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Introduction to nPartitions
Using the Partition Manager Utility
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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• Partition Manager provides graphical interfaces only, and does not
provide a terminal (text mode) interface.
• Using Partition Manager requires root permission.
• HP-UX must be running in multi-user mode to support Partition
Manager.
• You can run only one instance of Partition Manager or SAM
(/usr/sbin/sam) per user login session. To run multiple instances of
Partition Manger, you must log in separately to launch each.
Both Partition Manager and SAM use the same lock file
(/var/sam/lock/lock_console) to ensure that no more than one instance
of either application runs at a time per user login session.
• Partition Manager uses the same driver and library as the HP-UX
nPartition commands (the hd_fabric driver and libfab.1 library).
• Partition Manager also provides PCI online card add and replace
functionality similar to SAM’s, and uses the libolrad.1 library for this
functionality.
Partition Manager
Online Help
The Partition Manager online help gives complete details on using the
Partition Manager utility.
Select the Help —> Overview menu item for an online overview.
You also can view Partition Manager help from a Web browser by issuing
the following command:
/opt/netscape/netscape file:/opt/webadmin/parmgr/help/C/assistance.html
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