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Procedures for Booting and Resetting nPartitions
Performing a Reboot for Reconfig for an nPartition
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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Performing a Reboot for Reconfig for an
nPartition
During a reboot for reconfig of a partition, the HP-UX command that
you issue (shutdown -R) performs the following tasks:
1. Shuts down HP-UX and resets all cells that are assigned to the
partition, including any inactive cells.
2. Reconfigures the partition if necessary (adds or removes cells).
3. Boots all cells in the partition. Any cells with a “n” use-on-next-boot
value remain inactive at BIB, and all other cells can rendezvous to
form the partition.
You should perform a reboot for reconfig of a partition whenever you add
or remove cells from the partition, and whenever you need to allow an
inactive cell to join the partition (such as after changing a cell’s
use-on-next-boot value from “n” to “y”).
HP-UX This procedure (shutdown -R command) performs a reboot for reconfig
for an nPartition.
Step 1. Log in to HP-UX running on the nPartition.
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.
Step 2. Issue the shutdown -R command to perform a reboot for reconfig of the
partition.
The shutdown -R command shuts down HP-UX, reboot all cells assigned
to the nPartition, performs any partition reconfigurations, and boot all
cells that have “y” use-on-next-boot values.
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