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Virtual Partitions (vPars) Management on nPartitions
Reconfiguring nPartition Attributes from a vPar
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 514
Reconfiguring nPartition Attributes from a vPar
This section describes how you can modify nPartition attributes from
HP-UX running in a Virtual Partition in the same server as the
nPartition.
For details on changing nPartition cell assignments from a vPar, see vPar
Management of nPartitions: Adding and Removing nPartition Cells
from a vPar on page 510.
NOTE When one or more vPars is loaded/booted on an nPartition, the setboot
command affects the current vPar’s boot settings and does not affect the
local nPartition’s boot settings.
In this situation, instead use the parmodify command to configure
nPartition boot device paths from HP-UX.
nPartition configuration data is stored as part of the server Complex
Profile and is separate from Virtual Partition configuration data, which
typically is stored in the /stand/vpmon file on disk.
For complete nPartition configuration procedures, refer to the chapter
Managing nPartitions on page 245. Also refer to the chapter Booting and
Resetting nPartitions on page 197 for boot-related configuration tasks.
vPar Management of nPartitions:
Reconfiguring nPartition Attributes from a vPar
This section covers the configuration of nPartition attributes other than
cell assignments, when performing the nPartition configuration from
HP-UX running in a Virtual Partition.
When performing this procedure you do not need to perform any reboots.
Step 1. Login to HP-UX running on any vPar within the nPartition whose
attributes you wish to reconfigure.
Some changes, such as cell attribute changes, require that you initiate
the reconfiguration from the local nPartition to which the cell is
assigned. When the nPartition is running multiple vPars, you can login
to any of the vPars on the local nPartition.
Step 2. Use the parstatus command or Partition Manager to list the
nPartition’s current configuration status.