HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide (includes A.05.09) (5900-2188, March 2012)

Verification.................................................................................................................159
Preparation................................................................................................................160
Change the boot device hardware path.........................................................................160
Boot into LVM maintenance mode.................................................................................160
LVM maintenance mode steps.......................................................................................160
Resetting a Virtual Partition....................................................................................................161
Hard Reset......................................................................................................................161
Soft Reset........................................................................................................................162
Using an Alternate Partition Database File ...............................................................................162
Example.........................................................................................................................162
Managing Resources With Only One Virtual Partition................................................................164
6 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.05.xx)..............................................165
I/O: Topics..........................................................................................................................166
I/O: Concepts and Functionality.............................................................................................166
System, Cells, SBA, LBA, Devices and Relationships..............................................................166
I/O: Adding or Deleting LBAs................................................................................................168
I/O Syntax in Brief...........................................................................................................168
Examples........................................................................................................................169
I/O: Allocation Notes...........................................................................................................169
Memory: Topics....................................................................................................................171
Memory: Concepts and Functionality......................................................................................171
Definitions for Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting ILM or CLM Memory.......................................171
Definitions for Dynamically Migrating ILM or CLM Memory ..................................................172
Syntax for Assigning (Adding) and Deleting Base and Float Memory.................................173
Performance Note for Base versus Float Memory Amounts................................................174
Advanced Topic: Granularity.............................................................................................175
Memory: Assigning (Adding) or Deleting by Size (ILM)..............................................................175
Syntax............................................................................................................................176
Examples........................................................................................................................176
Memory: Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting by Size (CLM)...........................................................176
Memory: Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting by Address Range.....................................................177
2 GB Restriction (PA-RISC only)..........................................................................................178
Memory: Available and Assigned Amounts..............................................................................178
vparstatus: Available ILM and CLM Memory ......................................................................178
vparstatus: Base and Float Memory Amounts.......................................................................179
Memory: Converting Base Memory to Float Memory.................................................................179
Memory: Granularity Concepts .............................................................................................180
Granularity Value Locations...............................................................................................180
Memory: Granularity Issues (Integrity and PA-RISC)...................................................................181
Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (Integrity).....................................................................181
Syntax............................................................................................................................181
Commands.....................................................................................................................182
vparenv..........................................................................................................................182
vparcreate......................................................................................................................183
Usage Scenarios..............................................................................................................183
Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (PA-RISC).....................................................................184
Syntax............................................................................................................................184
Commands.....................................................................................................................184
vparcreate......................................................................................................................184
Usage Scenario...............................................................................................................184
Memory: Notes on vPars Syntax, Rules, and Output..................................................................185
Memory: CLI Rules for Dynamic Migration of Memory..........................................................185
Memory: Allocation Unit Notes..........................................................................................185
CPU: Topics.........................................................................................................................186
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