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

Conﬁguring and Managing Superdome Partitions

Procedures for Managing Partitions

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Consolidating Multiple Partitions

Consolidating multiple partitions involves (1) removing a partition, thus

making all the partition’s cell available to beassigned to other partitions,

and (2) assigning those cells to another partition.

This general process effectively removes one or more virtual systems

(partitions) and allocates those resources to another partition within the

same Superdome complex.

Procedure Use the following high-level procedure when consolidating partitions.

Step 1. Determine the overall partition conﬁguration you wish to establish for

the Superdome complex.

To accomplish this planning refer to “Conﬁguring Superdome

Hardware and Partitions” on page 122 and Appendix A, “Planning

Superdome Conﬁgurations,” on page 283 for basic guidance.

Also refer to your HP sales or support representative to ensure that the

new Superdome complex conﬁguration establishes an HP-recommended

partition conﬁguration.

Step 2. Remove the partitions whose cells (and associated I/O chassis) will be

consolidated into another partition.

See “Deleting (Removing) a Partition” on page 170 for details on this

task.

Step 3. Assign the cells that you made available in the previous step to a

partition, either by creating a new partition or by adding them to an

existing partition.

To create a new partition using the newly available resources use the

procedure listed in “Creating a New Partition” on page 161.

To add the resources to an existing partition refer to “Adding Cells to a

Partition” on page 178.

NOTE You must conﬁgure all I/O devices within the newly created partition for

HP-UX to make the devices available.