parperm.1m (2011 03)

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parperm(1M)
For OA Based Partition Management Systems
parperm(1M)
NAME
parperm - configure partition configuration privilege for nPartitions and vPars
SYNOPSIS
parperm
parperm scope {ON|OFF} nParId[
:vParId]
WARNING: When partition configuration privilege for a partition is unrestricted (ON),
configuration commands issued by that partition can affect the configuration of another partition
(within limits described below). When this privilege is restricted (OFF), configuration commands
issued by the restricted partition cannot affect power or partition assignment of hardware not
already assigned to the partition.
DESCRIPTION
The
parperm command can be used to remove restrictions which prevent an operating system running
in a partition from performing partition configuration operations on other partitions. By default, a parti-
tion can only perform partition configuration 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 a list of unrestricted 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 following ON or OFF parameter causes the
specified partition to become unrestricted (ON), or restricted (OFF) from performing
OS supported nPartition configuration operations within the complex. When the
scope specified is vpar, the following ON or OFF parameter causes the specified
partition to become unrestricted (ON), or restricted (OFF) from performing virtual
partition configuration operations 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, the OS is not restricted from doing 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 unrestricted (ON) or restricted (OFF) from doing partition configuration opera-
tions.
nParId[
:vParId] The identifier of the partition which is to be unrestricted or restricted. 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 becomes unrestricted.
RETURN VALUE
The
parperm command exits with one of the following values:
0 Successful completion.
1 Error condition occurred.
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