nPartition Administrator's Guide

1. Deactivate floating cell from a partition, using the following command:
parmodify –p# -d#
2. Delete the deactivated cell from a partition online, using the following command:
parolrad –d#
Renaming an nPartition
You can change the name of an nPartition by using any one of the following procedures:
• “Renaming an nPartition (BCH Menu)” (page 187)
• “Renaming an nPartition (nPartition Commands)” (page 187)
• “Renaming an nPartition (Partition Manager)” (page 188)
Each nPartition has both an nPartition name and an nPartition number. The nPartition name is
a short description useful for identifying the nPartition. You can customize nPartition names to
help you distinguish among the nPartition in a server complex. (You cannot change the nPartition
number, which is a permanent unique identifier that is automatically assigned for each nPartition
in a server complex.)
Each nPartition name can have from 1 to 64 characters, including upper- and lowercase letters;
numbers; and dashes, underscores, and spaces ("-" "_" and " ").
nPartition names are displayed (along with nPartition numbers) in various reports and menus
provided by the service processor, Boot Console Handler (BCH), and other nPartition tools. Note
that some tools display only the first 30 characters of nPartition names.
Procedure 6-14 Renaming an nPartition (BCH Menu)
From the BCH Configuration Menu, use the PD command to display and change the name of
the local nPartition. The BCH Menu is available only on HP 9000 systems.
1. Access the BCH Main Menu for the nPartition whose name you want to change.
Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CO to access the Console list. Select
the nPartition console. When accessing the console, confirm that you are at the BCH Main
Menu (the Main Menu: Enter command or menu> prompt). If at a BCH menu other
than the Main Menu, then enter MA to return to the BCH Main Menu.
2. Enter CO to access the BCH Configuration Menu.
3. At the BCH Configuration Menu, enter the PD NewName command to change the nPartition
name to NewName. No quotation marks are needed when specifying the name, even if it
includes spaces.
To display the nPartition number and its current name, enter the PD command (PD not
followed by any text).
4. Exit the console and service processor interfaces if finished using them.
To exit the BCH environment type ^B (Control-B); this exits the nPartition console and
returns to the service processor Main Menu. To exit the service processor, type X at the Main
Menu.
Procedure 6-15 Renaming an nPartition (nPartition Commands)
From the command line, rename an nPartition by using the parmodify -p# -P name command,
where -P name specifies the new name for the nPartition (-p#, where # is the nPartition number).
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