NAME
parremove — remove an existing partition
SYNOPSIS
parremove
-p
PartitionNumber
[-F]
[-k
s_lock:
p_lock]
[ [ -u
username
[:]
-h IPaddress|hostname
| [-g
-h IPaddress|hostname ] ]
DESCRIPTION
The
parremove
command removes an existing partition. This will unassign all cells
from the partition and destroy the partition definition.
PartitionNumber,
the target partition, must be inactive except when the
-F
option is used. Even then, one of the following additional conditions
must be satisfied:
The target partition must be the local partition, the partition executing
the
parremove
command. If the
-u and -h
options are specified, the partition they access is considered to be the
local partition.
The
-g
option must be used to access the complex in which the target partition
is configured.
By default, the target partition is assumed to be configured in the
same complex as the local partition. The
-u
and
-g
options allow the
parremove
command to remove a partition on the specified target (local or remote)
complex.
Superuser permission is required to run this command on the local
partition. If the
-u or -g
option is used to access a remote partition or complex, superuser permission
is not required on the local system, and the local system need not exist
on an nPartition. If the
-u
option is specified,
username
on the remote host must have superuser permission or the command will fail.
By the nature of its operation, the
parremove
command modifies the configuration of its target complex. Operation is
affected by the state of the target complex's nPartition Configuration
Privilege. If the nPartition Configuration Privilege is unrestricted
(the default), or the complex is accessed using the
-g
option, all operations are allowed. Otherwise the command fails. The
-g
option is unaffected by the state of the nPartition Configuration
Privilege. Note: The state of the nPartition Configuration Privilege
can only be changed at the service processor's Command menu. This
should be kept in mind when reading the
Options and Arguments
section.
Refer to the
nPartition Administrator's Guide
for a description of the partition management terms used in this man
page.
Options and Arguments
parremove
recognizes the following command line options and arguments:
- -p PartitionNumber
Specifies the partition to be removed.
PartitionNumber
specifies the unique partition number (integer) assigned to the
partition when it was created. If neither the
-u
nor
-g
option is specified, the target partition is in the local complex.
Otherwise it is in the complex determined by either of those options.
In either case, the target partition must be inactive unless the
-F
option has been specified and one of the following conditions is also
satisfied:
The target partition must be the local partition, the partition executing
the
parremove
command. If the
-u and -h
options are specified, the partition they access is considered to be the
local partition.
The
-g
option must be used to access the complex in which the target partition
is configured.
- -F
Forcibly remove the partition. This option is required if you are
removing your own local partition, which is active by definition, or if
you are using the
-g
option to remove an active partition in the target complex. It is
ignored otherwise.
If you are removing an active partition, the partition is marked for
removal. This action is irreversible. However, the partition is not
actually removed until it is shutdown using the
-R[-H]
option of the
shutdown
command (see
shutdown(1M)).
- -g
Allows access to the complex specified by the
-h
option. The accessed complex is then considered the target complex.
Access is through the service processor's LAN port.
The
-h
option is required if this option is used.
If this option is specified, the command prompts for the password.
If an error is reported when you attempt to connect using this option,
check to see that IPMI LAN access has not been disabled on the remote
service processor. Access to the complex through IPMI over LAN can be
enabled or disabled by logging on to the service processor and using the
SA
command from the Command Menu.
The
-u
and
-g
options are mutually exclusive.
- -h IPaddress|hostname
This option should only be used in combination with either the
-u or -g
option.
IPaddress|hostname
specifies the IP address or hostname of the target partition
(-u)
or complex
(-g).
- -k s_lock:p_lock
Note:
The
-k
option is intended for use by system management tools which invoke the
parremove
command programmatically. Command line users should avoid this option.
The
-k
option specifies the lock keys provided by Partition Manager (
parmgr
)for Complex Configuration Data and Partition Configuration Data.
Lock keys should always be specified in pairs. If either lock key is
not available, enter
-1
as a placeholder. For example, if the
s_lock
key is available but the
p_lock
key is not, then the option should be specified as
-k s_lock:-1.
- -u username[:]
Specifies the required authorization to access a partition other than
the local system (but can also be used as a loopback access to the
local partition). The complex to be modified is the one in which this
target partition resides.
The
-h
option is required if this option is used.
If this option is specified, the command prompts for the password.
username
specifies a configured user name on the target partition.
Note:
This command is a Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Client Application.
The
-u
option accesses the target partition using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
connection. If errors are reported, check that the conditions described
in the
DEPENDENCIES
section are satisfied.
RETURN VALUE
The
parremove
command exits with one of the following values:
- 0
Successful completion.
- 1
Error condition occurred.
EXAMPLES
Remove the inactive partition whose
PartitionNumber
is 2:
Remove an inactive partition in the same complex as the remote host
Penzance:
parremove -p 0 -u RemoteAdmin: -h Penzance
RemoteAdmin
must have superuser permissions on
Penzance.
The command prompts for the password.
DEPENDENCIES
This command uses the
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
product and some of its configuration settings. If you encounter
connection errors when using the
-u
option, check that the following two conditions are satisfied:
Use the
cimconfig
command (see
cimconfig(1M)
in the WBEM product documentation) to verify (and correct if necessary)
the setting of the following two variables:
enableRemotePrivilegedUserAccess=true
enableHttpsConnection=true
The target partition's digital certificate has been appended to the local
partition's Shared Authentication Store.
For the nPartition commands, the Shared Authentication Store is stored in
the file:
/etc/opt/hp/sslshare/known_hosts.pem.
This file is used by all the clients, which use SSL based certificates.
If these clients trust a target partition, then the nPartition commands will
also trust the target partition.
Refer to the WBEM documents specified in the
SEE ALSO
section below for further information.
AUTHOR
parremove
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
SEE ALSO
fruled(1),
parstatus(1),
cplxmodify(1M),
frupower(1M),
parcreate(1M),
parmgr(1M),
parmodify(1M),
parunlock(1M),
partition(5).
nPartition Administrator's Guide
on
http://docs.hp.com,
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System Administrator's Guide
on
http://docs.hp.com,
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX 11i v2.0 on Integrity Servers Version A.01.05 Release Notes
on
http://docs.hp.com.