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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions

Rebooting or Shutting Down vPars

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

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Step 3. From HP-UX running in the vPar you want to shut down, enter the

shutdown command with the appropriate command-line options.

If shutting down all vPars in the nPartition, use shutdown -h.

To shut down and halt HP-UX on the vPar, enter the shutdown -h

command along with any additional command-line options you need.

To shut down HP-UX on the vPar and allow the vPar to autoboot HP-UX

if it is conﬁgured to do so, enter the shutdown -r command along with

any additional options you need.

See the shutdown (1M) manpage for complete details about all options.

Step 4. If you are shutting down all vPars in the nPartition, type Control-a to

switch to the next vPar’s console login prompt, login to the vPar, and

then repeat Step 2 and Step 3 to shut down HP-UX in the vPar.

Typing Control-a switches among the vPar consoles that are available

through an nPartition’s console, when one or more vPars are

loaded/booted in the nPartition.

NOTE When you type Control-a repeatedly in the nPartition console and remain

at the vPars monitor (MON> or [MON]), then no vPars are loaded or booted

in the nPartition.

Step 5. If you are shutting down all vPars in the nPartition, then after you have

halted HP-UX running in each vPar in the nPartition you can reset the

nPartition by entering the reboot command from the MON> prompt.

The vPars monitor reboot command resets all active cells in the

nPartition.

After the cells have reset and completed self-tests, the cells participate in

partition rendezvous, form an nPartition, and ﬁnally the nPartition’s

BCH interface is made available through the nPartition console.

If the nPartition is conﬁgured to autoboot, you can interrupt the autoboot

process by typing any key at the appropriate time when accessing the

nPartition’s console.

If autoboot is conﬁgured for an nPartition, you will see a message similar

to the following in the nPartition’s console during the nPartition reset

process.