Technical data

Managing nPartitions

Removing (Deleting) an nPartition

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

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Click the nPartition’s name in the list on the left side of the primary

window to select the nPartition.

If you plan to remove a remote nPartition, then after you select the

nPartition’s name, all of the nPartition’s hardware (listed on the right

side of the primary window) should be listed as having an Actual Usage

of “inactive”. To remove a remote nPartition it must be inactive.

Step 3. Select the Partition —> Delete Partition action to request that the selected

nPartition be removed (deleted).

Partition Manager presents the following window to conﬁrm whether

you want to delete the selected nPartition.

You can view details about the nPartition by clicking the Show Details

button, or cancel the deletion by clicking Cancel.

Step 4. Proceed with the nPartition deletion by clicking the OK button in the

Partition Manager conﬁrmation window.

Step 5. Perform any remaining tasks (such as a shutdown -R -H) as needed.

You may need to perform a shutdown for reconﬁg, depending on the type

of nPartition you are removing (local or remote) and its state (active or

inactive). Review the following list for details:

• If you are removing a remote nPartition that was inactive, the

nPartition was removed immediately so this removal procedure is

ﬁnished and you do not need to perform any shutdowns.

• If you attempt to remove a remote nPartition that is active, Partition

Manager cannot remove the remote nPartition. You ﬁrst must make

the remote nPartition inactive by putting it into the

ready for reconﬁg state.

To put the remote nPartition in the ready for reconﬁg state: login to

the remote nPartition and issue the shutdown -R -H command, or

issue the BCH RECONFIGRESET command or the service processor RR

command for the remote nPartition.

After the remote nPartition is inactive, you must perform this

removal procedure again using Partition Manager on the local

nPartition if you want to remove the remote nPartition.