Installing and Managing HP-UX Virtual Partitions (includes A.04.02)

vPars Flexible Administrative Capability (vPars A.03.03 and vPars A.04.02)
Terms and Definitions
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non-designated-admin virtual partition
This is a virtual partition that is not allowed to perform vPars commands that affect other
virtual partitions. For example, assume the flexible administrative capability feature is ON
and the following command is executed:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
vparmodify: Error: Only Designated-Admin virtual partitions can perform this
operation on winona2.
Because this command affects another virtual partition (winona2), if the local virtual
partition winona1 is a not a designated-admin virtual partition, the command will not be
successful.
designated-admin virtual partition list
This is the list of virtual partitions that are currently set as designated-admin virtual
partitions. If a virtual partition is in this list or added to this list, it is a designated-admin
virtual partition. If a virtual partition is not in this list or is deleted from this list, it is a
non-designated-admin virtual partition. How to add or delete virtual partitions from this
list is discussed in a later section.
Whenever the flexible administrative capability mode is set to ON, the designated-admin
virtual partition list will be empty.
flexible administrative capability mode
When this mode is set to ON, only designated-admin virtual partitions are allowed to
successfully execute vPars commands that affect other partitions. For example, in the
command:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
this command will check whether the local virtual partition (winona1) is a
designated-admin virtual partition or if the target partition is the local partition. If either
condition is true, the command is executed. If not, the command is denied execution. How to
set the mode is discussed in a later section.
By default, the flexible administrative capability mode is OFF.
flexible administrative capability password
From the Monitor prompt, when setting the flexible administrative capability mode to ON,
you will be prompted to set a flexible administrative capability password.
From the HP-UX shell, if a superuser attempts to add or delete a virtual partition from the
designated-admin virtual partition list, the superuser will be prompted for the flexible
administrative capability password that was set.
When the flexible administrative capability mode is OFF, there is no flexible administrative
capability password.
This designated administration feature relies on high quality passwords that are not easily
guess-able, so please choose a password wisely.