Windows nPartition Guide v5.5

3. Use one of the following procedures to delete the nPartition:
• Deleting an inactive remote nPartition
1. Issue the parremove -p# command to remove the inactive remote nPartition
(-p# where # is the nPartition number). For example:
#parremove -p1
2. Issue the parstatus -P command to confirm that the nPartition was removed.
If the nPartition was removed, it no longer is listed in the parstatus command
output.
• Deleting a local nPartition To delete the local nPartition (the nPartition on which you
currently are issuing commands), perform the following steps:
1. Shut down all applications and warn users. Follow the same procedures you use
to reboot an nPartition.
2. Issue the parremove -F -p# command to force-remove (-F) the local nPartition
(-p#, where # is the number of the local nPartition).
The local nPartition remains active following the parremove -F -p# command
until you perform a shutdown for reconfig to complete the removal.
As soon as possible proceed with the shutdown for reconfig because the server
Complex Profile will remain locked—and no other changes can occur—until the
pending nPartition deletion is completed.
3. Perform a shutdown for reconfig (Windows shutdown /s) of the local nPartition.
The shutdown for reconfig command shuts down the nPartition and all cells so
that the configuration changes occur and the nPartition is deleted.
• Deleting an active remote nPartition To delete an active remote nPartition, you must
use the Windows nPartition tools.
1. Shut down all applications and warn users. Follow the same procedures to reboot
the nPartition.
2. Issue the parremove -F -p# command and specify either the -u... -h...
options or the -g... -h... options.
You must specify both the force-remove option (-F) and the nPartition number
(-p#, where # is the number for the nPartition being removed).
3. Perform a shutdown for reconfig of the nPartition that is being deleted.
Use any one of the following commands, as appropriate, to perform the shutdown
for reconfig:
shutdown /s from Windows on the nPartition being deleted
reconfigreset from the EFI Shell for the nPartition
RR from the MP Command Menu for the server complex where the nPartition
resides
After you complete the nPartition deletion, the nPartition no longer exists. All cells (and
associated I/O chassis) that used to be assigned to the deleted nPartition now are unassigned,
and you can assign them for other uses.
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