Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (A.02.01)

Virtual Partition Manager
About the Virtual Partition Manager (vparmgr)
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About the Virtual Partition Manager (vparmgr)
The virtual partition manager (vparmgr) provides an easy to use
graphical interface to the vPars command utilities. Using vparmgr, you
can perform the following tasks:
• create a new virtual partition
• modify an existing virtual partition, including
— modify attributes such as boot path and kernel path
— add or remove processors
— add or remove memory
— add or remove I/O local bus adapters
• delete an existing virtual partition
• display the resources assigned to each virtual partition
• display the status of each virtual partition
• display logs of vPars activity
• boot a virtual partition
• reset a virtual partition
The virtual partition manager has special features to save you time and
effort:
• with a command-line parameter, you can start vparmgr directly in
the task that you want to perform
• after using the graphical interface to select the task and options that
you want to perform, vparmgr can show you the command line that
would perform the operation directly.
Starting the Virtual Partition Manager
Before you can start the virtual partition manager, vPars must be
installed and running. For information oninstalling vPars, see “Planning
Your Virtual Partitions and Installing vPars” on page 63. For
information on installing the virtual partition manager, see “Installing
and Removing vPars-related Bundles” on page 81.