HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator's Guide (includes A.05.03)

Terms and Definitions
target partition This is the virtual partition that is affected when a vPars
command is executed. For example, in the command:
# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1 ...
an attempt is made to add a CPU to winona2, so winona2
is the target virtual partition. The argument of the -p option
is the target partition.
local partition This is the virtual partition from which a vPars command
is executed. For example, in the command:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
assuming the HP-UX shell prompt contains the hostname,
the vparmodify command is executed from winona1, so
winona1 is the local virtual partition. winona2 is the target
partition.
designated-admin virtual partition This is a virtual partition that is allowed to perform vPars
commands that affect other virtual partitions. For example,
assume the flexible administrative capability feature is ON
and the following command is executed:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
Because this command affects another virtual partition
(winona2), the local virtual partition winona1 must be a
designated-admin virtual partition in order for this
command to be successful.
CAUTION: In a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars
environment, or a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars
environment, the vparcreate and vparremove
operations can only be performed from the vPars A.05.xx
virtual partitions; vparmodify operations affecting other
virtual partitions can only be performed from the vPars
A.05.xx virtual partitions.
When the flexible administrative capability is ON
(enabled), setting only vPars A.04.xx (or only vPars A.03.xx)
virtual partitions as designated-admin virtual partitions
is not recommended.
For example, in a mixed HP-UX 11i v2/v3 vPars
environment or a mixed HP-UX 11i v1/v2/v3 vPars
environment, if all the designated-admin virtual partitions
are vPars A.04.xx virtual partitions, no partitions will be
able to perform vparmodify, vparremove, or
vparcreate operations on other partitions.
non-designated-admin virtual
partition
This is a virtual partition that is not allowed to perform
vPars commands that affect other virtual partitions. For
example, assume the flexible administrative capability
feature is ON and the following command is executed:
winona1# vparmodify -p winona2 -a cpu::1
vparmodify: Error: Only Designated-Admin virtual partitions can
perform this operation on winona2.
Because this command affects another virtual partition
(winona2), if the local virtual partition winona1 is a not a
294 vPars Flexible Administrative Capability