Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Virtual Partition Manager

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Virtual Partition Manager.



The Virtual Partition Manager is a feature of i5/OS that allows you to create and manage one i5/OS logical partition and up to four Linux logical partitions on a single IBM System i5 or eServer i5 server. You can use the Virtual Partition Manager to partition any IBM System i5 or eServer i5 model that does not require a Hardware Management Console (HMC), such as a model 595.

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Integrated Virtualisation Manager

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Integrated Virtualisation Manager

The Integrated Virtualization Manager is a browser-based system management interface for the Virtual I/O Server. The Integrated Virtualization Manager allows you to create and manage AIX and Linux logical partitions on a single IBM System p server. On Open Power servers, the Integrated Virtualization Manager supports only Linux logical partitions.

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Hardware Management Console

Aix - Partitioning Tools - Hardware Management Console

The Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a hardware appliance that you can use to configure and control one or more managed systems. You can use the HMC to create and manage logical partitions and activate Capacity Upgrade on Demand. Using service applications, the HMC communicates with managed systems to detect, consolidate, and send information to service and support for analysis.

Aix - Logical Partitioning - Partitioning Tools

Aix - Logical Partitioning - Partitioning Tools

ou must use tools to partition your servers. The tool that you use to partition each server depends upon the server model and the operating systems and
features that you want to use on the server.

• Hardware Management Console
• Integrated Virtualisation Manager
• Virtual Partition Manager