nPartition Administrator's Guide

Partition Manager Version 2.0 is distributed and installed with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) release
and all HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) releases. It also is available for Windows (32-bit) and Windows
(64-bit) as part of the the Smart Setup CD, and is available for Linux on the HP Integrity Essentials
Foundation Pack for Linux.
Partition Manager Version 2.0 for HP-UX provides the /opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr command
to run, stop, and restart Partition Manager. Refer to the parmgr -h command or the parmgr(1M)
manpage for command-line options.
Also see the Partition Manager Version 2.0 online help available at the following Web site:
http://docs.hp.com/en/PARMGR2/
To view the online help without running Partition Manager, you can open the help files using
a Web browser either on a system where Partition Manager is installed, or on a system that has
a downloaded copy of the help files.
Partition Manager Version 2.0 for Windows
The Partition Manager Version 2.0 for Windows can be installed and run on either 32-bit or 64-bit
Windows systems. (A single Partition Manager bundle is provided for both 32-bit and 64-bit
systems.)
• Using Partition Manager for Windows on any 32-bit system running Windows XP, Windows
2000 with Service Pack 3, or Windows 2003, 32-bit Edition enables you to use a 32-bit system
as a remote management station for nPartition administration.
• Using Partition Manager for Windows on an HP Integrity servers running Windows Server
2003, 64-bit, Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition enables you to perform local and
remote management of nPartitions when running on a cell-based server with Windows
Server 2003, and enables you to perform remote management when running on other HP
Integrity servers with Windows Server 2003.
NOTE: Before installing the Partition Manager bundle for Windows you must download and
install the nPartition Commands bundle (either the 32-bit or 64-bit version, depending on the
platform where the installation occurs).
You also must download and install the Java 2 SE SDK v1.42 from http://java.sun.com/downloads.
For details refer to the release notes.
The Smart Setup CD includes Partition Manager Version 2.0 for Windows. You also can download
the Partition Manager bundles for Windows from the http://www.hp.com/ Web site.
Procedure 1-3 Downloading Partition Manager Version 2.0 for Windows
You can download Partition Manager Version 2.0 for Windows from the http://www.hp.com/
Web site.
1. Go to the http://www.hp.com/ Web site and choose Software & Driver Downloads.
2. At the Software & Driver Downloads page, in the for product box, enter the name of a
cell-based HP Integrity server, such as:
• Integrity Superdome
• Integrity rx8620
• Integrity rx7620
3. At the Downloads for HP Business Support Center Web page, choose Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 64-Bit from the select operating system list.
4. At the next Downloads for HP Business Support Center Web page, choose HP Partition
Manager Bundle from the Utility Par tition Management heading.
After you choose the Partition Manager bundle, the HP Partition Manager Bundle Web page
displays information about the software bundle and provides options for downloading the
software and for viewing the release notes.
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