HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.07) (5900-1229, September 2010)

Syntax of Example Commands......................................................................................................126
Example Server..............................................................................................................................126
Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity Only)............................................126
Modes.............................................................................................................................................126
Commands to Set the Mode..........................................................................................................127
Differences Between vparconfig and parconfig..............................................................128
Usage Scenarios.............................................................................................................................128
EFI Boot Disk Paths, including Disk Mirrors, and vparefiutil (Integrity Only)..........................130
vPars Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor.........................................................................................134
vPars Monitor: Accessing the vPars Monitor Prompt........................................................................134
vPars Monitor: Using vPars Monitor Commands..............................................................................135
Booting...........................................................................................................................................135
Displaying Information.................................................................................................................137
vPars Monitor: Using the vPars Monitor Commands from ISL or EFI..............................................139
Commands: vPars Manpages..............................................................................................................139
Commands: vPars Commands Logging.............................................................................................139
Log File Location and Log Format................................................................................................140
Cases Where No Logging Occurs..................................................................................................140
Cases Where Logging Occurs........................................................................................................140
Constraints and Restrictions to Logging.......................................................................................140
Syslog and Priority and Facility Codes.........................................................................................141
Commands: Displaying vPars Monitor and Resource Information (vparstatus)...............................141
Virtual Partition States...................................................................................................................141
vparstatus Output Examples.........................................................................................................142
vparstatus: Summary Information................................................................................................143
vparstatus: Verbose Information...................................................................................................144
vparstatus: Available Resources....................................................................................................146
vparstatus: CPU Information on vPars A.04/A.05.........................................................................148
vparstatus: Dual-Core CPUs..........................................................................................................150
vparstatus: Pending Migrating CPUs Operations.........................................................................151
vparstatus: Pending Migrating Memory Operations....................................................................152
vparstatus: Base and Float Memory Amounts..............................................................................153
vparstatus: Pending nPartition Reboot for Reconfiguration.........................................................154
vparstatus: vPars Monitor and Database Information..................................................................155
Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition..............................................................................................155
Managing: Removing a Virtual Partition............................................................................................156
Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition......................................................................157
Booting a Virtual Partition..................................................................................................................158
Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition................................................................................158
When to Shutdown All Virtual Partitions.....................................................................................160
Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor)................................160
Setboot and System-wide Stable Storage ...........................................................................................161
Using Primary and Alternate Boot Paths............................................................................................162
Autoboot and Autosearch Attributes............................................................................................162
Setting the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths.................................................................................164
Using Primary and Alternate Paths with nPartitions....................................................................165
Original Status:.........................................................................................................................165
Changing the Virtual Partition’s Path (vPars Partition Database)............................................165
Changing the nPartition’s Path (Complex Profile Data)..........................................................166
Booting Using the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths......................................................................167
Autoboot.............................................................................................................................................167
The AUTO File on a Virtual Partition............................................................................................167
Autobooting the vPars Monitor and Virtual Partitions.................................................................169
Single-User Mode................................................................................................................................170
Example: A Hung Partition...........................................................................................................170
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