HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.09) (5900-2188, March 2012)

vparadmin
vparadmin is a vPars command that allows you to
• display whether the vPars flexible administrative capability feature is ON (enabled) or OFF
(disabled)
• change the flexible administrative capability password
• specify a virtual partition to be added or deleted to or from the designated-admin virtual
partition list
• list which virtual partitions are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition list (in other
words, are set as designated-admin virtual partitions)
Basic Syntax and Usage
vparadmin [-C] | [-a|-d partition_name] | [-l]
-C
• Changes the flexible administrative capability password. It will ask you for the existing
password before allowing you to change it.
-a|-d partition_name
• Adds or deletes a virtual partition to or from the designated-admin virtual partition list. You
will need to provide the flexible administrative capability password.
-l
• Lists all the virtual partitions that are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition list. Use
vparadmin -a to add virtual partitions to the list. Note that vparstatus does not show
any flexible administrative capability information.
Without any options
• displays whether the vPars flexible administrative capability is ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).
Persistence across vPars Monitor Reboots
If the flexible administrative capability mode is not changed from ON to OFF across vPars Monitor
reboots and the specific conditions are met (see below), the flexible administrative capability mode
will remain and the virtual partitions designated as designated-admin virtual partitions will remain
as designated-admin virtual partitions. In other words, the flexible administrative capability mode
and the designated-admin virtual partition list are persistent across vPars Monitor reboots when
the following conditions are met:
• the disk from which the vPars Monitor is booted is owned by a virtual partition when flexible
administrative capability changes are performed.
• the virtual partition in the above condition is up when flexible administrative capability changes
are made
These conditions are required because the vPars Monitor cannot perform a write into the vPars
database; only a running virtual partition can perform the write.
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