Connecting an HMC to a system managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager

Learn how to connect an IBM® System p® system that is managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) to become an IBM System p system managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Connecting an HMC to a system that is managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) automatically disables the IVM. The HMC assumes management control of the system. Because the management of the system is changed, you must re-create your logical partition configuration either manually or from backups.

To change the management of a system from the IVM to an HMC, do the following:

Create a backup of your partition configuration using the IVM, and download it to your local system. For instructions, see Backing up and restoring partition data. You can use the backup text file as a reference for re-creating your partitions in step 4.
Connect the HMC to the system. For instructions, see Installing and configuring the HMC. The managed system is in Recovery state on the HMC.
Initialize the profile data using the HMC interface. For instructions, see Managing the HMC. This action clears the partition configuration.
Using the backup text file that you created in step 1, re-create your partitions by using the HMC. For instructions, see Managing the HMC.