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

Temporary Instant Capacity Exceptions...............................................................................................83
Error for Activation with Insufficient Temporary Capacity............................................................83
Temporary Capacity Balance Needing Action................................................................................83
Temporary Capacity Negative Balance...........................................................................................83
Temporary Capacity Enforcement..................................................................................................83
6 Instant Capacity Cell Board........................................................................................87
Instant Capacity Cell Board..................................................................................................................88
Overview.........................................................................................................................................88
Ordering Instant Capacity Cell Board..................................................................................................89
HP-UX and OpenVMS License and Support........................................................................................90
Acquisition of Usage Rights (RTU) for Instant Capacity Cell Board...................................................91
Instant Capacity Cell Board and Considerations of Core Usage Rights..............................................92
Activation of an Instant Capacity Cell Board.......................................................................................93
Accidental Activation of an Instant Capacity Cell Board.....................................................................94
Instant Capacity Cell Board Activation Exception Error......................................................................95
Instant Capacity Cell Board and Temporary Instant Capacity.............................................................96
7 Global Instant Capacity..............................................................................................97
Global Instant Capacity Overview.......................................................................................................98
Global Instant Capacity Requirements...............................................................................................100
Global Instant Capacity Group Managers..........................................................................................101
Global Instant Capacity Grouping Rules............................................................................................102
Global Instant Capacity Sharing Rights..............................................................................................103
Creating Global Instant Capacity Groups...........................................................................................104
Global Instant Capacity Resource Sharing.........................................................................................107
Effect of Temporary Capacity........................................................................................................107
Status Reporting............................................................................................................................108
Global Instant Capacity and Temporary Capacity.............................................................................110
Temporary Capacity and Freed Usage Rights...............................................................................110
Temporary Capacity and Status Reporting...................................................................................110
Temporary Capacity Prefetch........................................................................................................111
Global Instant Capacity Member Removal.........................................................................................112
Group Member Reinstallation............................................................................................................113
Group Manager Availability...............................................................................................................114
Upgrades and Global Instant Capacity...............................................................................................115
Adding New Partitions..................................................................................................................115
Rights Seizure......................................................................................................................................116
Effects of Rights Seizure................................................................................................................116
Down Partitions with Powered-On Cells......................................................................................117
Other Considerations.....................................................................................................................117
Multiple Group Considerations..........................................................................................................118
Additional Considerations..................................................................................................................119
8 Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................121
Handling Compliance Exceptions......................................................................................................122
Troubleshooting the Instant Capacity Software..................................................................................125
Diagnosing E-mail Configuration.......................................................................................................127
9 Frequently Asked Questions.....................................................................................129
Instant Capacity Software...................................................................................................................130
Instant Capacity Hardware.................................................................................................................133
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