vpar question

[pjake]

Hello people,

I have 4 vpars, all 4 running 11.23 with vpar software version A.04.03. Now I have a requirement to make the 4th vpar 11.31 operating system. HP has aid that it is possible with A.05.01 version. Now if someone who had done this if can help out with the process and precautions I would apprecaite it.
Thanks
Jake

[Javed Khan_1]

Hi,

In vpar you should be running same OS version on all vpar , as per info provided by you are you planning to install only 4th vpar with 11.31 ?

Regards,
Javed Khan

[Jyotindra Patel]

With A.05.01 and higher, you can have 11.23 and 11.31 vPars. But you have to turn off hyperthreading as it is not supported for 11.23.

[Asif Sharif]

Hi Jake,

The following vPars versions are supported in various mixed HP-UX combinations in vPars environment.

Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars

Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment within the same hard partition, note that the vPars monitor that must be used is that bundled with A.05.01, A.05.02, or A.05.03 or later. See the latest version of HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide available at

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv3.html#Virtual%20Partitions

A Technical White Paper on Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments

docs.hp.com/en/9670/vParsMixedOS-A05xx.pdf

Regards,
Asif Sharif

[pjake]

Thanks Asif,
I had this but basically what I wanted to know is

1) If I would need to upgrade the vpar softwares to what versions on 11.23
2) what are the best ways of planning downtimes
3) Do I need to recreate the vpars etc

[Jyotindra Patel]

Steps to update the vPar monitor to A.05.03:

1. Shutdown all vPars except the base vPar
2. Install A.05.03 on the base vPar and then shutdown the base vPar
3. Reboot the vPar Monitor "MON>reboot"
4. Turn of HyperThreading
EFI-Shell> cpuconfig threads off
EFI-Shell> parconfig reset
5. Install A.05.03 on each of the 11.23 vPars and reboot the vPars
6. Now create the 11.31 vPar, install A.05.03 and reboot

[pjake]

Not sure if we have to do this

5. Install A.05.03 on each of the 11.23 vPars and reboot the vPars

The way I understood from the books

[Jyotindra Patel]

Since the base vPar is A.05.03, I would keep all the other vPars at the same level.