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

When to Shutdown All Virtual Partitions
The only times you need to shutdown all the virtual partitions within a hard partition are when:
• a hardware problem or nPartition modification requires the nPartition to be down. Note
that PCI OL* is supported on vPars A.03.xx, A.04, and A.05.
• the entire hard partition hangs. This might be a problem with the vPars Monitor.
• you need to update the vPars Monitor (/stand/vpmon)
Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor)
To halt or reboot the hard partition gracefully, you need to do the following:
1. Log into every virtual partition that is running and gracefully shutdown the partition via
the HP-UX command shutdown.
There is no command that shuts down all the virtual partitions at the same time. You need
to shutdown every virtual partition one at a time.
For our example, if all our partitions were up, we would need to shut them down:
winona1# vparstatus
winona1# shutdown -h
winona2# vparstatus
winona2# shutdown -h
winona3# vparstatus
winona3# shutdown -h
2. After the last virtual partition is shut down, you will be at the vPars Monitor prompt (MON>)
on the console.
a. To reboot the hard partition, use the vPars Monitor command reboot:
MON> reboot
b. To shut down the rp5470/L3000 or rp7400/N4000 servers, access the GSP usingCtrl-B.
You can then use the GSP command PC to power off the server. For example:
MON> ^B
GSP> PC
Alternatively, you can power off the rp5470/L3000 or rp7400/N4000 servers via the
physical power switch.
Because no partitions are running and vPars Monitor is running only in memory,
shutting down the vPars Monitor this way does not corrupt the server’s memory.
c. To power off the cells assigned to the nPartition, access the GSP using Ctrl-B. You can
then go to the Command Menu and use the command PE to power off the cells. For
example:
MON> ^B
GSP MAIN MENU:
CO: Consoles
VFP: Virtual Front Panel
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Logs
SL: Show chassis Logs
HE: Help
X: Exit Connection
GSP> cm
Enter HE to get a list of available commands
GSP:CM> PE
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