HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.04.06 and A.05.04)

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HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide
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About This Document
- Publication History
1 Introduction
- What Is vPars?
  - Product Features
  - Why Use vPars?
- Supported Environments
- HP Product Interaction
- Ordering vPars
2 How vPars and Its Components Work
- Partitioning Using vPars
- vPars Monitor and Database
  - vPars Monitor
  - vPars Partition Database
- Boot Sequence
  - Boot Sequence: Quick Reference
  - Boot Sequence: The Details
- Virtual Consoles
  - nPartition Logs
  - MCA (Machine Check Abort) Logs on Integrity Systems
    - Description
    - Location of Log Files
- Security
- EFI and Integrity Notes
- Integrity Differences Relative to PA-RISC
- Comparing vPars on PA-RISC and Integrity
- Comparing vPars Versions
- Resource Migration and Required States
- Transitioning from vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.04.xx/A.05.xx (CPU Syntax and Rules)
3 Planning Your System for Virtual Partitions
- Full ioscan Output of Non-Cellular System Named winona
- Full ioscan Output of Cellular (nPartitionable) System Named keira
- Planning, Installing, and Using vPars with an nPartitionable Server
  - I/O Hardware Paths
    - Impact on vPars Commands: Specifying I/O
  - CPU Hardware Paths
    - Impact on vPars Commands: Specifying CPU
- Planning Your Virtual Partitions
- Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments in vPars A.04.05
  - Features of Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments
  - Feature Summary
- Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx
- Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.03
  - Features of Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments
  - Features Summary
4 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars
- Notes, Cautions, and Other Considerations Before You Update or Install vPars
  - Notes
  - Cautions
  - Other Considerations
- Bundle Names
  - vPars Product Bundles
  - vPars-related Bundles (A.03.xx and earlier)
    - Installing and Removing vPars-related Bundles
- Setting Up the Ignite-UX Server
  - Ignite-UX Versions
  - Determining the Ignite-UX Version
  - Ignite-UX Cookbook
- Ignite-UX, the LAN, the LAN card, and vparboot -I
  - PA-RISC
  - Integrity
- Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx
  - Update-UX Preparation Steps
    - OE Bundle Names for Update-UX
  - The Update Process: Goal
  - The Update Process
- Updating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars (A.03.05 and A.04.05) Environment
  - Overview of the Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environment Update Process
  - Update-UX Primer
    - OE Bundle Names for Update-UX
    - vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX
  - Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.04.xx Monitor
  - The Update Process for Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments: Step by Step Details
- Migrating from vPars A.03.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars (A.03.05, A.04.02 or later, A.05.03)
- Updating from vPars A.04.xx to Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars (A.04.xx and A.05.xx) Environment
  - Update-UX Primer
    - OE Bundle Names for Update-UX
    - vPars Bundle Names for Update-UX
  - Changing nPartition Boot Paths To Boot the vPars A.05.xx Monitor
  - The Update Process: Goal
  - The Update Process: Step by Step
- Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.05.xx
  - General Process for A.03.xx to A.05.xx Workaround (PA only)
- Updating from vPars A.03.xx to A.04.xx
  - The Steps
- Updating vPars A.03.xx to vPars A.03.05
  - The vPars A.03.05 Update Process
- Updating from vPars (A.02.xx or A.03.xx) to A.03.xx
- Applying a vPars Sub-System Patch
- Upgrading Integrity Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset
  - Hardware Path Changes
  - vPars Database Changes
  - Hardware Path Tables
- Upgrading HP 9000 Servers from the sx1000 to sx2000 Chipset
  - Hardware Path Changes
  - vPars Database Changes
  - Hardware Path Tables
- Upgrading Backplanes from PCI to PCI-X
- Updates Involving VPARSBASE
- Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on PA-RISC
- Installing vPars with Ignite-UX on Integrity
- Installing vPars with Software Distributor
- Removing the vPars Product
  - From a Single Virtual Partition
  - From the Entire System
5 vPars Monitor and Shell Commands
- Notes on Examples in this Chapter
  - Syntax of Example Commands
  - Example Server
- Modes: Switching between nPars and vPars Modes (Integrity Only)
  - Modes
  - Commands to Set the Mode
    - Differences Between vparconfig and parconfig
  - Usage Scenarios
- EFI Boot Disk Paths, including Disk Mirrors, and vparefiutil (Integrity Only)
- vPars Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor
