Managing Superdome Complexes: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring and Managing Superdome Partitions
Procedures for Managing Partitions
Chapter 4170
Deleting (Removing) a Partition
You can delete (remove) any partition within an HP Superdome complex.
The supported partition deletion methods provide restrictions, for
security reasons: you can delete only the local partition and inactive
remote partitions.
Use extreme caution before deleting a partition.
Deleting a partition causes all the partition’s cells (and any I/O resources
connected to the cells) to be unassigned and available for general use.
After deleting a partition, it is possible to restore its settings by using the
procedure described in “Restoring a Complex Profile” on page 156.
However, note that this procedure requires shutting down all partitions
in order to restore the previous complex profile configuration.
HP-UX Commands The following procedure removes a partition using HP-UX commands.
Step 1. List all partitions, and check the status for the partition you plan to
remove.
Use parstatus -P to list the status for all partitions.
You can only delete the local partition and inactive remote partitions. If
you are planning to remove a remote partition, check to see whether the
partition is inactive.
You can perform this task using HP-UX commands or
Partition Manager.
• “HP-UX Commands” on page 170
• “Partition Manager” on page 172
# parstatus -P
[Partition]
Par # of # of I/O
Num Status Cells Chassis Core cell Partition Name (first 30 chars)
=== ============ ===== ======== ========== ===============================
0 active 2 2 cab0,cell0 Partition 0
1 inactive 2 2 ? Partition One
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