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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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• Shut down HP-UX and halt the partition.
Issue the shutdown -h command to shut down and halt the partition.
This leaves the partition and all its cells in an active state (the
partition cannot be reconfigured) after HP-UX shuts down and halts.
To reboot the partition you must reset the partition using the GSP
command menu’s RS command.
• Shut down HP-UX and reboot the partition.
Issue the shutdown -r command to shut down and reboot the
partition.
• Perform a reboot for reconfig of the partition.
Issue the shutdown -R command to perform a reboot for reconfig.
This shuts down HP-UX, reconfigures the partition if needed, and
reboots the partition.
• Reboot the partition and put it in to a ready for reconfig state.
Use the shutdown -R -H command to hold the partition in a
ready for reconfig state.
This leaves the partition and all its cells in an inactive state (the
partition can be reconfigured remotely).
To reboot the partition you must do so manually by using the service
processor Command menu’s BO command.
If HP-UX is halted on the partition, thus not allowing you to use the
shutdown command, you can reboot or reset the partition by issuing
commands from the service processor Command menu.
Refer to the “Rebooting or Resetting an nPartition” section for other
procedures.
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DRAFT NOV 2001