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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions
Tools for Managing vPars on nPartition Servers
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 453
• HP-UX setboot Command
The HP-UX setboot command affects the current vPar’s boot
settings (stored in its /stand/vpdb) when you use it in a vPar
environment.
When used in a non-vPars nPartition environment, the setboot
command affects the local nPartition’s boot settings. The nPartition
boot device paths are stored in the nPartition’s Partition
Configuration Data portion of the server’s Complex Profile.
• Tools for Boot Device AUTO File Management
HP-UX commands to set (mkboot) and list (lifcp) a device’s AUTO
file: mkboot -a STRING /dev/dsk/... and
lifcp /dev/dsk/...:AUTO -
ISL commands to list (hpux show...) and set (hpux set...) an
AUTO file: hpux show autofile and hpux set autofile STRING
vPars monitor (MON>) command to list an AUTO file: getauto
See the mkboot (1M), lifcp (1), and hpux (1M) manpages.
• HP nPartition Virtual Front Panel (VFP)
The nPartition VFP indicates the boot status for all cells and vPars
in the nPartition. As long as at least one vPar is running HP-UX the
VFP will display an HP-UX “heartbeat”.
For details, refer to the chapter Using Console and Service Processor
Interfaces on page 125.
• HP Superdome nPartition Console and vPars Consoles
Each nPartition console provides access to BCH for the nPartition,
allows you to boot HP-UX or the vPars monitor on an nPartition, and
permits access to all vPar console interfaces in the nPartition.
For details, see vPar Console and Log Use on nPartition Servers on
page 465.
• HP Virtual Partitions Monitor (vpmon) Commands
At the vPars monitor (MON>) prompt enter ? or the help command to
list all available vPars monitor commands.