Activating a system profile

You can activate many logical partitions at a time by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to activate a system profile. A system profile is an ordered list of partition profiles. When you activate a system profile, the managed system attempts to activate the partition profiles in the system profile in the order in which the partition profiles are listed.

1. In the navigation pane, open Systems Management and click Servers.
2. In the work pane, select the managed system, click the Tasks button, and choose Configuration > Manage System Profiles.
3. Select the system profile and click Activate.

   The HMC Classic interface is not supported in Hardware Management Console (HMC) Version 8.7.0, or later. The functions that were previously available in the HMC Classic interface are now available in the HMC Enhanced+ interface.

   When the HMC is at version 8.7.0, or later, complete the following steps to activate a system profile:

   1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon .
   2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
   3. In the work pane, select the system and click System Actions > Legacy > Manage System Profiles.
   4. In the Manage System Profiles page, select the profile from the list and click Actions > Activate.
4. Select the desired activation settings for the system profile and click Continue.