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Booting and Resetting nPartitions

Shutting Down HP-UX on an nPartition

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Shutting Down HP-UX on an nPartition

When HP-UX is running on an nPartition, you can shut down HP-UX

using either the shutdown command or the reset command.

NOTE The reboot command does not invoke the shutdown scripts associated

with subsystems. The shutdown command invokes the scripts and

terminates all running processes in an orderly and cautious manner.

On nPartitions you have the following options when shutting down

HP-UX:

• To shut down HP-UX and reboot an nPartition: shutdown -r

• To shut down HP-UX and halt an nPartition: shutdown -h

• To perform a reboot for reconﬁg of an nPartition: shutdown -R

• To hold an nPartition at a ready for reconﬁg state:

shutdown -R -H

For details see the shutdown (1M) manpage.

Shutting Down HP-UX on an nPartition [HP-UX]

This procedure shuts down HP-UX on an nPartition.

Step 1. Login to HP-UX running on the nPartition.

You can login to HP-UX on the nPartition either by directly connecting

(with the telnet or rlogin commands) or by logging in to its complex’s

service processor (GSP or MP) and using the Console menu to access the

nPartition’s console.

Accessing the console through the service processor allows you to

maintain console access to the nPartition after HP-UX has shut down.

Step 2. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line

options.

The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX is

shut down, whether the nPartition is rebooted, and whether any

nPartition conﬁguration changes (adding or removing cells) take place.