nPartition Administrator's Guide

3. Select the Complex Profile entry you want to unlock.
[feshd4-u] MP:CM> rl
WARNING: This command should only be used to recover from a hung
complex reconfiguration.
Random breaking of locks will cause unpredictable results
and could cause your system to crash.
A - Stable complex configuration data
B - Dynamic complex configuration data
C - Partition configuration data
Select configuration data: A
Do you want to break stable complex configuration data lock? (Y/[N]) y
-> The selected lock will be broken.
Procedure 6-29 Complex Profile Unlocking (nPartition Commands)
This procedure unlocks a Complex Profile entry by using the parunlock nPartition configuration
command.
NOTE: You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options supported by
the Enhanced nPartition Commands or Partition Manager Version 2.0. Remote administration
is supported by the Partition Manager Tools→Switch Complexes action and by the nPartition
command -u... -h... options or -g... -h... options.
For details see “Tools for Configuring nPartitions” (page 165).
1. Login to HP-UX running on an existing nPartition in the server complex, or login to a system
with the Enhanced nPartition Commands.
2. Issue the parunlock command with the command-line option appropriate for the Complex
Profile entry or entries you want to unlock.
parunlock Options for Original nPartition Commands The Original nPartition Commands
parunlock command supports the following options:
-s Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data.
-p# Unlock the Partition Configuration Data for the nPartition whose number (#) is
specified.
-A Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data and the Partition Configuration Data
for all nPartitions in the complex.
parunlock Options for Enhanced nPartition Commands The Enhanced nPartition
Commands parunlock command supports the following options:
-s Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data. On HP Integrity servers the -s option
unlocks the "read lock" that controls read access to the current Stable Complex
Configuration Data. See also the -P option.
-d Unlock the Dynamic Complex Configuration Data.
-p# Unlock the Partition Configuration Data for the nPartition whose number (#) is
specified.
-P Cancel any pending changes to the Stable Complex Configuration Data. On HP
Integrity servers the -P option unlocks the "write lock" that controls write access to
a modifiable copy of the Stable Complex Configuration Data. See also the -s option.
-A Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data, Dynamic Complex Configuration
Data, and the Partition Configuration Data for all nPartitions in the complex. On HP
Integrity servers the -A option unlocks both the "read lock" and "write lock" for the
Stable Complex Configuration Data.
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