HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.03.05 and A.04.05)

Flexible Administrative Capability Commands
The flexible administrative capability commands are:
• executed from the vPars Monitor (MON>)monadmin
• executed from the HP-UX shellvparadmin
monadmin
monadmin is a vPars Monitor command that allows you to
• display whether the vPars flexible administrative capability feature is ON (enabled) or OFF
(disabled)
• set or reset the flexible administrative capability mode
• specify a virtual partition to be added or deleted to or from the designated-admin virtual
partition list
• list which virtual partitions are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition list (in
other words, are set as designated-admin virtual partitions)
Basic Syntax and Usage
monadmin [-S on|off] | [-a|-d partition_name] | [-l]
-S on|off
• Sets the flexible administrative capability mode either ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).
— ON and OFF are not case-sensitive.
— The flexible administrative capability mode can be set only at the Monitor prompt
(MON>).
— By default, the mode is OFF.
When the mode is set to ON, the list of designated-admin virtual partitions is empty,
regardless of any previous settings. Therefore, when the flexible administrative capability
mode is set to ON, all virtual partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions regardless
of whether it is running or not and regardless of its state during the previous time the mode
was set to ON. Because the designated-admin virtual partition list is empty when the mode
is set to ON, you will need to add any virtual partitions you wish to be designated-admin
virtual partitions to the designated-admin virtual partition list every time you set the mode
to ON. You can add or delete virtual partitions to or from the designated-admin virtual
partition list from either the Monitor prompt using monadmin (MON> monadmin) or the
HP-UX Shell prompt using vparadmin (# vparadmin). vparadmin is discussed in the
next section.
This process allows you to change the mode at the MON> prompt and maintain a
deterministic setting for the virtual partition even if virtual partitions are running.
When the mode is set to ON, monadmin will prompt for a new password. (If the mode is
already ON, you will receive a message stating that you already having enabled the flexible
administrative capability.)
When the mode is set to OFF, the above restrictions of the vPars command execution are
turned off. It may appear that all virtual partitions are considered to be designated-admin
288 vPars Flexible Administrative Capability (vPars A.03.03, A.03.04, vPars A.04.02, A.04.03, A.05.01)