HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Administrator Guide

Example 6 Boot the virtual partition named Oslo
vparboot -p Oslo
vparcreate
The vparcreate command allows you to create a new virtual partition. Table 7 (page 22)
describes the options you can use with the vparcreate command.
Table 7 Options with the vparcreate command.
DescriptionOption
Adds resources to a virtual partition. The rsrc is a physical or virtualized
hardware resource specification using a resource statement.
-a rsrc
If a value is not specified, the
default value for CPU is 1, and for
memory it is 2 GB.
The table here shows a summary of resource statement syntax forms for -a rsrc.
Number of times
allowed in a
commandFormsResource
Oncecpu::numCPU-core
cpu::[num]:[min][:[max]]
OR
core::num
core::[num]:[min][:[max]]
Oncemem::mem_sizeMemory
Multipledisk:avio_stor:[bus,dev,tgt]:phystype:dsfI/O
dvd:avio_stor:[bus,dev,tgt]:phystype:dsf
tape:avio_stor:[bus,dev,tgt]:attach_path:hwpath
burner:avio_stor:[bus,dev,tgt]:attach_path:hwpath
changer:avio_stor:[bus,dev,tgt]:attach_path:hwpath
hba:avio_stor:[bus,dev,pwwn,nwwn]:npiv:dsf
network:avio_lan:[bus,dev,mac]:vswitch:vsName:portid:portnumber
NOTE: phystype is the type of device path being specified for the
physical device on the VSP host.
tgt is a numeric target device ID that is presented to the virtual
partition. The tgt value is optional. If it is not defined, a value is
automatically assigned.
dsf represents devices specified using a Device Special File.
vsname is the name of the virtual switch created with vparnet.
pwwn is a port World Wide Name, used for NPIV storage with an
HBA device type.
nwwn is a node World Wide Name, used for an NPIV port with an
HBA device type.
If the value 0 is specified for a CPU num, min, or max, the default value is assigned.
Specifies the number or name for the vPar to be created.
If you specify neither number nor name, a vPar name in the format vParXXXX
(XXXX represents the vPar Id number) with leading zeros is automatically assigned
to the created vPar.
–p vpar_id
Specifies a name for the new virtual partition.-P vpar_name
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