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vpar extend memory

Stijn V — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:37:50 GMT

I only have one vpar within an npar and I would like to extend the memory...

But how do I do that when I bring down the vpar?

#vparmodify -p -m mem::15805

Re: vpar extend memory

Torsten. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:41:59 GMT

With only 1 vPar you need to boot to non-vpar mode and modify from there.

Boot /stand/vmunix instead of /stand/vpmon from the firmware boot interface!

Re: vpar extend memory

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:55:23 GMT

please find detail procedure

root@d200 [/root]
# shutdown -hy 0

# login to d203 and check vparstatus

d203:/root# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
d200 Down Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d201 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d202 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d203 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
CPU Num Memory (MB)
CPU Bound/ IO # Ranges/
Virtual Partition Name Min/Max Unbound devs Total MB Total MB
============================== ================ ==== ====================
d200 2/ 16 2 2 7 0/ 0 8192
d201 2/ 16 2 2 10 0/ 0 6144
d202 2/ 16 2 1 9 0/ 0 9216
d203 2/ 16 2 0 6 0/ 0 3072

d203:/root# vparmodify -p d200 -m mem::4096 <== 4GB Memory
d203:/root# vparmodify -p d200 -m cpu::3 <== 3 CPU's

d203:/root# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
d200 Down Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d201 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d202 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d203 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
CPU Num Memory (MB)
CPU Bound/ IO # Ranges/
Virtual Partition Name Min/Max Unbound devs Total MB Total MB
============================== ================ ==== ====================
d200 2/ 16 2 1 7 0/ 0 4096
d201 2/ 16 2 2 10 0/ 0 6144
d202 2/ 16 2 1 9 0/ 0 9216
d203 2/ 16 2 0 6 0/ 0 3072

d203:/root# vparboot -p d200
vparboot: Booting d200. Please wait...

d203:/root# vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
Boot
Virtual Partition Name State Attributes Kernel Path Opts
============================== ===== ========== ========================= =====
d200 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d201 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d202 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix
d203 Up Dyn,Auto /stand/vmunix

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
CPU Num Memory (MB)
CPU Bound/ IO # Ranges/
Virtual Partition Name Min/Max Unbound devs Total MB Total MB
============================== ================ ==== ====================
d200 2/ 16 2 1 7 0/ 0 4096
d201 2/ 16 2 2 10 0/ 0 6144
d202 2/ 16 2 1 9 0/ 0 9216
d203 2/ 16 2 0 6 0/ 0 3072

Re: vpar extend memory

Torsten. — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:59:53 GMT

Nice procedure Sandeep - but how to make this with only 1 vPar?

Stijn V, do you know how to boot into non-vpars mode?

It depends if you have a RISC or Itanium based machine.

Re: vpar extend memory

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:13:01 GMT

sorry !!!!! not read question properly

Re: vpar extend memory

Stijn V — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:24:01 GMT

Thanks Torsten.

don't realy know how to boot in npar mode (it's an Itanium RX7640).

And if I boot in npar mode, I just can launch the vpar commands?

Re: vpar extend memory

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:38:58 GMT

For integrety server:
If you are at EFI shell prompt, use the following EFI utility to switch to either nPars or vPars mode:

Shell:> fsN:
fsN:> vparconfig reboot mode

Since vparconfig is not a built-in EFI shell command, you must go to the disk to execute vparconfig. For example, to switch to vPars mode:

Shell:> fs0:
fs0:> vparconfig reboot nPars

1 Access the EFI partition of the disk.

2 Set the mode and reboot the system.

Re: vpar extend memory

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:40:35 GMT

After u boot in nPar mode from there u can able to execute vparmodify command (with -D option as the vpardb is down at the moment)