Special Considerations
Instant Capacity Integration with Virtual Partitions
| Static Virtual Partitions |
| If a virtual partition is static (that is, the resources cannot be migrated, |
| added, deleted, or modified) and you attempt to activate or deactivate |
| processors, the Instant Capacity software displays a message indicating |
| that the configuration of the processor resources cannot be modified. |
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NOTE | The icod_stat command’s output indicates that the number of |
| unassigned processors that can be assigned (to the local virtual |
| partition) is zero if the static resource attribute for the local virtual |
| partition is set. |
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NOTE
LPMC Deactivations in Virtual Partitions
In a vPar environment, if the Low Priority Machine Check (LPMC) monitor deactivates a processor, it automatically replaces the failing processor with an unlicensed Instant Capacity processor from the free pool, assuming there is one available.
The failing processor remains in the virtual partition until either the virtual partition or the virtual partition monitor is rebooted. (In the compatible virtual partition environment, rebooting the virtual partition monitor is necessary if a bound processor in the virtual partition fails.)
More information about LPMC in vPars can be found in whitepapers on http://docs.hp.com (search for “LPMC”).
vPars version A.03.01 (or later) is required for automatic replacement of a failed processor by the LPMC monitor.
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