rx8640 vpars reconfig patition split cell boards

[J Turner]

rx8640
4 cell boards 2 patitions. Each partition has two cell boards.Partition 0 is disposable. Partition1 has Production Oracle on 1 vpar.

On part0 next weekend I will need to bring the whole partition down and split the cell boards(1 cell board for each partition) and create two new partitions.

I have set up and modified vpars, not npars/partitions.

Any advice, tips, or basic planning before I bury myself in this?

Thanks

[Torsten.]

Do you have an extension cabinet?
With a single cabinet you can only create 2 Npartitions, because you have only 2x IO.

Review "parstatus".

[J Turner]

Yes there is an extension cabinet.

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

well firstly, make sure you have a backup!
Secondly, record all the devices in the current npar and make sure that the I/O cards you want for the new single cell partition are all in the I/O card cage associated with that cell.
You must also make sure there is a core I/O card in the I./O chassis that you are going to use to creatte the new Npar.
refer to:
http://docs.hp.com/en/vse.html#nPartitions%20%28hardware-based%20partitioning%29

[J Turner]

Thanks for thr info on the doc.
Right now there is nothing on partition 0 to back up.
Next weekend I have to make this happen.
Thanks for the answers....

[J Turner]

The docs are the answer