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Managing nPartitions
Setting and Checking Cell Attributes
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 293
Step 3. To modify a cell’s use-on-next-boot and failure usage attribute settings,
use the parmodify -p # -m # ... command and specify the cell’s new
settings.
Specify both the -p (partition number) and -m (modify cell) options when
using parmodify. The following example modifies cell 2 to not be used
the next time its nPartition (partition number 0) boots.
# parmodify -p0 -m2:base:n:ri
Command succeeded.
#
The parmodify command’s -m option is as follows:
-m cell :[ cell_type ]:[ use_on_next_boot ]:[ failure_usage ]
This option specifies the cell ID ( cell ) whose settings are modified using
the following arguments.
• The only valid cell_type value is base (base cell).
• The valid use_on_next_boot values for cells are:
y Participate in reboot (the default).
n Do not participate in reboot.
• The only valid failure_usage value for cells is ri (reactivate and
interleave).
For details, see the parmodify (1M) manpage.
Step 4. If you have modified a cell’s attribute settings, you must reboot the
nPartition to which the cell is assigned for the settings to be used.
Rebooting the cell’s nPartition allows the nPartition to use each cell’s
new attribute settings.
• If a cell’s use-on-next-boot setting is changed from “n” (do not use) to
“y” (use), you must perform a reboot for reconfig of the cell’s
nPartition by using the shutdown -R command.
• Otherwise, if the cell use-on-next-boot settings are only changed from
“y” to “n” then you can perform a standard reboot using the
shutdown -r command.