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

Commands to Set the Mode..............................................................................................120
Differences Between vparconfig and parconfig................................................................122
Usage Scenarios..............................................................................................................122
EFI Boot Disk Paths, including Disk Mirrors, and vparefiutil (Integrity Only)...................................124
vPars Monitor: Booting the vPars Monitor.................................................................................127
vPars Monitor: Accessing the vPars Monitor Prompt...................................................................127
vPars Monitor: Using vPars Monitor Commands........................................................................128
Booting..........................................................................................................................128
Displaying Information......................................................................................................131
vPars Monitor: Using the vPars Monitor Commands from ISL or EFI..............................................132
Commands: vPars Manpages.................................................................................................133
Commands: vPars Commands Logging....................................................................................133
Log File Location and Log Format.......................................................................................133
Cases Where No Logging Occurs......................................................................................134
Cases Where Logging Occurs...........................................................................................134
Constraints and Restrictions to Logging...............................................................................134
Syslog and Priority and Facility Codes................................................................................134
Commands: Displaying vPars Monitor and Resource Information (vparstatus)................................135
Virtual Partition States.......................................................................................................135
vparstatus Output Examples..............................................................................................135
vparstatus: Summary Information.......................................................................................136
vparstatus: Verbose Information.........................................................................................137
vparstatus: Available Resources.........................................................................................138
vparstatus: CPU Information on vPars A.04/A.05.................................................................140
vparstatus: Dual-Core CPUs...............................................................................................141
vparstatus: Pending Migrating CPUs Operations..................................................................142
vparstatus: Pending Migrating Memory Operations..............................................................142
vparstatus: Base and Float Memory Amounts.......................................................................143
vparstatus: Pending nPartition Reboot for Reconfiguration......................................................144
vparstatus: vPars Monitor and Database Information.............................................................144
Managing: Creating a Virtual Partition....................................................................................144
Managing: Removing a Virtual Partition...................................................................................146
Managing: Modifying Attributes of a Virtual Partition................................................................147
Booting a Virtual Partition......................................................................................................147
Shutting Down or Rebooting a Virtual Partition..........................................................................148
When to Shutdown All Virtual Partitions..............................................................................149
Shutting Down or Rebooting the nPartition (Or Rebooting the vPars Monitor).................................149
Setboot and System-wide Stable Storage .................................................................................150
Using Primary and Alternate Boot Paths...................................................................................151
Autoboot and Autosearch Attributes....................................................................................152
Setting the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths..........................................................................152
Using Primary and Alternate Paths with nPartitions................................................................153
Original Status:...........................................................................................................153
Changing the Virtual Partition’s Path (vPars Partition Database)..........................................154
Changing the nPartition’s Path (Complex Profile Data)......................................................155
Booting Using the Primary or Alternate Boot Paths................................................................155
Autoboot.............................................................................................................................155
The AUTO File on a Virtual Partition...................................................................................155
Autobooting the vPars Monitor and Virtual Partitions.............................................................156
Single-User Mode.................................................................................................................157
Example: A Hung Partition................................................................................................158
Other Boot Modes................................................................................................................158
Maintenance Mode.........................................................................................................158
Overriding Quorum.........................................................................................................159
Changing the LVM Boot Device Hardware Path for a Virtual Partition......................................159
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