Unlocking Complex Profile Entries

You can manually unlock a Complex Profile entry by using either of the following procedures:

The Complex Profile is a set of data that determines how hardware is assigned to and used by nPartitions in an server complex. Each Complex Profile entry has its own lock which is used to restrict access to the entry.

In certain situations you might need to manually unlock a Complex Profile entry, for example when an nPartition configuration tool such as Partition Manager has prematurely exited before it sends revised Complex Profile entries and corresponding lock keys back to the service processor.

For details see “Complex Profile”.




	CAUTION: You should generally avoid manually unlocking Complex Profile entries because doing so can can result in the loss of configuration changes.

Procedure 6-24 Complex Profile Unlocking (Service Processor)

This procedure unlocks a Complex Profile entry by using the RL command at the service processor Command menu.

Login to the service processor (MP or GSP) and enter CM to access the Command menu.
At the service processor Command menu, issue the RL command.

Select the Complex Profile entry you want to unlock.

[feshd4-u] MP:CM> rl

WARNING: This command should only be used to recover from a hung
         complex reconfiguration.

         Random breaking of locks will cause unpredictable results
         and could cause your system to crash.

    A - Stable complex configuration data
    B - Dynamic complex configuration data
    C - Partition configuration data 
        Select configuration data: A

    Do you want to break stable complex configuration data lock? (Y/[N]) y

    -> The selected lock will be broken.

Procedure 6-25 Complex Profile Unlocking (nPartition Commands)

This procedure unlocks a Complex Profile entry by using the parunlock nPartition configuration command.




	NOTE: You can remotely perform this task using remote administration options supported by the Enhanced nPartition Commands or Partition Manager Version 2.0. Remote administration is supported by the Partition Manager ToolsSwitch Complexes action and by the nPartition command `-u... -h...` options or `-g... -h...` options. For details see “Tools for Configuring nPartitions”.

Login to HP-UX running on an existing nPartition in the server complex, or login to a system with the Enhanced nPartition Commands.
Issue the parunlock command with the command-line option appropriate for the Complex Profile entry or entries you want to unlock.
parunlock Options for Original nPartition Commands. The Original nPartition Commands parunlock command supports the following options:
-s
Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data.
-p#
Unlock the Partition Configuration Data for the nPartition whose number (#) is specified.
-A
Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data and the Partition Configuration Data for all nPartitions in the complex.
parunlock Options for Enhanced nPartition Commands. The Enhanced nPartition Commands parunlock command supports the following options:
-s
Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data. On HP Integrity servers the -s option unlocks the "read lock" that controls read access to the current Stable Complex Configuration Data. See also the -P option.
-d
Unlock the Dynamic Complex Configuration Data.
-p#
Unlock the Partition Configuration Data for the nPartition whose number (#) is specified.
-P
Cancel any pending changes to the Stable Complex Configuration Data. On HP Integrity servers the -P option unlocks the "write lock" that controls write access to a modifiable copy of the Stable Complex Configuration Data. See also the -s option.
-A
Unlock the Stable Complex Configuration Data, Dynamic Complex Configuration Data, and the Partition Configuration Data for all nPartitions in the complex. On HP Integrity servers the -A option unlocks both the "read lock" and "write lock" for the Stable Complex Configuration Data.

Unlocking Complex Profile Entries

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