You can manage virtual resources on a single system (or group of like systems) and then expand that management view across multiple, heterogeneous systems.

After you plan for and deploy virtualization technologies to the system, the next consideration is systems management. Managing virtual resources on a single system (or group of like systems) means performing traditional systems management tasks in a virtual environment (an environment with virtual systems and virtual resources). You can use virtual systems management tools such as the Hardware Management Console (HMC), Integrated Virtualization Manager, Partition Load Manager, Virtual I/O Server, or IBM® Workload Partitions Manager™ for AIX® (WPAR Manager). In addition, you can use IBM Systems Director to manage IBM Power Systems™ servers.