HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.05.10)

Workaround
Use legacy hardware paths when assigning boot paths to virtual partitions running HP-UX v2
(B.11.23) or HP-UX v1 (B.11.11).
• Configuring a virtual partition with a low amount of base memory can
result in a system hang or lead to slow system performance
Symptoms
System hang or slow system performance
Workaround
Configure the virtual partition with enough base memory using the guidelines in the following
table.
Minimum Base MemoryTotal Memory Assigned to the Virtual Partition
1/2 of total memory1 GB to 8 GB
4 GB8 GB to 16 GB
1/4 of total memoryOver 16 GB
• Dynamically adding RAM on PA-RISC servers with older PDC firmware
causes a panic in mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars environment
Applicable On
vPars A.05.xx on PA-RISC
Description
If PDC firmware is not updated, side effect can be a panic during dynamic memory migration.
Symptoms
Panic during dynamic memory migration.
Workaround
Update PDC firmware to the supported revision as specified in the HP-UX Virtual Partitions
Ordering and Configuration Guide.
• vparreset: Error: Cannot access PIM data for virtual partition
Applicable On
• vPars A.04.xx on PA-RISC
• vPars A.03.xx on PA-RISC
Description
On PA-RISC systems configured with virtual partitions, the vparreset command sometimes
reports an error message, however the reset succeeds.
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.
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