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
Table of Contents
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

-S on|off

• Sets the flexible administrative capability mode either ON (enabled) or OFF (disabled).

— ON and OFF are not case-sensitive.

— The flexible administrative capability mode can be set only at the vPars Monitor prompt

(MON>).

— By default, the mode is OFF.

When the mode is set to ON, the list of designated-admin virtual partitions is empty,

regardless of any previous settings. Therefore, when the flexible administrative capability

mode is set to ON, all virtual partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions regardless

of whether it is running or not and regardless of its state during the previous time the mode

was set to ON. Because the designated-admin virtual partition list is empty when the mode

is set to ON, you will need to add any virtual partitions you wish to be designated-admin

virtual partitions to the designated-admin virtual partition list every time you set the mode

to ON. You can add or delete virtual partitions to or from the designated-admin virtual

partition list from either the vPars Monitor prompt using monadmin (MON> monadmin) or

the HP-UX Shell prompt using vparadmin (# vparadmin). vparadmin is discussed in the

next section.

This process allows you to change the mode at the MON> prompt and maintain a

deterministic setting for the virtual partition even if virtual partitions are running.

When the mode is set to ON, monadmin will prompt for a new password. (If the mode is

already ON, you will receive a message stating that you already having enabled the flexible

administrative capability.)

When the mode is set to OFF, the above restrictions of the vPars command execution are

turned off. It may appear that all virtual partitions are considered to be designated-admin

virtual partitions. Once you set the mode to OFF, the designated-admin virtual partition list

is deleted as well as the flexible administrative capability password.

-a|-d partition_name

• Adds or deletes a virtual partition to or from the designated-admin virtual partition list. No

flexible administrative capability password is required here; passwords are required only

at the HP-UX shell prompt.

-l

• Lists all the virtual partitions that are currently in the designated-admin virtual partition

list. When the mode is set initially to ON, the designated-admin virtual partition list will be

empty, so all virtual partitions are non-designated-admin virtual partitions. You can use

the monadmin -a to add virtual partitions to the list. Alternatively, at the HP-UX shell

prompt, you can use vparadmin -a to add virtual partitions to the list.

Without any options

• displays whether the vPars flexible administrative capability feature is ON (enabled) or OFF

(disabled).

NOTE: The vPars Monitor prompt (MON>) is not protected. Any person who knows the

GSP/MP login and password can access the console and therefore the MON> prompt. Using

monadmin, the GSP/MP user can change the flexible administrative capability mode and the

designated-admin virtual partition list. Console access is restricted using the GSP/MPs login and

password.

vparadmin

vparadmin is a vPars command that allows you to

vparadmin 295