HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)

vPars Flexible Administrative Capability (vPars A.03.03, A.03.04, vPars A.04.02, A.04.03, A.05.01)
Terms and Definitions
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CAUTION In a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars environment, the vparcreate and
vparremove operations can only be performed from the vPars
A.05.01/11.31-OS virtual partitions; vparmodify operations affecting other
virtual partitions can only be performed from the vPars A.05.01/11.31-OS
virtual partitions.
When the flexible administrative capability is ON (enabled), setting only
vPars A.04.xx/11.23-OS virtual partitions as designated-admin virtual
partitions is not recommended. In a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars
environment, if all the designated-admin virtual partitions are vPars
A.04.xx/11.23-OS virtual partitions, no partitions will be able to perform
vparmodify, vparremove, or vparcreate operations on other partitions.
non-designated-admin virtual partition
This is a virtual partition that is not allowed to perform vPars commands that affect other
virtual partitions. For example, assume the flexible administrative capability feature is ON
and the following command is executed:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
vparmodify: Error: Only Designated-Admin virtual partitions can perform this
operation on winona2.
Because this command affects another virtual partition (winona2), if the local virtual
partition winona1 is a not a designated-admin virtual partition, the command will not be
successful.
designated-admin virtual partition list
This is the list of virtual partitions that are currently set as designated-admin virtual
partitions. If a virtual partition is in this list or added to this list, it is a designated-admin
virtual partition. If a virtual partition is not in this list or is deleted from this list, it is a
non-designated-admin virtual partition. How to add or delete virtual partitions from this
list is discussed in a later section.
Whenever the flexible administrative capability mode is set to ON, the designated-admin
virtual partition list will be empty.
flexible administrative capability mode
When this mode is set to ON, only designated-admin virtual partitions are allowed to
successfully execute vPars commands that affect other partitions. For example, in the
command:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
this command will check whether the local virtual partition (winona1) is a
designated-admin virtual partition or if the target partition is the local partition. If either
condition is true, the command is executed. If not, the command is denied execution. How to
set the mode is discussed in a later section.
By default, the flexible administrative capability mode is OFF.
flexible administrative capability password
From the Monitor prompt, when setting the flexible administrative capability mode to ON,
you will be prompted to set a flexible administrative capability password.