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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions
Determining if an nPartition is Running vPars
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 506
You can type Control-a to switch among the vPar consoles. Each time you
type Control-a the name of the current vPar or monitor ([MON]) is
displayed in the console window.
If HP-UX is running, login as root and issue the vparstatus -w
command to list the current vPar’s name. The vparstatus command
with no options lists all vPars.
Example 11-2 Checking if vPars are Running on an nPartition
The following examples show different nPartition boot states on systems
that have the HP Virtual Partition software installed.
In the following example, the vPars monitor has booted on the nPartition
but vPars have not yet been loaded or booted. Typing Control-a repeatedly
did not switch to any vPars—only the monitor ([MON]) is running.
MON>
Control-a
[MON]
Control-a
[MON]
Return
MON>
In the following example, HP-UX is running on the nPartition. Although
the vPars software is installed, the nPartition is running in non-vPars
mode. The vPars monitor is not running, indicating that /stand/vmunix
was booted from BCH, not the /stand/vpmon vPars monitor.
# vparstatus
vparstatus: Error: Virtual partition monitor not running.
#
Finally, in the following example, HP-UX is running on a vPar in the
nPartition. The current vPar is “Shad” and it is the only loaded/booted
vPar in the nPartition: the other vPar named “Mesh” is in a “Down”
state.
# vparstatus -w
The current virtual partition is Shad.
# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
Shad Up Dyn,Manl /stand/vmunix
Mesh Down Dyn,Manl /stand/vmunix boot