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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions
vPar Console and Log Use on nPartition Servers
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 466
The nPartition console log also records vPars monitor (vpmon, MON>
prompt) output for its nPartition, because the vPars monitor interface is
accessed and displayed through the Virtual Partition’s nPartition
console.
The vpmon event logs file—which is viewable from the vparstatus -e
command or the vPars monitor’s log command—only records vPar
events. It does not record any nPartition chassis codes.
The server chassis logs—which are viewable from the Superdome GSP
Show Chassis Log menu—record nPartition and server complex
hardware events. nPartition chassis logs do not record vPar
configuration or vPar-specific load/boot events.
However, as in non-vPars nPartition environments, the chassis logs do
record HP-UX “heartbeat” events and related timeout counter details.
The vPars monitor prompt (MON>) is shared by all vPars in the same
nPartition and gives access to commands for loading/booting vPars,
displaying vPar and system info, reviewing event log history, and
performing other tasks.
If multiple nPartitions in an HP Superdome server are running vPars,
each nPartition has its own vPar monitor, just as each nPartition runs its
own instance of Boot Console Handler (BCH).