HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.02)

vPars Flexible Administrative Capability (vPars A.03.03, A.03.04, vPars A.04.02, A.04.03, A.05.01)
Flexible Administrative Capability Commands
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Flexible Administrative Capability Commands
The flexible administrative capability commands are:
• monadmin executed from the vPars Monitor (MON>)
• vparadmin executed from the HP-UX shell
monadmin
monadmin is a vPars Monitor command that allows you to
• display whether the vPars flexible administrative capability feature is ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled)
• set or reset the flexible administrative capability mode
• specify a virtual partition to be added or deleted to or from the designated-admin virtual partition list
• list which virtual partitions are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition list (in other words,
are set as designated-admin virtual partitions)
Basic Syntax and Usage
monadmin [-S on|off] | [-a|-d partition_name ] | [-l]
-S on|off
Sets the flexible administrative capability mode either ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).
— ON and OFF are not case-sensitive.
— The flexible administrative capability mode can be set only at the Monitor prompt (MON>).
— By default, the mode is OFF.
When the mode is set to ON, the list of designated-admin virtual partitions is empty, regardless of any
previous settings. Therefore, when the flexible administrative capability mode is set to ON, all virtual
partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions regardless of whether it is running or not and
regardless of its state during the previous time the mode was set to ON.
Because the designated-admin virtual partition list is empty when the mode is set to ON, you will need to
add any virtual partitions you wish to be designated-admin virtual partitions to the designated-admin
virtual partition list every time you set the mode to ON. You can add or delete virtual partitions to or
from the designated-admin virtual partition list from either the Monitor prompt using monadmin (MON>
monadmin) or the HP-UX Shell prompt using vparadmin (# vparadmin). vparadmin is discussed in the
next section.
This process allows you to change the mode at the MON> prompt and maintain a deterministic setting for
the virtual partition even if virtual partitions are running.
When the mode is set to ON, monadmin will prompt for a new password. (If the mode is already ON, you
will receive a message stating that you already having enabled the flexible administrative capability.)
When the mode is set to OFF, the above restrictions of the vPars command execution are turned off. It
may appear that all virtual partitions are considered to be designated-admin virtual partitions. Once you
set the mode to OFF, the designated-admin virtual partition list is deleted as well as the flexible
administrative capability password.