Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.02)

vPars Flexible Administrative Capability (vPars A.03.03 and vPars A.04.02)
vPars Commands
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vPars Commands
When the flexible administrative capability mode is ON, the vPars flexible administrative capability feature
restricts the vPars commands such that you can alter another virtual partition only if you execute the
command from a partition that is in the designated-admin virtual partition list. When you execute the
command from a non-designated-admin virtual partition, if the command alters another virtual partition, it
will not be allowed. (A.03.03 only: this is true even if the vPars commands are applied to an alternate
database).
The table below shows the results when the flexible administrative capability feature is ON.
The remaining vPars commands, such as vparstatus, are allowed by all virtual partitions regardless of the
flexible administrative capability mode because they do not alter other virtual partitions.
NOTE When the Target Partition is the Local Partition
If you use a command that alters a virtual partition but you execute it from the partition itself
(in other words, the target partition equals the local virtual partition), this is allowed. For
example,
winona2# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
Because you are not modifying another virtual partition, this will be allowed even if winona2 is
not a designated-admin virtual partition.
vparcreate
While flexible administrative capability is on, when you create a virtual partition, the target
partition will be a non-designated-admin virtual partition. You cannot vparcreate a virtual
partition as a designated-admin virtual partition. After the vparcreate command, to change
Table 10-1 Flexible Administrative Capability Impact on vPars Commands
vPars
command
Executed from a ...
designated-admin
virtual partition
non-designated-admin
virtual partition
vparboot allowed not allowed
vparcreate allowed not allowed
vparremove allowed not allowed
vparmodify allowed not allowed
unless target partition is the local virtual partition
vparreset allowed not allowed
unless target partition is the local virtual partition
vparutil allowed not allowed
unless target partition is the local virtual partition
vparenv -m
vparenv -g
allowed not allowed