Activating partitions

You can use the Integrated Virtualization Manager to activate partitions on the managed system.

Before you begin

Use any role other than View Only to perform this task.

About this task

You can activate partitions manually after you power on the managed system, or you can reactivate a partition after you have shut down the partition manually.

To activate a partition, complete the following steps in the Integrated Virtualization Manager:

Procedure

  1. From the navigation area, select View/Modify Partitions under Partition Management. The View/Modify Partitions page is displayed.
  2. Select the partition that you want to activate. You can select more than one partition for this task.
  3. Click Activate. The Activate Partitions page is displayed. Verify the partition ID, partition name, and the current state of the partition.
  4. Click OK to activate the partition. The View/Modify Partitions page is displayed and the logical partition state has a value of running.
    Note: Each partition activates with the boot mode and keylock position that are specified for the partition on the Partition Properties page.
Parent topic: Managing partitions by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager
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Last updated: Mon, September 18, 2017