Windows Integrity nPartition Guide

Using Other Tools for Managing nPartitions

nPartition-level tasks

Chapter 4

NOTE You must include the correct remote administration options when issuing par commands

(-h and -g for IPMI over LAN connections; -h and -u for WBEM/WMI connections). For

a complete explanation of these options, refer to the command description in “nPartition

Commands Reference” on page 109.

To check the local partition number, use the parstatus -w command.

If you are planning to remove a remote nPartition, check to see whether the remote

nPartition is inactive.

• To make a remote nPartition inactive, you can perform any of the following tasks:

— Login to Windows running on the remote nPartition and issue the shutdown /s

command.

— Access the console for the remote nPartition and use the reconfigreset

command at the EFI Shell.

—Use the RR command at the management processor Command Menu to reset the

nPartition to a shutdown for reconfig state.

• To remove an active remote nPartition, you must use the Windows nPartition tools

remote administration options.

Step 2. Save all current configuration details about the nPartition you plan to remove.

Use the parstatus -V -p# command to display all current configuration information

related to the nPartition you plan to remove.

Save this information, as you can use it to manually recreate the nPartition if necessary

at a later time.

Step 3. Remove the nPartition.

Use one of the following procedures to remove the nPartition: Removing an inactive

remote nPartition, Removing a local nPartition, or Removing an active remote

nPartition.

• Removing an inactive remote nPartition

1.Issue the parremove -p# command to remove the inactive remote nPartition (-p#

where # is the nPartition number). For example:

# parremove -p1

2.Issue the parstatus -P command to confirm that the nPartition was removed.

If the nPartition was removed, it no longer is listed in the parstatus command

output.

• Removing a local nPartition

To remove the local nPartition (the nPartition on which you currently are issuing

commands), perform the following steps.

1. Shut down all applications and warn users. Follow the same procedures you would

use if you were to reboot the nPartition.