nPartition Administrator's Guide, Second Edition

Unlocking Complex Profile Entries
You can manually unlock a Complex Profile entry by using either of the following procedures:
• “Complex Profile Unlocking (Service Processor)” (page 198)
• “Complex Profile Unlocking (nPartition Commands)” (page 198)
The Complex Profile is a set of data that determines how hardware is assigned to and used by
nPartitions in an server complex. Each Complex Profile entry has its own lock which is used to
restrict access to the entry.
In certain situations you might need to manually unlock a Complex Profile entry, for example
when an nPartition configuration tool such as Partition Manager has prematurely exited before
it sends revised Complex Profile entries and corresponding lock keys back to the service processor.
For details see “Complex Profile” (page 36).
CAUTION: You should generally avoid manually unlocking Complex Profile entries because
doing so can can result in the loss of configuration changes.
Procedure 6-24 Complex Profile Unlocking (Service Processor)
This procedure unlocks a Complex Profile entry by using the RL command at the service processor
Command menu.
1. Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CM to access the Command menu.
2. At the service processor Command menu, issue the RL command.
3. Select the Complex Profile entry you want to unlock.
[feshd4-u] MP:CM> rl
WARNING: This command should only be used to recover from a hung
complex reconfiguration.
Random breaking of locks will cause unpredictable results
and could cause your system to crash.
A - Stable complex configuration data
B - Dynamic complex configuration data
C - Partition configuration data
Select configuration data: A
Do you want to break stable complex configuration data lock? (Y/[N]) y
-> The selected lock will be broken.
Procedure 6-25 Complex Profile Unlocking (nPartition Commands)
This procedure unlocks a Complex Profile entry by using the parunlock nPartition configuration
command.
NOTE: You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options supported by
the Enhanced nPartition Commands or Partition Manager Version 2.0. Remote administration
is supported by the Partition Manager Tools→Switch Complexes action and by the nPartition
command -u... -h... options or -g... -h... options.
For details see “Tools for Configuring nPartitions” (page 165).
1. Login to HP-UX running on an existing nPartition in the server complex, or login to a system
with the Enhanced nPartition Commands.
198 Creating and Configuring nPartitions