- vPars Monitor: Accessing the vPars Monitor Prompt
- vPars Monitor: Using vPars Monitor Commands
  - Booting
  - Displaying Information
- vPars Monitor: Using the vPars Monitor Commands from ISL or EFI
- Commands: vPars Manpages
- Commands: vPars Commands Logging
  - Log File Location and Log Format
  - Cases Where No Logging Occurs
  - Cases Where Logging Occurs
  - Constraints and Restrictions to Logging
  - Syslog and Priority and Facility Codes
- Commands: Displaying vPars Monitor and Resource Information (vparstatus)
  - Virtual Partition States
  - vparstatus Output Examples
  - vparstatus: Summary Information
  - vparstatus: Verbose Information
  - vparstatus: Available Resources
  - vparstatus: CPU Information on vPars A.04/A.05
  - vparstatus: Dual-Core CPUs
  - vparstatus: Pending Migrating CPUs Operations
  - vparstatus: Pending Migrating Memory Operations
  - vparstatus: Base and Float Memory Amounts
  - vparstatus: Pending nPartition Reboot for Reconfiguration
  - vparstatus: vPars Monitor and Database Information
- Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition
- Managing: Removing a Virtual Partition
- Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition
- Booting a Virtual Partition
- Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition
  - When to Shutdown All Virtual Partitions
- Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor)
- Setboot and System-wide Stable Storage
- Using Primary and Alternate Boot Paths
  - Autoboot and Autosearch Attributes
  - Setting the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths
  - Using Primary and Alternate Paths with nPartitions
  - Booting Using the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths
- Autoboot
  - The AUTO File on a Virtual Partition
  - Autobooting the vPars Monitor and Virtual Partitions
- Single-User Mode
  - Example: A Hung Partition
- Other Boot Modes
  - Maintenance Mode
  - Overriding Quorum
  - Changing the LVM Boot Device Hardware Path for a Virtual Partition
- Resetting a Virtual Partition
  - Hard Reset
  - Soft Reset
- Using an Alternate Partition Database File
  - Example
- Managing Resources With Only One Virtual Partition
6 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.05.xx)
- I/O: Topics
- I/O: Concepts and Functionality
  - System, Cells, SBA, LBA, Devices and Relationships
- I/O: Adding or Deleting LBAs
  - I/O Syntax in Brief
  - Examples
- I/O: Allocation Notes
- Memory: Topics
- Memory: Concepts and Functionality
  - Definitions for Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting ILM or CLM Memory
  - Definitions for Dynamically Migrating ILM or CLM Memory
    - Syntax for Assigning (Adding) and Deleting Base and Float Memory
    - Performance Note for Base versus Float Memory Amounts
  - Advanced Topic: Granularity
- Memory: Assigning (Adding) or Deleting by Size (ILM)
  - Syntax
  - Examples
- Memory: Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting by Size (CLM)
- Memory: Assigning (Adding) Or Deleting by Address Range
  - 2 GB Restriction (PA-RISC only)
- Memory: Available and Assigned Amounts
  - vparstatus: Available ILM and CLM Memory
  - vparstatus: Base and Float Memory Amounts
- Memory: Converting Base Memory to Float Memory
- Memory: Granularity Concepts
  - Granularity Value Locations
- Memory: Granularity Issues (Integrity and PA-RISC)
- Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (Integrity)
  - Syntax
  - Commands
  - vparenv
  - vparcreate
  - Usage Scenarios
- Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (PA-RISC)
  - Syntax
  - Commands
  - vparcreate
  - Usage Scenario
- Memory: Notes on vPars Syntax, Rules, and Output
  - Memory: CLI Rules for Dynamic Migration of Memory
  - Memory: Allocation Unit Notes
- CPU: Topics
- CPU: Concepts and Functionality
  - CPUs: Definitions for CPUs
- CPU: Specifying Min and Max Limits
- CPU: Adding and Deleting by Total
  - vparcreate
  - vparmodify
- CPU: Adding or Deleting by CLP (Cell Local Processor)
- CPU: Adding or Deleting by Hardware Path
  - Using both the Hardware Path Specification and CLP specification
- CPU: Notes on vPars Syntax, Rules, and Output
  - CPU: CLI Rules for Dynamic Migration of Memory and CPU
  - CPU: Deleting CPUs Summary
  - CPU: vparstatus
  - CPU: Counts Summary
- CPU: Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining If the System Has Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining Sibling CPUs
- CPU: Hyperthreading ON/OFF (HT ON/OFF)
- CPUs: Managing I/O Interrupts
  - intctl Command
  - Notes
- CPU: CPU Monitor (Formerly Known As LPMC Monitor)
- Memory, CPU: Canceling Pending Operations
  - Status: Pending
  - Cancel Pending Usage
7 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.04.xx)
- I/O: Concepts
  - Acronyms
  - System, Cells, SBA, LBA, Devices and Relationships
- I/O: Adding or Deleting LBAs
  - I/O Syntax in Brief
  - Examples
- I/O: Allocation Notes
