learning v-par n-par

[ani007]

I want to learn v-par & n-par.Currently i don't have any concept.Can someone suggest me how i will go ....

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi Ani

As the docs.hp.com is no more available you can search the necessary documents in following links. Try to go through them and if you have any doubt you can always post here for a solution.

http://www.hp.com/go/bsc

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-npars-docs

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-vpars-docs

Thanks & Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

[melvyn burnard]

you could also enrol for the HP CustEd course on partitioning, this will give you a fairly good insight

[ani007]

Hi Jayakrishnan,
can you please explain me in a very simpleway what is v-par & what is n-par.i know only n-par is for hardware partition & v par is for virtual partion

[Bhadresh]

Virtual partitions (vPars) are separate operating system instances on the same nPartition or server, with O/S, application and resource isolation.

nPartitions (nPars) are hard partition technology, that enable you to configure a single server complex as one large server or as multiple smaller servers. Each nPartition has its own processor, memory and I/O resources consisting of the resources of the cells allocated to the nPartition. Each nPartition hosts its own: operating system instance, applications and users.

Have a look at the following threads for more details:
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1440141
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1199335

Regards,
Bhadresh

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi Ani

Npar--> Hard partitions --> Supported on rx7600/8600 & Integrity Superdomes--> All these are cell based Servers.
The above mentioned HW models can be partitioned to run individual OS & application with full HW & SW isolation. The partitoining is done from the initial OS running on the partitionable Hardware which is called Genesis Partition


Vpar --> Done in OS level - Software Partitions
Provides software isolation and it uses dedicated resources--> OS based virtualization.

Thanks & Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

[ani007]

Thanks all