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

-D Defers a core activation or deactivation until the next reboot.
This option modifies the default behavior of the -d, -s, and
-a options, which is to activate or deactivate cores instantly.
NOTE: This option is not supported within a virtual
partition.
Deferred operations are not cumulative. If there is a pending
deferred operation, a subsequent activation or deactivation
request (-s, -a, or -d), deferred or not, cancels the pending
deferred request and resets the values for intended
active and actual active based on the request and
the current value for actual active.
-f <from_email_address> Set Instant Capacity “from” email address. Causes all Instant
Capacity email correspondence from this system to appear
to be sent from from_email_address. Specifying an
empty string (" ") returns to default behavior, which is to
send from the adm user on the local system. The address
specified must be DNS resolvable by HP.
-i <system_id> Set system identifier used during asset reporting. The default
setting for the system identifier is the hostname of the Instant
Capacity system. This value can be returned to the default
setting by specifying an empty string (""). The system
identifier is a string that users specify to help track and
distinguish their systems.
-r Reconcile. Activate or deactivate cores (subject to
compliance limits) to bring the system to a state where the
intended active number of cores are active. The -r
option can also be used to undo a deferred (-D) operation,
causing an immediate activation or deactivation.
-w <warning days> Set temporary capacity warning period to desired number
of days. If not specified, the default warning period is 15
days. The Instant Capacity software calculates when the
temporary capacity expires based on the current
consumption rate. When the temporary capacity balance
is projected to be depleted within the warning period, a
warning message is sent by email to the system contact if
specified, and root. If temporary capacity is depleted and
you continue to have more active cores than core usage
rights across the complex, on the next reboot of any partition
in the complex the software automatically deactivates one
or more cores in order to bring the complex into a more
compliant state. Instant Capacity software deactivates as
many cores as is necessary to either stop consumption of
temporary capacity or to bring the partition to the minimum
number of required active cores.
-s <n> Sets the number of active cores and the number of intended
active cores to n, as long as the end result does not take
the complex out of compliance. In an nPartition environment,
depending on the value of n, this option works exactly as
the -a option (if n is greater than the current number of
active cores), or exactly as the -d option (if n is less than
the current number of active cores). Specifying a value of
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