ERROR: icapmodify Operation not approved

[Asif Sharif]

Hi,

I am facing an issue while activating four of my inactive cores in SD IA32.

Local nPartition Status (08/21/13 18:18:40)
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Total number of configured cores: 22
Number of Intended Active cores: 18
Number of active cores: 18
Number of inactive cores: 4
Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights: 0
Number of cores that could be activated with additional usage rights: 4
Number of cores that can be activated with temporary capacity: 0
Number of cores that are deconfigured or attached to inactive cells: 0

Instant Capacity Resource Summary
---------------------------------
Number of cells without usage rights: 0
Number of inactive cells: 0
Amount of memory without usage rights: 0.0 GB
Amount of inactive memory: 0.0 GB
Number of cores without usage rights: 6
Number of inactive cores: 4
Number of cores that must be deactivated (insufficient usage rights): 2
Temporary capacity available: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes

Allocation of Instant Capacity Resources among the nPartitions
--------------------------------------------------------------
Intended Actual
nPar Total Active Active =======Inactive======= Runs
ID Cores Cores Cores Cores Memory Cells iCAP nPar Name
==== ===== ======== ====== ====================== ==== ======================
0 22 18 18 4 0.0 GB 0 Yes Partition 0... (local)
N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 GB 0 N/A Unassigned Cells

xyz:[/]# icapmodify -C xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx-xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx
The following valid codeword has been applied to the complex:

Right to Use Codeword
4 Cores

Use icapstatus(1M) to see the results of the application of this codeword.

NOTE: Application of Right to Use codewords does not result in the
activation of components. Use icapstatus(1M) to see the results
of the application of this codeword.

For cores: Use icapmodify(1M) to activate the cores.

For cell boards and memory: Use parmodify(1M) to activate cells
by setting the use_on_next_boot flag to 'y' or use parmgr(1M).

xyz:[/]# icapmodify -a 4
ERROR: Operation not approved because it would result in the number of
active cores exceeding the number of core usage rights across the
complex. Additional usage rights can be purchased from HP and the
associated RTU (Right to Use) codeword retrieved from the Utility
Pricing Solutions portal (http://www.hp.com/go/icap/portal), and
applied to the complex.

xyz:[/]# icapstatus -s
Product number: A9834A
Serial number: xxxxxxxx
Audit snapshot:
xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx-xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx

xyz:[/]# icapstatus
Software version: B.11.31.09.00.00.140
System ID: xyz
Serial number: XXXXXXXXX
Product number: A9834A
Unique ID: 3f6ce42e-65e1-11dd-8ca2-06538ce1fc0e
System contact e-mail: Not set
From e-mail: Set to the default ('adm')
Asset reporting: off
Temporary capacity warning period: 15 days
Exception status: No exception

Local nPartition Status (12/24/13 20:18:44)
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Total number of configured cores: 22
Number of Intended Active cores: 18
Number of active cores: 18
Number of inactive cores: 4
Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights: 2
Number of cores that could be activated with additional usage rights: 2
Number of cores that can be activated with temporary capacity: 0
Number of cores that are deconfigured or attached to inactive cells: 0

Instant Capacity Resource Summary
---------------------------------
Number of cells without usage rights: 0
Number of inactive cells: 0
Amount of memory without usage rights: 0.0 GB
Amount of inactive memory: 0.0 GB
Number of cores without usage rights: 2
Number of inactive cores: 4
Number of cores that must be deactivated (insufficient usage rights): 0
Temporary capacity available: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes

Allocation of Instant Capacity Resources among the nPartitions
--------------------------------------------------------------
Intended Actual
nPar Total Active Active =======Inactive======= Runs
ID Cores Cores Cores Cores Memory Cells iCAP nPar Name
==== ===== ======== ====== ====================== ==== ======================
0 22 18 18 4 0.0 GB 0 Yes Partition 0... (local)
N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 GB 0 N/A Unassigned Cells

xyz:[/]# icapmodify -a 2

20 cores are intended to be active and are currently active.

xyz:[/]# icapstatus
Software version: B.11.31.09.00.00.140
System ID: xyz
Serial number: XXXXXXXXX
Product number: A9834A
Unique ID: 3f6ce42e-65e1-11dd-8ca2-06538ce1fc0e
System contact e-mail: Not set
From e-mail: Set to the default ('adm')
Asset reporting: off
Temporary capacity warning period: 15 days
Exception status: No exception

Local nPartition Status (12/24/13 20:26:08)
-------------------------------------------
Total number of configured cores: 22
Number of Intended Active cores: 20
Number of active cores: 20
Number of inactive cores: 2
Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights: 0
Number of cores that could be activated with additional usage rights: 2
Number of cores that can be activated with temporary capacity: 0
Number of cores that are deconfigured or attached to inactive cells: 0

Instant Capacity Resource Summary
---------------------------------
Number of cells without usage rights: 0
Number of inactive cells: 0
Amount of memory without usage rights: 0.0 GB
Amount of inactive memory: 0.0 GB
Number of cores without usage rights: 2
Number of inactive cores: 2
Number of cores that must be deactivated (insufficient usage rights): 0
Temporary capacity available: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes

Allocation of Instant Capacity Resources among the nPartitions
--------------------------------------------------------------
Intended Actual
nPar Total Active Active =======Inactive======= Runs
ID Cores Cores Cores Cores Memory Cells iCAP nPar Name
==== ===== ======== ====== ====================== ==== ======================
0 22 20 20 2 0.0 GB 0 Yes Partition 0... (local)
N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 GB 0 N/A Unassigned Cells

Please help what could be the issue?

PS. This thread has been moved from HP-UX > System Administration to Workload/Resource Management. - Hp Forum Moderator

[Matti_Kurkela]

According to your first icapstatus output, you were initially using 2 cores more than you had usage rights for. Perhaps you had some temporary capacity time (TiCAP) that is now run out?

> Number of inactive cores: 4

> Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights: 0

> Number of cores that must be deactivated (insufficient usage rights): 2

The blue line means that at next reboot, iCAP would have taken 2 cores away from your partition since you no longer had the right to use them.

When you applied a codeword with usage rights for 4 more cores, 2 out of them were automatically used to provide usage rights to the 2 extra cores that were already in use - and that left you with licenses to activate only 2 new cores:

> Number of inactive cores: 4

> Additional cores that can be activated with current usage rights: 2

> Number of cores that must be deactivated (insufficient usage rights): 0

Then, you successfully activated those 2 more cores.