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nPartition System Overviews
parmodify Command
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 95
parmodify Command
You can use the /usr/sbin/parmodify command to modify the following
attributes of an existing nPartition:
Partition name
Cell assignments (add cells or remove cells)
Attributes of existing cells (such as the use-on-next-boot value)
Core cell and core alternate cells
Boot paths (the primary, alternate, and HA alternate paths)
Root permission is required to use this command.
See the parmodify (1M) manpage for complete details. Also refer to the
chapter Managing nPartitions on page 245 for procedures and examples.
Synopsis parmodify -p PartitionNumber
-a cell :[ cell_type ]:[ use_on_next_boot ]:[ failure_usage ]
[-a...] |
-m cell :[ cell_type ]:[ use_on_next_boot ]:[ failure_usage ]
[-m...] | -I IPaddress |-r cell [-r...] | -d cell [-d...] |
-b path | -t path | -s path | -P PartitionName | -B | -k
s_lock : p_lock
The -p option is required.
Options The parmodify command supports the following command-line options.
-p PartitionNumber
Specifies the nPartition to be modified.
PartitionNumber specifies the unique number
(integer) assigned to the nPartition. The -p option is
required.
Note that you must also to specify any one or more of
the following options.
-a cell :[ cell_type ]:[ use_on_next_boot ]:[ failure_usage ]
Specifies the cell(s) to be added to the nPartition.
• The valid cell_type value is:
base Base cell. (The default.)
• The valid use_on_next_boot values for cells are:
y Participate in reboot. (The
default.)