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HMC Manual Reference Pages  - MKVTERM (1)

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mkvterm - open a virtual terminal session

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mkvterm -m managed-system
{-p partition-name | --id partition-ID} [--help]

mkvterm opens a virtual terminal session for an AIX, Linux, or virtual I/O server partition.

After establishing a virtual terminal session, the ~. character sequence can be entered in the terminal window to terminate it, or the rmvterm command can be used to force the session to be closed.

A partition can only have one open virtual terminal session at a time.

-m	The name of the managed system which has the partition for which to open the virtual terminal session. The name may either be the user-defined name for the managed system, or be in the form tttt-mmm*ssssssss, where tttt is the machine type, mmm is the model, and ssssssss is the serial number of the managed system. The tttt-mmm*ssssssss form must be used if there are multiple managed systems with the same user-defined name.
-p	The name of the partition for which to open the virtual terminal session. You must either use this option to specify the name of the partition, or use the --id option to specify the partition’s ID. The -p and the --id options are mutually exclusive.
--id	The ID of the partition for which to open the virtual terminal session. You must either use this option to specify the ID of the partition, or use the -p option to specify the partition’s name. The --id and the -p options are mutually exclusive.
--help	Display the help text for this command and exit.

Open a virtual terminal session for partition p1:

mkvterm -m mySystem -p p1

Open a virtual terminal session for the partition with an ID of 1:

mkvterm -m 9406-570*12345678 --id 1

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