Creating a system profile

You can create a system profile by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). A system profile is an ordered list of partition profiles. When you activate a system profile, the managed system attempts to activate the partition profiles in the system profile in the order in which the partition profiles are listed.

Before you begin

System profiles are also useful for validating your partition profiles to ensure that you have not overcommitted the resources on your managed system.

Restriction: You cannot create system profiles that contain logical partitions that use shared memory.

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To create a system profile by using the HMC Version 10.3.1060.0, or later, follow these steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, click System resources > Systems. The Systems page is displayed.
  2. In the work pane, click a system of your choice. The system properties are displayed.
  3. In the navigation pane, click System profiles. The System profiles page is displayed.
  4. Click Create system profile. The Create system profile window opens.
  5. Enter the name of the new system profile in the System profile name field.
  6. Select an existing system profile based on which you want to create the new system profile.
  7. Select the partition profiles that you want to add to the system profile.
  8. Click Create.
To create a system profile by using the HMC Version 10.2.1030, HMC Version 10.2.1040, or HMC Version 10.3.1050, follow these steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, click System resources > Systems. The Systems page is displayed.
  2. In the work pane, select the system and click Connections and operations > Manage system profiles.
  3. Click Actions > New.
  4. Enter the name of the new system profile in the System profile name field.
  5. For each partition profile that you want to add to the system profile, open the logical partition to which the partition profile belongs, select the partition profile, and click Add.
  6. Click OK.
To create a system profile by using the HMC Version 10.1.1020, or earlier, follow these steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, click Resources.
  2. Click All Systems. The All Systems page is displayed.
  3. In the work pane, select the system and click Actions > View System Properties. The Properties page is displayed.
  4. Select the system and click System Actions > Manage System Profiles.
  5. Click Actions > New.
  6. Enter the name of the new system profile in the System profile name field.
  7. For each partition profile that you want to add to the system profile, open the logical partition to which the partition profile belongs, select the partition profile, and click Add.
  8. Click OK.