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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions
Booting HP-UX on vPars
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 486
Step 2. Access the console for the nPartition in which the vPars will boot HP-UX.
From the service processor main menu enter CO to access the nPartition
console menu, and select the nPartition in which you will boot the vPars.
GSP> CO
Partitions available:
# Name
--- ----
0) feshd4a
1) feshd4b
Q) Quit
Please select partition number: 0
Step 3. Access HP-UX or the BCH interface for the nPartition, and if needed
reboot the instance of HP-UX running on the nPartition.
When accessing the nPartition console, if you can interact with a BCH
command prompt such as the following:
Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
then you can proceed to the next step and skip the rest of this step.
If you cannot interact with a BCH menu or HP-UX login prompt or
command line, then the nPartition might be booting or might be hanged.
You can use the server’s Virtual Front Panel (VFP) to check the
nPartition’s current boot state. Refer to the chapter Using Console and
Service Processor Interfaces on page 125 for details.
Otherwise, if HP-UX is running in the nPartition, first check to see
whether HP-UX booted in vPar-mode or non-vPars mode.
Enter the vparstatus -w command, and determine the current
nPartition boot state:
•Ifvparstatus reports Error: Virtual partition monitor not
running then the nPartition is not running vPars.
Enter shutdown -r to reboot the nPartition and as needed interrupt
the autoboot process to access the nPartition’s BCH interface.
After entering the shutdown command and accessing the BCH
interface you can proceed with the next step.