HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.07) (5900-1229, September 2010)

2 GB Restriction.............................................................................................................................256
Memory: Allocation Concepts and Notes...........................................................................................257
CPU.....................................................................................................................................................257
CPU: Specifying Min and Max Limits................................................................................................258
CPU: Bound and Unbound.................................................................................................................259
Definitions......................................................................................................................................259
CPU: Determining Whether to Use Bound or Unbound....................................................................259
CPU: Determining When to Specify a Hardware Path for a Bound CPU..........................................259
CPU: Adding and Removing Bound CPUs .......................................................................................260
CPU Allocation Syntax In Brief.....................................................................................................260
Syntax for vparcreate...........................................................................................................260
Note on vparmodify Syntax..................................................................................................260
CPU: Adding a CPU as a Bound CPU ...............................................................................................261
Choosing the Hardware Path of a Bound CPU.............................................................................261
CPU: Removing a Bound CPU............................................................................................................261
CPU: Removing a CPU with a Specified Hardware Path.............................................................262
CPU: Adding, Removing, and Migrating Unbound CPUs................................................................263
CPU: Managing I/O Interrupts...........................................................................................................263
intctl Command........................................................................................................................264
Notes..............................................................................................................................................264
CPU: Dual-Core Processors................................................................................................................265
Determining If the System Has Dual-Core Processors..................................................................265
Determining Sibling CPUs.............................................................................................................266
CPU: CPU Monitor (Formerly Known As LPMC Monitor)...............................................................268
9 nPartition Operations................................................................................................269
Basic Conceptual Points on using vPars within nPartitions...............................................................269
nPartition Information........................................................................................................................269
Setting Hyperthreading (HT ON/OFF) and cpuconfig Primer.......................................................270
vPars Monitor................................................................................................................................270
cpuconfig....................................................................................................................................270
Rebooting and Reconfiguring Conceptual Points...............................................................................272
Reconfiguring the nPartition...............................................................................................................272
Reconfiguring an nPartition (Integrity).........................................................................................273
From nPars mode:....................................................................................................................273
From vPars mode:.....................................................................................................................273
Reconfiguring an nPartition (PA-RISC).........................................................................................274
Putting an nPartition into an Inactive State and Other GSP Operations............................................275
Configuring CLM for an nPartition....................................................................................................276
parmodify syntax........................................................................................................................276
Example.........................................................................................................................................276
Configuring CLM Notes................................................................................................................276
10 Crash Processing and Recovery.............................................................................281
Crash Processing.................................................................................................................................281
Crash User Interface......................................................................................................................281
Directory Location and Filenames.................................................................................................282
vPars Monitor Dump Analysis Tool..............................................................................................282
Kernel Dumps................................................................................................................................282
Network and Tape Recovery...............................................................................................................283
Using make_net_recovery within a vPars Environment.........................................................285
Archiving Virtual Partition.......................................................................................................285
Recovering a Virtual Partition from a Running Virtual Partition ...........................................285
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