Delete Partition - HP AlphaServer ES47 Cli Reference Manual

AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 Server Management CLI Reference

3.16 delete partition

Destroys a partition. Returns all resources of the specified partition to the Free_Pool. The
partition(s) being destroyed must be in the halt or power-off state.
When the last user-defined subpartition within a hard partition is deleted, a Default_SP within that
hard partition is created with no components. When the last user-defined hard partition in the
system is deleted, a Default_HP and Default_SP are created with all CPUs and IOs belonging to
the Default_SP. The user cannot delete the Free_Pool.
Syntax
{-hp <hard_partition>
delete partition
[-sp <sub_partition>], -all}
Arguments
-hp <hard_partition>
-sp <sub_partition>
-all
Options
None
Examples
1. Delete the subpartition asia_branch of hard partition account_dept
MBM> delete partition –hp account_dept –sp asia_branch
MBM>
2. Attempt to delete the subpartition Free_Pool
MBM> delete part -hp account_dept -sp Free_Pool
~CLI-E-(tCLImodem) disallow deleting sub partition Free_Pool
Usage: delete partition {-hp <hard_partition> [-sp <sub_partition>],
-all}
MBM>
3. Delete the entire hard partition account_dept
MBM> delete partition –hp account_dept
MBM>
4. Delete all partitions. A Default_HP and Default_SP are created.
MBM> delete partition -all
MBM>
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Hard partition name.
Subpartition name. The hard partition and all of its subpartitions
are deleted if no explicit subpartition is given.
All partitions.