Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

4 Using Other Tools to Manage nPartitions
This chapter describes some of the other tools and methods for managing nPartitions on HP
Integrity servers. In nearly every case, you can use Partition Manager to perform these tasks,
and HP recommends that you do so whenever possible.
Because the scope of this document is limited to HP Integrity Servers running Microsoft Windows
Server 2003, emphasis is placed on the tools provided with that platform (such as nPartition
commands), even when other tools might also exist. For those procedures that you can perform
with an nPartition command, that is the only method presented. However, for procedures that
you cannot perform using an nPartition command, the alternate methods are provided (such as
issuing commands from the MP or EFI Shell menus).
For a complete and comprehensive description of all the HP Integrity nPartitioning procedures,
tools, and topics, on all supported platforms, see the HP System Partitions Guide: Administration
for nPartitions at:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/multiOS/index.html
NOTE: HP recommends that you put the target nPartition into a Shutdown for Reconfig state
before changing any of its cell assignments, such as adding cells to the nPartition or deleting
cells from it.
NOTE: In addition, you must enable the ACPI flag for modified and newly created nPartitions
after performing management tasks on them, by running the EFI acpiconfig windows
command, followed by a reset.
Complex-level tasks
This section describes tasks you can perform for the entire complex.
Rename a server complex
You can assign a name for each server complex to better identify the complex as you work with
it. The server complex name serves as a helpful identifier; changing the name does not affect the
way in which commands and utilities interact with the complex.
Several commands and utilities display the server complex name as part of their output and
interfaces. For example, some nPartition commands and Partition Manager list the complex
name.
Each server complex name has up to 20 characters, which can include upper- and lowercase
letters; numbers; and dashes (-), underscores (_), periods (.), and spaces ( ).
The server complex name is stored as part of the Complex Profile for the server (part of its Stable
Complex Configuration Data).
Procedure 4-1 Renaming a server complex [nPartition commands]
Rename a server complex using the following procedure:
1. Log in to Windows on the management station PC.
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