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parperm(1M)

For OA Based Partition Management Systems

parperm(1M)

NAME

parperm - give authorization to perform partition operations on other partitions

SYNOPSIS

parperm

parperm scope {ON|OFF} nParId[

:vParId]

Platform Support Remarks

parperm is only supported on systems with Onboard Administrator (OA) based partition manage-

ment, and is available only from the management processor (Onboard Administrator or OA).

DESCRIPTION

The

parperm command can be used to provide authorization to an operating system running in a parti-

tion to perform partition operations on other partitions. By default, a partition can only perform parti-

tion operations on itself. The commands to display partition status do not need any authorization and are

allowed from any partition.

parperm without any option will display information about any authorized partitions.

Any OA user having operator privilege level or above can execute this command.

Please refer to the HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide for a description of the partition

management terms used in this man page.

Options and Arguments

parperm recognizes the following command line options and arguments:

scope scope is either

npar or vpar (case-insensitive).

When the scope speciﬁed is

npar, the speciﬁed partition gets authorization to per-

form any nPartition operations within the complex. When the scope speciﬁed is

vpar, the speciﬁed partition gets authorization to perform virtual partition opera-

tions within the nPartition to which it belongs.

Note that

vpar scope is applicable only for a virtual partition. However for npar

scope, the speciﬁed partition can be either an nPartition or a virtual partition.

The

vpar scope is conﬁned to the local nPartition. In other words,

vpar scope only

allows virtual partition operations within the nPartition containing the virtual par-

tition. It does not give permissions to allow virtual partition operations on other

nPartitions.

Note that when running as an nPartition, by default, the OS has permissions to do

virtual partition operations (for example, create virtual partition deﬁnitions) in the

local nPartition.

{

ON|OFF} The ON or OFF option indicates whether this nPartition or virtual partition should

be unauthorized or not.

nParId[

:vParId] The partition number that the OS is booted from. nParId can be the nPartition

number or name. Similarly, vParId can be the virtual partition number or name.

If the nPartition is running virtual partitions and the user does not specify a partic-

ular vParId, none of the virtual partitions is given authorization.

RETURN VALUE

The

parperm command exits with one of the following values:

0 Successful completion.

1 Error condition occurred.

EXAMPLES

1) Give authorization to an OS running in nPartition 1 to perform nPartition operations on nPartitions

other than nPartition 1.

parperm npar on 1

2) Give authorization to an OS running in a virtual partition 1 of nPartition 2 to perform nPartition

operations on nPartitions other than nPartition 2.

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Summary of content (2 pages)

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parperm(1M) For OA Based Partition Management Systems parperm(1M) NAME parperm - give authorization to perform partition operations on other partitions SYNOPSIS parperm parperm scope {ON|OFF} nParId[:vParId] Platform Support Remarks parperm is only supported on systems with Onboard Administrator (OA) based partition management, and is available only from the management processor (Onboard Administrator or OA).
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parperm(1M) For OA Based Partition Management Systems parperm(1M) parperm npar on 2:1 3) No authorization is given to an OS running in a virtual partition 1 of nPartition 2 if only the nPartition 2 is authorized. parperm npar on 2 Issuing this command does not give authorization to virtual partition 2:1. However, if virtual partition 2:1 is shut down, and nPartition is booted up later, OS running on nPartition 2 is authorized to do nPartition commands on other nPartitions.