Using Virtual Partitions (vPars), you can transform virtually any HP 9000 system into multiple "virtual computers," each running its own instance of HP-UX and associated applications-dramatically improving efficiency, flexibility, availability, and manageability in any enterprise environment. Now, one of the world's leading HP-UX experts and best-selling author Marty Poniatowski presents a comprehensive guide to vPars that covers everything you need to succeed with this breakthrough technology. Using practical examples, this book covers every essential vPars command and administration technique: * Analyze your system to determine components to be used in vPars * Load HP-UX and vPars software * Create vPars with vparcreate * Boot vPars with vparboot and vparload * Modify vpars with vparmodify * View vPars details with vparstatus * Remove vPars with vparremove * Customize vPars environments with Ignite-UX, backup, users, boot options, and more * Tear-out card summarizing all vPars commands"