HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

-S on|off
• Sets the flexible administrative capability mode either ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).
◦ ON and OFF are not case-sensitive.
◦ The flexible administrative capability mode can be set only at the vPars Monitor prompt
(MON>).
◦ By default, the mode is OFF.
When the mode is set to ON, the list of designated-admin virtual partitions is empty, regardless
of any previous settings. Therefore, when the flexible administrative capability mode is set to
ON, all virtual partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions regardless of whether it
is running or not and regardless of its state during the previous time the mode was set to ON.
Because the designated-admin virtual partition list is empty when the mode is set to ON, you
will need to add any virtual partitions you wish to be designated-admin virtual partitions to
the designated-admin virtual partition list every time you set the mode to ON. You can add
or delete virtual partitions to or from the designated-admin virtual partition list from either the
vPars Monitor prompt using monadmin (MON> monadmin) or the HP-UX Shell prompt using
vparadmin (# vparadmin). vparadmin is discussed in the next section.
This process allows you to change the mode at the MON> prompt and maintain a deterministic
setting for the virtual partition even if virtual partitions are running.
When the mode is set to ON, monadmin will prompt for a new password. (If the mode is
already ON, you will receive a message stating that you already having enabled the flexible
administrative capability.)
When the mode is set to OFF, the above restrictions of the vPars command execution are
turned off. It may appear that all virtual partitions are considered to be designated-admin
virtual partitions. Once you set the mode to OFF, the designated-admin virtual partition list is
deleted as well as the flexible administrative capability password.
-a|-d partition_name
• Adds or deletes a virtual partition to or from the designated-admin virtual partition list. No
flexible administrative capability password is required here; passwords are required only at
the HP-UX shell prompt.
-l
• Lists all the virtual partitions that are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition list.
When the mode is set initially to ON, the designated-admin virtual partition list will be empty,
so all virtual partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions. You can use the monadmin
-a to add virtual partitions to the list. Alternatively, at the HP-UX shell prompt, you can use
vparadmin -a to add virtual partitions to the list.
Without any options
• displays whether the vPars flexible administrative capability feature is ON (enabled) or OFF
(disabled).
NOTE: The vPars Monitor prompt (MON>) is not protected. Any person who knows the GSP/MP
login and password can access the console and therefore the MON> prompt. Using monadmin,
the GSP/MP user can change the flexible administrative capability mode and the designated-admin
virtual partition list. Console access is restricted using the GSP/MPs login and password.
vparadmin
vparadmin is a vPars command that allows you to
vparadmin 271