
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.
Description Under certain conditions, the FibrChanl-02 (fclp) driver fails to claim the fibre channel HBA and can cause an OS panic. The problem has been observed with the AD222A HBA. Similar behavior may be observed with any cards or OS subsystems which require large amounts of physically contiguous memory (of the order of 16MB and more). Symptoms The FibrChanl-02 (fclp) driver fails to claim the HBA and can cause an OS panic.
Symptoms The vparreset command throws the following error message, but a crash dump is taken successfully. vparreset: Error: Cannot access PIM data for virtual partition vparname Workaround • None. Ignore the message if the reset is successful. Intermittent system hangs when displaying large output on console Related Defect ID and Patch Number Applicable On QXCR1000812861 vPars A.05.
— — • Ignore the alternate boot path setting. Explicitly set the alternate boot path for the virtual partition. Virtual Partition Fails to Load after a Reboot or Issuing vparload -all Related JAG or Patch ID Number JAGae88150 Applicable On • vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC • vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC • vPars A.03.
# vparboot -p target_vpar -B TAPE where TAPE is a Fibre Channel tape device previously configured using the :TAPE attribute, the target virtual partition may hang, remaining in the load state indefinitely. Further, the target virtual partition does not reset when using vparreset. Workaround device. • None. HP recommends that you not attempt to boot a Fibre Channel tape A Virtual Partition Remains in Load State with sx2000 Chipset Related Defect ID and Patch Number JAGaf88969 Applicable On — vPars A.05.
— — — vPars A.05.xx vPars A.04.xx on Integrity vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC Description In a vPars environment, system activity events are decoded and reported on all virtual partitions. When examining any single virtual partition, this can be misleading, such that it may appear the events occurred on the virtual partition that reported the problem.
Description While a virtual partition is shutting down, panicking, or booting, typing Control-s to suspend its console output may cause the virtual partition to stop making forward progress. The virtual partition may appear to hang. Symptoms If a Control-s is typed at the system keyboard while the virtual partition currently writing to the console is shutting down, panicking, or booting, that virtual partition may appear to hang. Workaround • Type Control-q to resume console output.
Current Triggering alert levels are: 13 Do you want to modify them? (Y/[N]): n Automatic System Restart configuration has been updated GSP Host Name: keira GSP> — On nPartitionable servers, use the following procedure: GSP> cm Enter HE to get a list of available commands GSP:CM> ar This command modifies the automatic system restart configuration of the selected partition.
switchState: Online switchMode: Native ... port 0: -- No_Module port 1: -- No_Module port 2: -- No_Module port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa port 4: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:00:f4:28 — The switch information after the reboot shows: brocade01:admin> switchshow switchName: brocade01 switchType: 2.4 switchState: Online switchMode: Native ...
Description Using a fibre channel mass storage device going through a Brocade 3800 switch with firmware version 3.1.1, autobooting virtual partitions fails on rp5405, L3000/rp5470, or N4000/rp7400 servers with PDC 43.22 installed. Symptoms Autoboot fails. Workaround Boot the virtual partitions manually from the vPars Monitor or HP-UX shell prompt.
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Virtual%20Partitions • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (this document) This describes what’s new as well as known problems for a specific vPars release. • HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide This is the vPars system administrator's guide that describes the basic concepts and common tasks for the vPars product.
• vPars A.05.xx Software Depot http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335CCE • vPars A.04.xx Software Depot http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335BCE • vPars A.03.xx Software Depot http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335ACE For licensing and configuration information as well as required firmware, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide.
