Changing an optical device for a VIOS logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console

You can use the Hardware Management Console to view and to change physical optical devices and virtual optical media.

You can add optical devices to, or remove optical devices from, any logical partition, whether or not the logical partition is active. If you remove an optical device from an active logical partition, the Hardware Management Console prompts you to confirm the removal before removing the optical device. To assign an optical device to a client partition, ensure that the client partition owns one or more virtual SCSI adapters and that the VIOS owns corresponding virtual SCSI adapters that host the client adapter.

To change virtual optical media, be sure you meet the following requirements:
  • The Hardware Management Console must be at version 7 release 3.4.2 or later.
  • The Virtual I/O Server must be at version 2.1.1.0 or later.
  • Ensure that there is a resource monitoring and control connection between the Hardware Management Console and the Virtual I/O Server.
  • Verify that a virtual media library exists before you manage, create, or assign virtual optical devices.

To view and change optical devices, complete the following steps in the Hardware Management Console:

  1. In the navigation area, expand Systems Management > Servers, and select the server on which the Virtual I/O Server logical partition is located.
  2. In the Tasks pane, click Configuration > Virtual Resources > Virtual Storage Management.

    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 change virtual optical media:
    1. In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon The icon represents the Resources function of the HMC.
    2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
    3. In the PowerVM area, click Virtual Storage. The Virtual Storage page opens with the VIOS partitions listed in a table, in the Virtual Storage Management tab.
    4. Select a VIOS and click Action > Manage Virtual Storage.
  3. Select a Virtual I/O Server logical partition.
  4. Click the Optical Devices tab.
  5. To change the logical partition assignment for a physical optical device, complete the following steps. (You cannot assign a physical optical device to an IBM® i logical partition. An IBM i logical partition must use virtual optical devices instead.)
    1. From the Physical Optical Devices table, select the optical device that you want to change and click Modify assignment. The Modify Physical Optical Device Assignment page is displayed.
    2. Either change the logical partition to which the optical device is assigned, or set the optical device so it is not assigned to any logical partition, and click OK. The list of optical devices reflects the changes you made.
  6. To change virtual optical media, click one of the following tasks in the Virtual Optical Media section:
    • Create/Extend Library to extend the size of the media library.
    • Delete Library to delete the media library and the files within the library.
    • Add Media to add an optical media file to the media library and make it available for assignment to a partition.
    • Modify partition assignment to change the partition assignment for a media file by changing the virtual optical device to which a media file is assigned. You can assign read-only media to more than one partition.
    • Delete to delete the selected media files from the media library.
Parent topic: Managing virtual resources for Virtual I/O Server logical partitions using the HMC


Last updated: Fri, July 05, 2019