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

Reconfiguring an nPartition (PA-RISC)
For the following example, the virtual partitions keira1 and keira2 exist within the nPartition 0.
Only relevant output is shown.
1. Perform the changes as you would in a non-vPars environment. For example, if we want to
add cell 6 to partition 0:
keira1# parmodify -p0 -a 6:base:y:ri
In order to activate any cell that has been newly added,reboot the partition with the -R option.
Command succeeded.
2. Perform a Reboot for Reconfiguration from a virtual partition. For example,
keira1# vparstatus
keira1# shutdown -R
.
.
.
Transition to run-level0 is complete.
Executing "/sbin/reboot-R".
Note: If this is a partitionable system, the requested reconfiguration will not
take place until all the virtual partitions on this hard partition are shut down
and the virtual partition Monitor is rebooted.
Shutdown at 16:09 (in 0 minutes)
At this point, the nPartition is in the Boot-Is-Blocked (BIB) state. The virtual partition keira1
remains down until all the virtual partitions have been shutdown and the vPars Monitor
rebooted.
Note also that once the nPartition is in the BIB state, vparstatus shows the following
message:
Note: A profile change is pending. The hard partition must be rebooted to complete it.
3. Shutdown the other virtual partitions. For example:
keira2# vparstatus
keira2# shutdown -R
.
.
.Transition to run-level0 is complete.
Executing "/sbin/reboot-R ".
Note: If this is a partitionable system, the requested reconfiguration will not
take place until all the virtual partitions on this hard partition are shut down
and the virtual partition Monitor is rebooted.
Shutdown at 16:19 (in 0 minutes)
At this point, all virtual partitions have been shut down. The vPars Monitor will reboot
automatically. On the console, we would see the following message:
All partitions have halted. System will now reboot for reconfiguration.
and the beginning of the boot process for the nPartition:
Firmware Version 21.3
Duplex Console IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 2
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(c) Copyright 1995-2002, Hewlett-Packard Company, All rights reserved
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Cab/ Cell ------- Processor -------- Cache Size
Cell Slot State # Speed State Inst Data
---- ---- ------------ --- -------- ----------- ------ ------
0 0/0 Idle 0A 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
0B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
1A 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
1B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
2A 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
2B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
1 0/1 Active 0A 1000 MHz Active 32 MB 32 MB
0B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
1A 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
1B 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
2A 1000 MHz Idle 32 MB 32 MB
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