Partitioning with a System i
You can use System i® Navigator to manage i5/OS logical partitions.
This information steps you through the logical partition process, from creation to management.
- Logical partition concepts
The System i environment offers you the ability to partition one system into several independent systems. Before you start creating partitions, it is essential that you understand the concepts behind this type of system configuration. - Scenarios: Logical and guest partition
These scenarios introduce some common logical and guest partition implementations, which can help you understand how you can configure and use logical and guest partitions on your System i products. - Planning for logical partitions
Understand the hardware and software requirements needed to successfully implement logical partitions. Read and go through the pre-order tasks of completing the planning work sheet. - Creating logical partitions
You can use the System i Navigator wizard to create logical partitions on your server. - Managing logical partitions
If you implement logical partitions on your system, you must consider a few factors when managing logical partitions, such as restarting and powering down individual logical partitions, changing logical partition configuration, managing security, and changing processing resources. - Troubleshooting logical partitions
Resolve logical partition errors efficiently using the troubleshooting advisor. You can also determine whether the server having problems has logical partitions so that you can more quickly find a solution.
Parent topic: Logical partitions