HP-UX Virtual Partitions 6.0 Administrator Guide

5 vPars v6.0 commands
After installing vPars v6.0, you can run the commands from the VSP. In vPars v6.0, all the commands
are available from the VSP.
IMPORTANT: vPars commands are not available from within a virtual partition.
VSP commands
From the VSP you can run commands to create, modify, and remove virtual partitions and virtual
switches. Superuser privilege is required to run the commands from the VSP. These commands
cannot be run from the OA or from inside a virtual partition.
Table 5 (page 21) contains a summary of the VSP commands and descriptions of their use. The
following sections provide brief information about each command. For more information about
the commands, see the respective manpages.
Table 5 VSP commands in vPars v6.0
DescriptionCommand
Boots a virtual partition.vparboot
Creates a new virtual partition.vparcreate
Renames or modifies the resources of a virtual partition. It can also suspend the configuration of
the virtual partition.
vparmodify
Removes an existing virtual partition.vparremove
Resets a virtual partition. Simulates, at the virtual partition level, the hard reset, soft reset (Transfer
Of Control, TOC), power off, or graceful shutdown operations. When compared with the earlier
versions of vPars, the vparreset operations more closely match that of physical hardware.
vparreset
Displays information about one or more virtual partitions. The vparstatus can also display details
about the available resources that can be added to a virtual partition.
vparstatus
Manages the pool of CPU resources dedicated for use by the virtual partitions on the VSP.vparhwmgmt
Creates and controls a vswitch.vparnet
Connects to the console of a virtual partition.vparconsole
vparboot
The vparboot command allows you to boot a virtual partition. Table 6 (page 21) describes the
options you can use with the vparboot command. With vPars v6.0, the EFI shell is accessible
and interaction with it is via vparconsole or remote iLO.
Table 6 Options with the vparboot command
DescriptionOption
Specifies the virtual partition to be booted. The specified virtual partition must
exist, and must be in the DOWN run-state. The vpar_id can be either the
vPar name or number.
-p vpar_id
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