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Delete nPartition

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» Rules for Deleting nPartitions
» Messages

To delete an nPartition from the complex, select an nPartition and choose nPartitionDelete from the actions menu. If you are in a partition scope, the displayed nPartition is implicitly selected. If you are in a cell scope or I/O chassis scope, the nPartition containing the displayed cell or I/O chassis is implicitly selected.

Rules for Deleting nPartitions

  1. You cannot delete any nPartition unless you are logged in with Administrator (root) permissions.

  2. You cannot delete an active nPartition, except for the following special cases.

    • The Local nPartition.  When running Partition Manager on a local nPartition, you can delete that nPartition.

    • A Remote Partitionable Complex.  When connected to the service processor of the complex via IPMI over LAN, you can delete any active nPartition. Connecting in this manner requires that you provide the IPMI password for the service processor. See the user authentication topic for more information.

    In both of these cases, a shutdown for reconfiguration will have to be performed after completing this action, in order for the deletion to become effective.

    In all other cases, you must complete the shutdown for reconfiguration process, making the nPartition inactive, before you can delete the nPartition.

  3. If nPartition Configuration Privilege is restricted, you cannot delete any nPartition unless you are connected to the service processor of the complex via IPMI over LAN. Connecting in this manner requires that you provide the IPMI password for the service processor. See the user authentication topic for more information.

  4. If you are deleting the last nPartition in the complex, Partition Manager will display the Last nPartition message and request confirmation before deleting the nPartition.

Messages

The following messages may be displayed when you invoke this action. Confirmation messages indicate normal operation. Warning messages alert you to potentially unintended consequences of performing this action. Error messages indicate that this action cannot be performed.


 
Confirm Delete nPartition

Click [OK] to delete nPartition "Name (nPar Num)".

Level: Confirmation

Click [OK] to execute the displayed command and delete the nPartition. Click [Cancel] to cancel this command and return to the previous view.



Confirm Delete Active nPartition

WARNING: This nPartition is currently active. A shutdown for reconfiguration of this nPartition will be needed for the changes to take effect.

Click [OK] to delete nPartition "Name (nPar Num)".

Level: Warning

Click [OK] to execute the displayed command and delete the nPartition. When the nPartition is deleted, the Active nPartition Deleted message will be displayed to remind you to perform the required shutdown for reconfiguration.

Click [Cancel] to cancel this command and return to the previous view.


 
nPartition Deleted

nPartition "Name (nPar Num)" has been deleted.

Level: Confirmation

The specified nPartition has been deleted. Click [OK] to return to the previous view. If there was no previous view, you will go to the complex scope hardware view. If the deleted nPartition was in the scope of the previous view, you will go to the complex scope hardware view instead.


 
Active nPartition Deleted

The command to remove nPartition "Name (nPar Num)" has successfully completed. However, there will be pending changes to the Stable Complex Configuration Data (SCCD) until this nPartition has been shut down for reconfiguration.

The steps that must now be taken are:

  1. Close all applications running on the nPartition.

  2. Do a shutdown for reconfiguration:

    HP-UX

    Use the -RH option on either the shutdown(1M) or reboot(1M) command.

    Windows

    Use either the Start-->Shut Down, Shut down menu, or the shutdown /s command.

    Linux

    Use the -h option on the shutdown(8) command.

Until the shut down for reconfiguration has been done:

  • No other changes can be made that affect the SCCD.

  • Partition Manager (parmgr) will continue to show the cell or cells that belonged to this nPartition as still being assigned to the nPartition (parmgr shows data from the current SCCD, not the pending SCCD).

  • Partition Manager will not display a name for this nPartition (the nPartition name was stored in the Partition Configuration Data for this nPartition, and that data has already been reset to the default values).

Use the Virtual Front Panel (VFP) from the service processor's console to determine when the shutdown for reconfiguration has completed.

Level: Confirmation

Because the deleted nPartition is active, you must use the shutdown for reconfiguration process before this change can take effect.

Click [OK] to return to the previous view. If there was no previous view, you will go to the complex scope hardware view. If the deleted nPartition was in the scope of the previous view, you will go to the complex scope hardware view instead.

Perform a shutdown for reconfiguration as described above. The shutdown for reconfiguration is complete after the operating system running on the nPartition has shut down and all active cells in the nPartition are reset with boot is blocked (BIB). You can use the Virtual Front Panel (VFP) to confirm that this has happened.


 
Last nPartition

WARNING: This is the only nPartition in the complex.

Click [OK] to delete nPartition "Name (nPar Num)".

Level: Warning

Click [OK] to execute the displayed command and delete the nPartition. There will be no nPartitions in the complex after this command is executed.

Click [Cancel] to cancel this command and return to the previous view.


 
Active nPartition

Partition Manager (parmgr) cannot delete an active nPartition.

Perform a shutdown for reconfiguration on nPartition "Name (nPar Num)" before attempting the deletion.

  1. Close all applications running on the nPartition.

  2. Do a shutdown for reconfiguration:

    HP-UX

    Use the -RH option on either the shutdown(1M) or reboot(1M) command.

    Windows

    Use either the Start-->Shut Down, Shut down menu, or the shutdown /s command.

    Linux

    Use the -h option on the shutdown(8) command.

Use Partition Manager (parmgr) to delete the nPartition when the shutdown for reconfiguration is complete.

Level: Error

You cannot delete an active nPartition, except for the special cases described in the Rules for Deleting nPartitions section above.

Click [OK] to return to the previous view. If there was no previous view, you will go to the complex scope hardware view. Use one of the following methods to delete this nPartition.

  1. Shut down the nPartition for reconfiguration as described above, then retry the Delete nPartition action.

  2. Use the ToolsSwitch Complexes action to return to the user authentication dialog. Use the remote nPartition option to connect directly to the active nPartition that you want to delete, then retry the Delete nPartition action.

  3. Use the ToolsSwitch Complexes action to return to the user authentication dialog. Use the remote partitionable complex option to connect to the service processor, then retry the Delete nPartition action.

Other Messages

» Insufficient Privileges Message
» nPartition Configuration Privilege Message