HP Instant Capacity Version 10.x User Guide (5900-1581, March 2011)

Table 10 Email sent by the Instant Capacity software
Email MessageTriggered By
Information about the configuration change is sent to the system contact,
if specified, and if change notification is set to “on”.
icapmodify (if a configuration change
occurs)
A temporary capacity expiration notification is sent to the system
contact, if specified, and root.
icapd (daily, when the projected TiCAP
balance expiration is less than the warning
period: by default, when less than 15 days)
An exception report (for noncompliance) is sent to the system contact,
if specified, and root.
icapd (daily, if more than expected cores,
memory, cells, are active; also if TiCAP has a
negative balance)
An Instant Capacity enforcement message is sent to the system contact,
if specified, and root.
icapd (if one or more cores are deactivated
at boot time to enforce compliance)
Information about why the virtual partition is not being allowed to boot
is sent to the system contact, if specified, and root.
vPars startup (when the virtual partition has
more cores assigned to it than the number of
intended active cores for the nPartition)
A warning message is sent to the system contact, if specified, and root,
stating that the Group Manager must adjust the number of sharing
rights.
icapmodify (when a codeword is applied
to a GiCAP member which modifies the
number of cores without usage rights on that
member, and available sharing rights are
insufficient, triggering a lockout on all groups;
or when incompatible hardware is added)
An informational message is sent to indicate that core usage rights
have been acquired from an inactive group member.
icapmanage (when usage rights are seized
from an unavailable server)
An informational message is sent to indicate that usage rights seized
from an inactive group member have expired and therefore the seized
usage rights are reverted to the original group member.
icapmanage (when seized usage rights
expire)
An exception report (for noncompliance) is sent to the system contact,
if specified, and root.
icapmodify (when a group is noncompliant
due to a lack of sharing rights or for hardware
noncompliance)
If asset reporting is configured, and the system has email connectivity to HP, these messages are
sent to HP:
Table 11 Asset reporting email sent by the Instant Capacity software
Email MessageTriggered By
An asset report is sent to the reply address, root, and HP (the asset
report sent to HP is encrypted).
icapnotify (on demand)
An encrypted asset report is sent to HP.System startup and system shutdown
An encrypted asset report is sent to HP.icapd (daily at noon)
Does the upgrade of one partition on a server to Instant Capacity version 10.x mean that every
partition must be upgraded?
The HP Utility Pricing Solutions contract requires all participants to run the latest version of the
Instant Capacity software, and to maintain the Instant Capacity software on each partition in the
system. Participants who do not meet these requirements may be in breach of contract. However,
there may be some circumstances where you cannot upgrade to the latest version of Instant Capacity.
In these cases, it is possible to run mixed versions, but HP does not test or guarantee interoperability
except within the documented upgrade procedures and restrictions. Earlier versions of Instant
Capacity prior to version 6 need to be upgraded, as described in “Upgrading to Instant Capacity
version B.06.x or later (HP-UX)” (page 158). However, to use the GiCAP features, the Group
Manager, the standby Group Manager (if any), and all OS instances on all member systems must
be running version 9.0 or later of the Instant Capacity software.
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