Opening a virtual terminal session for a partition

You can use the virtual terminal on the Integrated Virtualization Manager to connect to a logical partition.

Before you start, ensure that the Integrated Virtualization Manager is at version 1.5 or later. To update the Integrated Virtualization Manager, see Viewing and updating the code level of the Integrated Virtualization Manager management partition.
Note: You cannot use the Integrated Virtualization Manager to open a virtual terminal for IBM® i logical partitions. See Limitations and restrictions for IBM i client partitions on systems managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager for more information.

To open a virtual terminal session, complete the following steps in the Integrated Virtualization Manager:

  1. In the navigation area, select View/Modify Partitions under Partition Management. The View/Modify Partitions page is displayed.
  2. Select the partition to which you want to connect.
  3. From the Tasks menu, select Open terminal window. A virtual terminal window displays.
    Note: Because the applet has a digital signature, your browser might display a security warning and ask you to verify that you want to run the applet.
  4. Enter the password for your login ID from the current Integrated Virtualization Manager session. A terminal session starts for the partition
Parent topic: Managing partitions by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager


Last updated: Thu, May 07, 2020