Partition Manager: Version 1.0 Features and Description

»	Architecture
»	Highlights
»	Download the Online Help

	IMPORTANT: As of HP-UX 11i v1 December 2004 update, this version of Partition Manager is replaced by Partition Manager v2.0.

	Architecture

Partition Manager v1.0 is an X-Windows application built on HP's Object Action Manager user interface framework for HP-UX tools (ObAM). For most tasks, Partition Manager can be run from any nPartition in the complex. Certain tasks require that you run Partition Manager directly on the nPartition that will be affected. From an HP-UX environment, the preferred method of running Partition Manager v1.0 is to login to the nPartition, set the DISPLAY variable, and execute the parmgr command.

From a PC environment, Partition Manager can be launched through a Web browser. To use this feature, a Web server must be installed and configured on the partition that will run Partition Manager. The Apache Web server will be automatically installed and configured when the ObAM Runtime Environment bundle (required by Partition Manager v1.0) is installed. This is currently the only Web server supported by the ObAM Runtime Environment. The Web server must be activated before it can be used.

Partition Manager executes partition(1) commands to perform administration functions.

	Highlights

This section lists the key features and capabilities of Partition Manager v1.0. For detailed information about using this product, you can download a complete copy of the online help for offline browsing. See “Download the Online Help”.

Graphical User Interface

By default, Partition Manager displays the components of a complex in a hierarchical object list. The levels of the hierarchy correspond to the structure of the complex. The top-most level is the complex itself. Contained within the complex are the nPartitions and available resources, which in turn contain hardware resources.

To view a sample screen from Partition Manager v1.0, click on the link below.

Partition Manager helps you perform complex configuration tasks without having to remember commands and parameters. You select an object from the object list, then select an action from a menu.

Partition Manager displays the command(s) that it uses to perform configuration tasks. You can use this feature to help you learn the command syntax, and to construct scripts to automate frequently-performed tasks.

Manage System Hardware

Use Partition Manager to view your server's hardware inventory and the status of hardware components. Partition Manager detects and reports configuration problems in your complex.

Partition Manager helps you configure and maintain your complex.

Step-by-Step Guidance Through Complex Tasks

Partition Manager walks you through each step in the creation of nPartitions.

All actions performed by Partition Manager are tracked in a log file that can be viewed at any time.

	Download the Online Help

You can download a ZIP archive of the online help files for Partition Manager v1.0 by clicking on the link below. Unzip this archive into a directory on your PC or workstation. You can then browse these files using any Web browser that supports Cascading Style Sheets and Javascript.