- Memory: Concepts and Functionality
  - Acronyms
  - Assignments
  - Granularity
- Memory: Assigning by Size (ILM)
  - Syntax
  - Examples
- Memory: Assigning by Size (CLM)
- Memory: Specifying Address Range
  - 2 GB Restriction (PA-RISC only)
- Memory: Granularity Concepts
  - Granularity Value Locations
- Granularity Issues (Integrity and PA-RISC)
  - Granularity described in vparresources(5)
- Memory: Choosing a Granularity Value and Boot Time (Integrity)
  - The Goal
- Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (Integrity)
  - Syntax
  - Commands
  - vparenv
  - vparcreate
  - Usage Scenarios
- Memory: Setting the Granularity Values (PA-RISC)
  - Syntax
  - Commands
  - vparcreate
  - Usage Scenario
- Memory: Allocation Notes
- CPU
- CPU: Boot Processor and Dynamic CPU Definitions
- CPU: Specifying Min and Max Limits
- CPU: Adding and Deleting by Total
  - vparcreate
  - vparmodify
- CPU: Adding or Deleting by CLP (Cell Local Processor)
- CPU: Adding or Deleting by Hardware Path
  - Using both the Hardware Path Specification and CLP specification
- CPU: Syntax, Rules, and Notes
  - vparstatus
  - Counts Summary
  - Deleting CPUs Summary
- Managing I/O Interrupts
  - intctl Command
  - Notes
- CPU: Using iCAP (Instant Capacity on Demand) with vPars (vPars A.04.xx and iCAP B.07)
  - Purchasing Licenses for iCAP CPUs
  - Activating and Deactivating CPUs
  - Assigning and Unassigning CPUs
  - Intended Active Boundary
- CPU: Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining If the System Has Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining Sibling CPUs
- CPU: CPU Monitor (Formerly Known As LPMC Monitor)
8 CPU, Memory, and I/O Resources (A.03.xx)
- I/O: Concepts
  - Acronyms
  - System, Cells, SBA, LBA, Devices and Relationships
- I/O: Adding or Deleting LBAs
  - I/O Syntax in Brief
  - Examples
- I/O: Allocation Notes
- Memory: Concepts and Functionality
  - Acronyms
  - Assignments
- Memory: Assigning by Size (ILM)
  - Syntax
  - Examples
- Memory: Specifying Address Range
  - 2 GB Restriction
- Memory: Allocation Concepts and Notes
- CPU
- CPU: Specifying Min and Max Limits
- CPU: Bound and Unbound
  - Definitions
- CPU: Determining Whether to Use Bound or Unbound
- CPU: Determining When to Specify a Hardware Path for a Bound CPU
- CPU: Adding and Removing Bound CPUs
  - CPU Allocation Syntax In Brief
    - Syntax for vparcreate
    - Note on vparmodify Syntax
- CPU: Adding a CPU as a Bound CPU
  - Choosing the Hardware Path of a Bound CPU
- CPU: Removing a Bound CPU
  - CPU: Removing a CPU with a Specified Hardware Path
- CPU: Adding, Removing, and Migrating Unbound CPUs
- CPU: Managing I/O Interrupts
  - intctl Command
  - Notes
- CPU: Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining If the System Has Dual-Core Processors
  - Determining Sibling CPUs
- CPU: CPU Monitor (Formerly Known As LPMC Monitor)
9 nPartition Operations
- Basic Conceptual Points on using vPars within nPartitions
- nPartition Information
- Setting Hyperthreading (HT ON/OFF) and cpuconfig Primer
  - vPars Monitor
  - cpuconfig
- Rebooting and Reconfiguring Conceptual Points
- Reconfiguring the nPartition
  - Reconfiguring an nPartition (Integrity)
    - From nPars mode:
    - From vPars mode:
  - Reconfiguring an nPartition (PA-RISC)
- Putting an nPartition into an Inactive State and Other GSP Operations
- Configuring CLM for an nPartition
10 Crash Processing and Recovery
- Crash Processing
- Network and Tape Recovery
- Expert Recovery
11 vPars Flexible Administrative Capability
- Synopsis
- Terms and Definitions
- Flexible Administrative Capability Commands
- monadmin
  - Basic Syntax and Usage
- vparadmin
  - Basic Syntax and Usage
- Persistence across vPars Monitor Reboots
- vPars Commands
- Example vPars Monitor Scenario (monadmin)
  - Turning On The Flexible Administrative Capability Feature
  - Adding Virtual Partitions to the Designated-admin Virtual Partition List
- Example HP-UX Shell Scenario (vparadmin)
12 Virtual Partition Manager (A.03.xx)
- About the Virtual Partition Manager (vparmgr)
A LBA Hardware Path to Physical I/O Slot Correspondence (PA-RISC only)
- rp5470/L3000 I/O Block Diagram
- rp7400/N4000 I/O Block Diagram
- rp7410 and rp7405 PCI I/O Block Diagram
- rp8400 PCI I/O Block Diagram
- Superdome (SD16000, SD32000, SD64000) PCI I/O Block Diagram
B Problem with Adding Unbound CPUs to a Virtual Partition (A.03.xx)
- Symptoms
- Cause
  - Example
  - The Workaround: Reboot the Target Virtual Partition
C Calculating the Size of Kernels in Memory (PA-RISC only)
- Calculating the Size of a Kernel
- Examples of Using the Calculations
  - Changing Dynamic Tunables
  - Migrating OSs from non-vPars Servers to a vPars Server
D Memory Usage with vPars in nPartitions
- nPartition Firmware
- Firmware Partitions (fPars)
- vPars Monitor
- Example System
E Moving from a Standalone to vPars
F Supported Configurations for Memory Migration
Glossary
Index

