HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Version 9.x

2.6 Instant Capacity Compliance and Enforcement.............................................................................36
2.7 Configuration Change Notification.................................................................................................37
2.8 Core Activation................................................................................................................................38
2.8.1 Increasing Processing Capacity by Purchasing RTUs.............................................................38
2.9 Instant Capacity Cell Board.............................................................................................................39
2.10 Instant Capacity Software Validation............................................................................................40
2.10.1 On HP-UX Systems...............................................................................................................40
2.10.2 On OpenVMS Systems..........................................................................................................40
2.11 Status Reporting on Instant Capacity Systems..............................................................................41
2.12 Time Zone Considerations............................................................................................................42
3 Installing and Removing Instant Capacity Software.................................................43
3.1 Installing Instant Capacity Software...............................................................................................44
3.1.1 Installing from the HP-UX Media (HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3):...................................44
3.1.2 Installing from the HP Software Depot (For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3):....................45
3.1.3 For All HP-UX Installations....................................................................................................45
3.1.4 Installing Instant Capacity on OpenVMS Systems.................................................................45
3.2 Reinstalling Instant Capacity Software...........................................................................................46
3.2.1 Preserving current Instant Capacity information...................................................................46
3.3 Removing Instant Capacity Software..............................................................................................47
4 Using Instant Capacity to Manage Processing Capacity........................................49
4.1 Checking the Status of your Instant Capacity System....................................................................50
4.2 Setting System Contact Information...............................................................................................52
4.3 Applying a Right To Use (RTU) Codeword....................................................................................53
4.4 Activating Cores..............................................................................................................................55
4.4.1 Example Core Activation Session...........................................................................................56
4.5 Deactivating Cores..........................................................................................................................57
4.5.1 Example Deactivation Session for Hardware-Partitionable Systems.....................................57
4.6 Overriding Deferred Activation and Deactivation.........................................................................59
4.7 Load-Balancing Active Cores..........................................................................................................60
4.8 Understanding and Managing Intended Active Values.................................................................61
4.9 Activations and Deactivations in a Virtual Partition Environment................................................62
4.9.1 When to Use the vparmodify or icapmodify Commands......................................................62
4.9.2 What is Unused Capacity........................................................................................................62
4.9.3 Static Virtual Partitions............................................................................................................62
4.9.4 Activating Cores in a Virtual Partition Environment.............................................................63
4.9.5 Deactivating Cores in a Virtual Partition Environment..........................................................63
4.9.6 Boot Time Compliance............................................................................................................64
4.10 Assigning a Cell to a Partition.......................................................................................................65
4.11 Unassigning a Cell from a Partition..............................................................................................67
4.12 Software Application Considerations...........................................................................................69
4.13 Test Activation of Cores Using Temporary Capacity....................................................................70
4.14 Replacement of Failed Cores.........................................................................................................71
4.14.1 HP-UX LPMC and HPMC.....................................................................................................71
4.14.2 LPMC Deactivations in Virtual Partitions.............................................................................71
4.14.3 Failed Monarch Processors (HP-UX).....................................................................................71
4.14.4 Replacement of Failed Cores on OpenVMS..........................................................................71
4.14.5 Failed OpenVMS Primary Processors...................................................................................71
5 Temporary Instant Capacity........................................................................................73
5.1 Temporary Instant Capacity Overview...........................................................................................74
5.2 Ordering Temporary Instant Capacity............................................................................................76
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