Virtual Partition Manager

The Virtual Partition Manager is a feature of IBM® i that allows you to create and manage one host logical partition and up to four client logical partitions, running either Linux or IBM i. You can use the Virtual Partition Manager to create logical partitions on a server that does not have a Hardware Management Console (HMC).

To use the Virtual Partition Manager, you must first install IBM i on a nonpartitioned server. After you install IBM i, you can initiate a console session on IBM i and use System Service Tools (SST) to create and configure IBM i orLinux logical partitions. IBM i controls the resource allocations of the logical partitions on the server.

When you use the Virtual Partition Manager to create logical partitions on a server, SST can be used to create and manage the logical partitions. IBM Navigator for i offers an improved interface and additional features for these functions. The console session that you use to access SST can be initiated using Operations Console LAN.