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

Monitor: Using the Monitor Commands from ISL or EFI..................................................................130
Commands: vPars Manpages..............................................................................................................131
Commands: vPars Commands Logging.............................................................................................131
Log File Location and Log Format................................................................................................131
Cases Where No Logging Occurs..................................................................................................132
Cases Where Logging Occurs........................................................................................................132
Constraints and Restrictions to Logging.......................................................................................132
Syslog and Priority and Facility Codes.........................................................................................132
Commands: Displaying Monitor and Resource Information (vparstatus).........................................133
Virtual Partition States...................................................................................................................133
vparstatus output examples..........................................................................................................133
vparstatus: summary information.................................................................................................135
vparstatus: verbose information....................................................................................................136
vparstatus: available resources......................................................................................................138
vparstatus: CPU information on vPars A.04/A.05.........................................................................140
vparstatus: dual-core CPUs...........................................................................................................142
vparstatus: pending migrating CPUs operations..........................................................................143
vparstatus: pending migrating memory operations.....................................................................144
vparstatus: base and float memory amounts................................................................................145
vparstatus: pending nPartition Reboot for Reconfiguration.........................................................146
vparstatus: Monitor and database information.............................................................................147
Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition..............................................................................................147
Managing: Removing a Virtual Partition............................................................................................148
Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition......................................................................149
Booting a Virtual Partition..................................................................................................................150
Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition................................................................................150
When to Shutdown All Virtual Partitions.....................................................................................152
Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (OR Rebooting the vPars Monitor)...............................152
Setboot and System-wide Stable Storage ...........................................................................................153
Using Primary and Alternate Boot Paths............................................................................................154
Autoboot and Autosearch Attributes............................................................................................154
Setting the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths.................................................................................156
Using Primary and Alternate Paths with nPartitions....................................................................157
Original Status:.........................................................................................................................157
Changing the Virtual Partition’s Path (vPars Partition Database)............................................157
Changing the nPartition’s Path (Complex Profile Data)..........................................................158
Booting Using the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths......................................................................159
Autoboot.............................................................................................................................................159
The AUTO File on a Virtual Partition............................................................................................159
Autobooting the vPars Monitor and Virtual Partitions.................................................................161
Single-User Mode................................................................................................................................162
Example: A Hung Partition...........................................................................................................162
Other Boot Modes...............................................................................................................................163
Maintenance Mode........................................................................................................................163
Overriding Quorum.......................................................................................................................164
Changing the LVM Boot Device Hardware Path for a Virtual Partition.......................................164
Verification...............................................................................................................................164
Preparation...............................................................................................................................165
Change the boot device hardware path...................................................................................165
Boot into LVM maintenance mode...........................................................................................165
LVM maintenance mode steps.................................................................................................165
Resetting a Virtual Partition................................................................................................................166
Hard Reset.....................................................................................................................................166
Soft Reset........................................................................................................................................166
Using an Alternate Partition Database File ........................................................................................167
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