HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.05 and A.04.05)
vparstatus: Monitor and database information
Beginning with vPars A.03.02, the -m option displays the console path, the hardware path from
which the Monitor was booted, the fleshiest path of the Monitor, and the vPars database file that
is being used by the Monitor. Beginning with vPars A.04.01, memory ranges used by the monitor
and firmware are also displayed.
Examples
• vPars A.03.02:
# vparstatus -m
Console path: 0.0.2.0
Monitor Boot disk path: 0.0.1.0
Monitor Boot filename: /stand/vpmon
Database filename: /stand/vpdb.mine
• vPars A.04.01:
# vparstatus -m
Console path: No path as console is virtual
Monitor boot disk path: 13.0.11.1.0.8.0
Monitor boot filename: /stand/vpmon
Database filename: /stand/vpdb
Memory ranges used: 0x0/232611840 Monitor
0xddd6000/688128 firmware
0xde7e000/1384448 Monitor
0xdfd0000/33751040 firmware
0x10000000/134213632 Monitor
0x7fffe000/8192 firmware
0x8a0ff000000/16777216 firmware
Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition
You can create a virtual partition using the vparcreate command.
CAUTION: LBAs must be explicitly specified when using vPars A.03.01 or earlier. The examples in
this chapter use a non-nPartitionable system. If using an nPartitionable system, read “Planning,
Installing, and Using vPars with an nPartitionable Server” (page 51).
NOTE: When you create a virtual partition, the vPars Monitor assumes you will boot and use
the partition. Therefore, when a virtual partition is created, even if it is down and not being used,
the resources assigned to it cannot be used by any other partition.
Also, when using vPars, the physical hardware console port must be owned by a partition. To
avoid terminal type mismatches, this should be the first virtual partition created. For an example,
see “Assigning the Hardware Console LBA” (page 57).
For memory considerations, see “Memory: Allocation Notes” (page 226).
Example (A.03.xx)
To create a virtual partition named winona2 with the following resources:
• Three total CPUs (two bound CPUs at hardware paths 41 and 45 and one unbound CPU)
with a maximum of four (bound plus unbound) CPUs
• 1280 MB of memory
• all hardware where the LBA is at 0/8 or 1/10
• a boot disk at 0/8/0/0.5.0
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