Vparboot – HP Integrity Superdome 2 Server User Manual
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Meaning
Option
–n
is not specified. –z and –n are mutually exclusive.
The default parspec is modified with the –n option.
Specifies a name for the new virtual partition. The name
for the vPar should be specified either using the –p
-P vp_name
or –P options. Attempts to specify the vPar
name using both the –p
same command line will be considered invalid.
A partition name with the same format as the default
name can only be specified if the specified name
matches the vPar number.
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Access level/Bay level:
OA Administrator, OA Operator
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Restriction:
You must be connected to the monarch OA.
VPARBOOT
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Command:
vparboot { -p vpar_id -N npar_id | -p npar_id:vpar_id }
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Description:
The vparboot command boots the specified virtual partition. The virtual partition must exist
and be in the DOWN run-state. The nPartition containing the virtual partition to be booted
must either be booted in vPars mode or inactive with the next boot mode as vPars.
No boot related options other than virtual partition name/number and nPar name/number
are supported.
The options for the command:
Meaning
Option
Specifies the virtual partition to be created in ASCII
format either as a name or number. It can also be
-p vparidentstr
specified in the format
nparidentstr:vparidentstr
. When specified in
the format of nparidentstr:vparidentstr,
nparidentstr and vparidentstr can either be a name or
number. When specified from the OA, the vPar should
be identified using the format
nparidentstr:vparidentstr
or used along with
the –N option. A partition name should at least have
one of the following non-numeric characters:
◦
a-z
◦
A-Z
◦
- (dash)
◦
_ (underscore)
◦
. (period)
If a -p
number is automatically assigned to the created virtual
partition. If both and –p
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