HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.08) (5900-1312, March 2011)

designated-admin virtual partition, the command will not be
successful.
designated-admin virtual partition list This is the list of virtual partitions that are currently set as
designated-admin virtual partitions. If a virtual partition is
in this list or added to this list, it is a designated-admin virtual
partition. If a virtual partition is not in this list or is deleted
from this list, it is a non-designated-admin virtual partition.
How to add or delete virtual partitions from this list is
discussed in a later section.
Whenever the flexible administrative capability mode is set
to ON, the designated-admin virtual partition list will be
empty.
flexible administrative capability
mode
When this mode is set to ON, only designated-admin virtual
partitions are allowed to successfully execute vPars
commands that affect other partitions. For example, in the
command:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
this command will check whether the local virtual partition
(winona1) is a designated-admin virtual partition or if the
target partition is the local partition. If either condition is
true, the command is executed. If not, the command is
denied execution. How to set the mode is discussed in a
later section.
By default, the flexible administrative capability mode is
OFF.
flexible administrative capability
password
From the vPars Monitor prompt, when setting the flexible
administrative capability mode to ON, you will be prompted
to set a flexible administrative capability password.
From the HP-UX shell, if a superuser attempts to add or delete
a virtual partition from the designated-admin virtual partition
list, the superuser will be prompted for the flexible
administrative capability password that was set.
When the flexible administrative capability mode is OFF,
there is no flexible administrative capability password.
This designated administration feature relies on high quality
passwords that are not easily guess-able, so choose a
password wisely.
Flexible Administrative Capability Commands
The flexible administrative capability commands are:
• executed from the vPars Monitor (MON>)monadmin
• executed from the HP-UX shellvparadmin
monadmin
monadmin is a vPars Monitor command that allows you to
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