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Managed system tasks

Learn about the tasks that enable you to manage your server operations and the roles that can perform these tasks.

The following table describes the managed system tasks, the associated commands, and the user roles necessary to perform them.

Task Associated command Roles
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Add a managed system mksysconn X   X X  
Back up profile data bkprofdata X X X X  
Create a network connection with a system mksysconn X   X X  
Enable a remote service session for a logical partition chsysstate X X X X  
Enable or disable service processor failover on a managed system chsyscfg X   X X  
Initialize profile data rstprofdata X   X    
Migrate logical partition configuration data to a managed system migrcfg X   X X  
Modify the keylock position of a managed system chsysstate X X X X  
Modify the properties of a managed system chsyscfg X   X X  
Modify virtual I/O attributes of a managed system chhwres X X X X  
Power a managed system on and off chsysstate X X X X  
Rebuild a managed system chsysstate X X X X  
Recover partition data for a managed system chsysstate X X X X  
Remove the network connection to a managed system rmsysconn X   X X  
Request huge-page memory for a managed system chhwres X X X X  
Reset the network connection to a managed system rmsysconn X   X X  
Restart a managed system chsysstate X X X X  
Restore the hardware resource configuration of a managed system following a DLPAR task failure rsthwres X X X X  
Restore profile data rstprofdata X   X    
Update a password for a managed system chsyspwd X        
Update the LIC on a managed system updlic X X   X  
View connections for a managed system lssysconn X X X X X
View the current state of readiness for service processor failover on a managed system lssyscfg X X X X X
View HCA adapter resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View hardware resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View I/O resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View LIC levels accepted on a managed system lslic X X X X X
View LIC levels activated on a managed system lslic X X X X X
View LIC levels that are available to be retrieved lslic X X X X X
View Licensed Internal Code (LIC) levels installed on a managed system lslic X X X X X
View managed systems lssyscfg X X X X X
View memory resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View processing resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View reference codes for a managed system lsrefcode X X X X X
View SNI adapter resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X
View virtual I/O resources of a managed system lshwres X X X X X

For more information about working with your managed system using your HMC, see Working with managed systems and frames. For more information about using commands, see Using the remote command line.


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Last updated: Fri, Oct 30, 2009