HP Instant Capacity User's Guide for Versions 8.x

Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP)...................................................................................................38
Instant Capacity Compliance and Enforcement...................................................................................39
Configuration Change Notification......................................................................................................40
Core Activation.....................................................................................................................................41
Increasing Processing Capacity by RTU Purchase..........................................................................41
Instant Capacity Cell Board..................................................................................................................42
Instant Capacity Software Validation...................................................................................................43
On HP-UX Systems..........................................................................................................................43
On OpenVMS Systems....................................................................................................................43
Instant Capacity System Status Reporting............................................................................................44
Timezone Considerations.....................................................................................................................45
3 Installing and Uninstalling Instant Capacity Software.............................................47
Installing Instant Capacity Software.....................................................................................................48
For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 - Installing from the HP-UX Media......................................48
For HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 - Installing from the HP Software Depot.............................48
For All HP-UX Installations.............................................................................................................49
Installing Instant Capacity on OpenVMS Systems.........................................................................49
Reinstalling Instant Capacity Software.................................................................................................50
Preserving current Instant Capacity information...........................................................................50
Uninstalling Instant Capacity Software................................................................................................51
4 Using Instant Capacity to Manage Processing Capacity........................................53
Checking the Status of your Instant Capacity System..........................................................................54
Setting System-Contact Information.....................................................................................................56
Applying a Right To Use (RTU) Codeword..........................................................................................57
Activating Cores...................................................................................................................................59
Instant Capacity Activation Example Session.................................................................................60
Deactivating Cores................................................................................................................................61
Deactivation Example Session for Hardware-partitionable Systems..............................................61
Overriding Deferred Activations and Deactivations............................................................................63
Load-Balancing Active Cores................................................................................................................64
Assigning a Cell to a Partition..............................................................................................................65
Unassigning a Cell from a Partition......................................................................................................67
Software Application Considerations...................................................................................................69
Test Activation of Cores Using Temporary Capacity...........................................................................70
Replacement of Failed Cores................................................................................................................71
HP-UX LPMC and HPMC...............................................................................................................71
Failed Monarch Processors (HP-UX only).......................................................................................71
Replacement of Failed Cores on OpenVMS....................................................................................71
Failed OpenVMS Primary Processors.............................................................................................71
5 Temporary Instant Capacity........................................................................................73
Temporary Instant Capacity Overview................................................................................................74
Ordering Temporary Instant Capacity.................................................................................................76
HP-UX Licensing and Support with Temporary Instant Capacity.................................................76
OpenVMS Licensing and Support with Temporary Instant Capacity............................................76
Using Temporary Instant Capacity.......................................................................................................77
Acquiring and Configuring Temporary Instant Capacity...............................................................77
Utilizing Temporary Instant Capacity.............................................................................................77
Tracking the Usage of Temporary Instant Capacity.............................................................................79
Temporary Instant Capacity Warning Period.......................................................................................81
Temporary Instant Capacity Expiration and Compliance Enforcement..............................................82
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