Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Troubleshooting
Operational problems
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You will see this error message if you try to power off an I/O chassis independently from
its attached cell. This can only be done successfully in very limited circumstances. See
the on-line documentation for the frupower command for those circumstances. HP
recommends that customers power off the cell, which automatically powers off the I/O
chassis.
Parcreate and parmodify: cell local memory warnings
When using the parcreate or parmodify commands along with the option to set or
modify the amount of Cell Local Memory (CLM), you may see the following warning:
WARNING: Unable to determine if the target partition supports cell local
memory.
This is normal behavior. The OS that is running (or will be installed) on the partition
cannot be determined remotely by parcreate or parmodify, but Windows 2003 Server
does in fact support CLM.
Parcreate, parmodify, and parremove: failure to update stable
complex configuration data (SCCD)
You may see the following errors when using parcreate or parmodify to add or remove
cells from a partition, or to modify the CLM values for cells in a partition, or when using
parremove to remove a partition.
ERROR: The Partition Configuration Data was written out, but could not
write Stable Complex Configuration Data. Attempts to undo the Partition
Configuration Data changes have failed. As a result, options which cause
partition reconfiguration i.e., addition or deletion of cells have
failed, all other options have succeeded.
Subsequent attempts to run other commands may result in either:
ERROR: Unable to update the Stable Configuration Data.
or:
ERROR: Failed to connect to target partition or complex.
This error can occur when the command attempts to update the SCCD with the complex
name set to its initial default value of 20 blank spaces.
To troubleshoot this problem take the following steps:
Step 1. Verify you have network connectivity by telnetting to the MP and successfully logging in.
Step 2. Verify that the nPartition provider is running. To do this, go to the Windows Service
Management Console by using a Windows menu path of
Start > Control Panel >
Administrative Tools > Services
. Find the service named WMINParProvider and make
sure it is started. If it hasn’t, click on the WMINParProvider service and use the Start
context menu action to start it. If the service is missing, you must re-install it (See
“Installing nPartition Management Utilities” on page 33).
Step 3. If you see errors in updating the SCCD, ensure that the SCCD is unlocked by issuing the
command: parunlock -s -g -h <hostname of MP>.