Number of Virtual Partitions...........................................................................................................52

Virtual Partition Names...................................................................................................................52

Minimal Hardware Configuration..................................................................................................52

CPUs................................................................................................................................................52

vPars A.04.xx and later...............................................................................................................53

vPars A.03.xx and earlier............................................................................................................53

Memory...........................................................................................................................................54

I/O....................................................................................................................................................54

Assigning I/O at the LBA Level..................................................................................................54

Assigning the Hardware Console LBA...........................................................................................55

Choosing the Boot and Lan Paths....................................................................................................57

Autoboot..........................................................................................................................................57

Virtual Partition Plan.......................................................................................................................57

Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments in vPars A.04.05...........................................................58

Features of Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2 vPars Environments..............................................................58

Feature Summary............................................................................................................................59

Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.xx...........................................................60

Features............................................................................................................................................60

Feature Summary............................................................................................................................61

Booting Summary............................................................................................................................62

Determining the Version in a Mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars Environment...................................62

Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments in vPars A.05.03......................................................63

Features of Mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars Environments.........................................................63

Features Summary...........................................................................................................................65

4 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars........67

Notes, Cautions, and Other Considerations Before You Update or Install vPars................................67

Notes................................................................................................................................................67

Cautions...........................................................................................................................................68

Other Considerations.......................................................................................................................68

Installing Server Firmware on non-nPartitionable Servers........................................................68

Setting the GSP Terminal Type...................................................................................................69

How to Set the GSP Terminal Type.......................................................................................69

Increase in Size of /stand File System.....................................................................................70

VxFS (Veritas File System) (vPars A.03.xx)................................................................................70

SecurePath..................................................................................................................................70

Bundle Names.......................................................................................................................................70

vPars Product Bundles....................................................................................................................70

vPars-related Bundles (A.03.xx and earlier)....................................................................................72

Installing and Removing vPars-related Bundles .......................................................................72

B6826AA (parmgr)................................................................................................................72

VPARMGR............................................................................................................................72

Installing vPars and the vPars-related Bundles from CD.....................................................72

Setting Up the Ignite-UX Server...........................................................................................................73

Ignite-UX Versions...........................................................................................................................73

Determining the Ignite-UX Version.................................................................................................73

Ignite-UX Cookbook........................................................................................................................73

Ignite-UX, the LAN, the LAN card, and vparboot -I......................................................................74

PA-RISC...........................................................................................................................................74

Integrity...........................................................................................................................................75

Updating from vPars A.04.xx to A.05.xx..............................................................................................76

Update-UX Preparation Steps.........................................................................................................76

OE Bundle Names for Update-UX.............................................................................................77

The Update Process: Goal................................................................................................................77

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