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

NOTE: The number of active cores is always known for a local partition.
If a nonlocal partition appears to be inactive, the number of active cores reported by the
icapstatus command is zero. For example, if the hardware for a nonlocal partition is inactive,
icapstatus considers the partition as inactive and reports the number of active cores as zero.
Assumed Memory Values
When a cell board is powered off, regardless of whether the cell is in the local partition or in a
nonlocal partition, the amount of inactive memory is assumed to be 2 GB and is reported as such
by the icapstatus command. If the amount of memory without usage rights configured for the
cell exceeds 2 GB and the cell is powered down and remains assigned to the partition, the system
goes out of compliance.
An asterisk (*) might appear next to the value of the Inactive Memory field in the icapstatus
output, in the section Allocation of Instant Capacity Resources among the
nPartitions.
Upgrading to Instant Capacity version B.06.x or later (HP-UX)
The first time a version of the codeword-based B9073BA Instant Capacity software (B.06.00 or
later) is loaded onto a system where the old B9073AA software (version B.03.x through B.05.x)
has been in use, the new software requires the system to go through an upgrade process.
This process involves transferring Instant Capacity inventory information from HP to the system
through the application of an upgrade codeword. This allows the system (using the B9073BA
software) to keep track of the number of components without usage rights.
Prior to December 2003, the Instant Capacity software product (B9073AA) was loaded from
Support Plus media and was not present on the 11i v1 and 11i v2 Operating Environment (OE)
media. In December 2003, an updated version of the Instant Capacity software product (B9073BA)
was placed on the 11i v1 and 11i v2 OE media.
The Instant Capacity version B.10.x software (B9073BA) is automatically installed when the HP-UX
11i v3 OE is installed. When a newer version of the HP-UX OE is installed in a partition, the Instant
Capacity software in the OE is automatically updated in that partition.
After the Instant Capacity software is updated in one partition from an older B9073AA version
(B.03.x through B.05.x) to the newer B9073BA version (B.06.00 or later), the Instant Capacity
software in all of the system’s other partitions needs to be updated before the new software is
completely operational. Until that time, the new software does not have visibility of the status of
partitions running the old software. As a result, it is likely that exception email will be generated
daily from the new software until all updates are completed.
After the installation of new Instant Capacity B9073BA software on the first partition, perform the
following steps.
NOTE: The following HP-UX procedures use the obsolete commands, such as icod_stat and
icod_modify, because these commands are common to all versions of Instant Capacity (B.06.x,
or later). On version B.10.x, these commands could be icapstatus or icapmodify, which
have identical results.
1. Execute the following command and record the output:
/usr/sbin/icod_stat -s
You can copy and paste the output of the icod_stat -s command and save it in a text
file. You need this information later in step 4.
2. Go to the HP Utility Pricing Solutions web portal at http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal. Log
in to the portal and click the link to get codewords.
3. Click the Upgrade Codeword link to get an upgrade codeword.
4. Supply the requested information from the icod_stat -s command output gathered in step
1, and get the upgrade codeword from the portal. You need the codeword in the next step.
158 Special Considerations