Creating additional partition profiles

You can create more than one partition profile for a logical partition using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Each partition profile can specify a different amount of system resources and different logical partition startup attributes. You can change the attributes used by a logical partition by shutting down the logical partition and restarting the logical partition using a different partition profile.

If you plan to create a partition profile in which you configure Active Memory™ Expansion for an AIX® logical partition, ensure that you enter an activation code to enable Active Memory Expansion on the server before you activate the logical partition with this partition profile. For instructions, see Entering the activation code for Active Memory Expansion.

When you create a partition profile, do not select Use all the resources in the system when both of the following conditions are true:
  • You plan to create a partition profile that uses all of the system resources.
  • You plan to configure Active Memory Expansion for that partition profile.
Instead, manually assign all of the resources in the system to the partition profile. In the process, you can configure the Active Memory Expansion factor.
To create a partition profile using the HMC, follow these steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, open Systems Management, open Servers, and click the name of the managed system.
  2. In the work pane, select the logical partition for which you want to create the partition profile, click the Tasks button, and select Configuration > Manage Profiles.

    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 view the Manage Profiles page:
    1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon The icon represents the Resources function of the HMC.
    2. Click All Partitions. The All Partitions page is displayed.
    3. Select the logical partition and click Actions > Profiles > Manage Profiles.
  3. Click Actions > New.
  4. Follow the steps in the Create Partition Profile wizard to create the partition profile.
  5. Select the logical partition and click Partition Actions > Profiles > Manage Profiles.
If you created at least one virtual fibre channel adapter, complete the following tasks to connect the logical partition to its storage:
  1. Activate the logical partition. When you activate the logical partition, the HMC assigns a pair of worldwide port names (WWPNs) to the virtual fibre channel adapter. For instructions, see Activating a logical partition.
  2. Restart the Virtual I/O Server (that provides the connection to a physical fibre channel adapter) or run the syscfg command. This enables the Virtual I/O Server to recognize the WWPNs of the virtual fibre channel adapter on the client logical partition For instructions, see Restarting Virtual I/O Server logical partitions using the HMC.
  3. Assign the virtual fibre channel adapter on the client logical partition to a physical port of a physical fibre channel adapter. For instructions, see Changing virtual Fibre Channel for a Virtual I/O Server using the HMC.
Parent topic: Creating logical partitions


Last updated: Fri, July 05, 2019