After adding additional physical memory (RAM) and changing CLM to ILM on the Npar, the following boot errors occur when trying to start the Vpar Monitor (vpmon):

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\efi\hpux\AUTO ==> boot vpmon -a
Seconds left till autoboot -   0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 333 MB
loading section 0
.... (complete)
loading section 1
......................................................................................................... (complete) loading symbol table loading System Directory (boot.sys) to MFS ......Launching /stand/vpmon
SIZE: Text:1617K + Data:53308K + BSS:10764K = Total:65689K Console is on virtual console - via PCDP
 
Console is on virtual console - via PCDP Current CLM granule countfor cell 0 is 512.
Memory object size (24636) of exceedsgranule size (128). Rebooting the system. Increase granule size.

The ILM granule size, which is currently set to the default value of 128, is too small to accomidate the additional ILM memory added to the partition. Answer/Solution FIX:The Virtual Partitions Administration Guide Page 185 has additional information on memory granules.

From the error above, the ilm granules size is too small after adding additional memory and converting all CLM (cell local memory) to ILM (interleave memory). Your current ILM and CLM granule sizes are 128, which is the default. There are known performance issues (very long boot times etc…) with having a very small granule size.

• Config des vPars

[root@rnsd511 - /root ] # vparstatus
[Virtual Partition]
                                                                          Boot
Virtual Partition Name         State Attributes   Kernel Path             Opts
============================== ===== ============ ======================= =====
rnsd511                        Up    Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix                
rnsd512                        Up    Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix                
rnsd513                        Up    Dyn,Auto,Nsr /stand/vmunix                

[Virtual Partition Resource Summary]
                                CPU      Num   Num     Memory Granularity
Virtual Partition Name          Min/Max  CPUs  IO       ILM         CLM
==============================  =======  ====  ====  ==========  ==========
rnsd511                           1/ 16     6     6         128         128    
rnsd512                           1/ 16     4    14         128         128    
rnsd513                           1/ 16     6    14         128         128    

                                                  Memory (MB)
                                          ILM                     CLM
                                # User                  # User
Virtual Partition Name          Ranges/MB     Total MB  Ranges/MB     Total MB
==============================  ======================  ======================
rnsd511                           0/   0         39935    0/   0             0 
rnsd512                           0/   0         34816    0/   0             0 
rnsd513                           0/   0         55668    0/   0             0

⇒ booter en mode “nPar”

vparenv -m npars
shutdown -h now

HPUX> boot

⇒ Recréer les vPars en utilisant vparstatus -v pour récup la config.

# vparcreate -p rnsd521 -g ilm:1024:y -g clm:1024:y -a cpu::8 -a mem::34816 -a io:1.0.0 -a io:1.0.1 -a io:1.0.2 -a io:1.0.0.2.0.6.0.0.0.0.0:boot -a io:1.0.0.3.0.6.0.0.0.0.0:altboot

# vparcreate -p rnsd522 -a cpu::4 -a mem::26622 -a io:1.0.4 -a io:1.0.6 -a 1.0.4.1.0.4.0.79.186.0.0.0.6 -a 1.0.6.1.0.4.0.89.186.0.0.0.6 -a  1.0.4.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae1a0.0x4006000000000000 -a 1.0.6.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae198.0x4006000000000000 -a 1.0.4.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae1dd.0x4009000000000000:boot -a 1.0.4.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae1d9.0x4009000000000000:altboot

# vparcreate -p rnsd523  -a cpu::4 -a mem::28031 -a io:1.0.12 -a io:1.0.14 -a io:1.0.12.1.0.4.0.89.186.0.0.0.0 -a io:1.0.14.1.0.4.0.79.186.0.0.0.0 -a io:1.0.12.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae198.0x4000000000000000:altboot -a io:1.0.14.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae1a0.0x4000000000000000 -a io:1.0.14.1.0.4.0.0x50000974080ae1dd.0x4007000000000000:boot

# vparenv -g ILM:1024 -g CLM:1024
# vparenv -m vpars
# shutdown -h now

HPUX> boot vpmon

• Lister la bootstring

lifls /dev/dsk/c1t6d0
ISL          AUTO         HPUX         PAD          LABEL

important : ISL / AUTO / HPUX

lifcp /dev/rdsk/c2t6d0:AUTO
hpux -lq

• Pour modifier la bootstring :

mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0

• On bypasse l'autoboot :

vparmodify -p tiths201 -B manual -B nosearch

vparmodify -p <Vpar name> -a mem::16384 

vparmodify -p <Vpar name> -d cpu::1

 vparmodify -p <Vpar name> -a cpu::1

vparmodify -p winona2 -m cpu::4