What are the various states in which VPARs can exist (HP-UX) PA-RISC and Integrity

Note: These apply to VPARs versions 4.x/5.x . For the latest in case of any differences refer to the latest documents on the VPARs


The Various States that a VPAR can be in are as follows:



The VPARs states that a VPAR can be at anytime are as follows.

1) load – the monitor VPMON is loading the kernel.

2) Boot – VPMON has loaded the kernel and the kernel is now booting the VPAR.

3) Up – the VPAR is up and running.

4) Shut – the VPAR is executing a graceful shutdown.

5) Down – the VPAR is down.

6) Crash – the VPAR is crashing due to HPMC, TOC etc , when the crash is complete, the VPAR goes to a down state.

7) Hung – the VPAR is not responding.