Virtual Partition Manager

The Virtual Partition Manager is a feature of IBM® i that allows you to create and manage one host 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 or Linux 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 more features for these functions. The console session that you use to access SST can be initiated by using Operations Console LAN.