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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Shutting Down HP-UX on an nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Shutting Down HP-UX on an nPartition
When HP-UX is running on an nPartition, you can shut down HP-UX
using either the shutdown command or the reset command.
NOTE The reboot command does not invoke the shutdown scripts associated
with subsystems. The shutdown command invokes the scripts and
terminates all running processes in an orderly and cautious manner.
On nPartitions you have the following options when shutting down
HP-UX:
• Shut down HP-UX and reboot the nPartition (shutdown -r).
• Shut down HP-UX and halt the nPartition (shutdown -h).
• Perform a reboot for reconfig of the nPartition (shutdown -R).
• Hold the nPartition at a ready for reconfig state (shutdown -R -H).
For details see the shutdown (1M) manpage.
HP-UX This procedure shuts down HP-UX on a partition.
Step 1. Log in to HP-UX running on the partition.
You can log in to HP-UX on the partition either by directly connecting
(with the telnet or rlogin commands) or by logging in to its complex’s
service processor (GSP or MP) and using the Console menu to access the
partition’s console.
Accessing the console through the service processor allows you to
maintain console access to the nPartition after HP-UX has shut down.
Step 2. Issue the shutdown command with the appropriate command-line
options.
The command-line options you specify dictate the way in which HP-UX is
shut down, whether the partition is rebooted, and whether any partition
configuration changes (adding or removing cells) take place.
Use the following list to choose an HP-UX shut down option for your
nPartition.
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