Add Logical Partition for an IBM AIX Computer

You can use the Provisioning wizard to manage the logical partitions on an IBM AIX system.
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You can use the Provisioning wizard to manage the logical partitions on an IBM AIX system.
To add a logical partition for an IBM AIX computer
  1. Click
    Resources
    .
  2. Right-click IBM PowerVM Server in the
    Explore
    pane, and select
    Provisioning, Provision LPAR.
    The Provisioning wizard appears with the Partition and Memory page.
  3. Select the
    HMC/IVM server
    and managed S
    ystem Name
    .
  4. Specify the partition name, profile name, partition ID (non-mandatory field, Maximum value depends on the Managed system that is selected), Allow this partition to be suspended check box (is disabled if the selected managed system does not support).
  5. Click
    Next
    .
    The Processors page appears.
  6. Specify whether to allocate
    Partial Processor Units
    or
    Entire Processors(Dedicated)
    and the minimum, desired, and maximum processors units.
    Advanced
    settings are available for shared modes and virtual processors. Click
    Next
    .
    The I/O Components page appears.
  7. Select the I/O devices to associate with the partition, and click
    Next
    For each I/O device, you can specify that the I/O device is required or optional for logical partition activation. If the I/O device is required, the partition cannot be activated if the I/O device is unavailable or in use by another logical partition. If the I/O device is optional, and if the desired I/O device is available when the partition is activated, the managed system commits the I/O device to the partition. If the optional I/O device is not available, the managed system skips the I/O device.
    The I/O Pools page appears.
  8. (Optional) To create a new I/O pool, click the + (Add) on the I/O Pools table, enter a numerical value, and click
    Save
    When you add an I/O device to a partition, the I/O device belongs to an I/O pool. When this partition is activated, the managed system automatically adds the I/O pools that are defined for the partition to the logical partition.
  9. Click
    Next
    .
    If an HMC server was selected, the Virtual Serial page appears.
    If an IVM server was selected, the Virtual Ethernet page appears. Proceed to Step 10.
  10. (Optional) Specify the maximum virtual adapters for the partition. To create a new virtual serial adapter, click + (Add) and specify the Adapter ID, Remote Partition, and Remote Slot Number. You can require that the virtual adapter must be allocated and the managed system must have enough memory to run the required virtual adapters for the partition profile, or the logical partition does not activate
  11. Click
    Next
    .
    The Virtual Ethernet page appears.
  12. Specify the maximum virtual adapters for the partition. (Optional) You can add new virtual ethernet adapters by clicking + (Add) and selecting an Adapter ID, Virtual LAN ID, Access External Network, Trunk Priority, IEEE 802.1 Q Compatibility, additional Virtual LAN IDs, and whether the Ethernet adapter is Required.
  13. Click
    Next
    .
    The Virtual Disks page appears.
  14. Specify the virtual SCSI devices or physical fibre channel port for the partition. (Optional) To add a new virtual SCSI adapter, click + (Add) on the Virtual SCSI Adapters table.
  15. Select an
    Adapter ID
    , specify whether the SCSI adapter is Required, and select a Device name from the SCSI Devices table. If the desired device is on the SCSI Devices list, click
    OK
    , click
    Next
    in the Virtual SCSI panel, and skip to the last step. To add a new SCSI backing device, click + (New Backing Device) on the SCSI devices table. 
    If the selected device has a slot number, that is the slot number of the virtual SCSI server adapter that is defined to the Virtual I/O server partition. If the selected device does not have a slot number, it is not associated with a virtual SCSI server adapter yet. When the job to create the partition takes place, the virtual SCSI server adapter is created and assigned to the device. If a physical fibre channel port that supports NPIV is selected, a virtual fibre channel server adapter and virtual fibre channel client adapter are created for the partition.
  16. Click
    Next
    .
  17. Click
    Finish
    to confirm the request.
  18. The NetApp iSCSI storage is attached to the Virtual I/O Server, and the new provisioned storage is selected.
    The New SCSI Adapter dialog appears.
  19. Select this device or another device, and click OK.
  20. Click
    Next
    .
    The NIM page appears. You can choose whether to provision AIX using NIM by toggling Deploy Operating System.
  21. Specify the necessary Build Machine, System Attributes, Software Delivery Information, and Template, and click Next.
  22. Verify the
    Summary
    page, and click Add Computer
    The logical partition is created, and NIM provisioning starts.
    If a physical fibre channel port is selected and NIM is enabled, a dialog displays WWPNs assigned to the partition. Further configuration is required to zone and create the storage LUN for the WWPNs. There is an option to continue or to cancel the NIM provisioning. You can choose to continue after the additional configuration has been completed. You can choose to cancel and perform a separate NIM provision operation later once the configuration is complete. 
Provision an IBM AIX Image Using MKSYSB
The IBM NIM MKSYSB utility provides one-step IBM AIX image provisioning that can include both the operating system and additional software. To provision using MKSYSB, you must already have MKSYSB images and NIM resources available.
When the IBM NIM environment is configured with MKSYSB resources, use the
Server Automation
 user interface to provision the IBM AIX image. 
Verify that you are logged in to the  user interface as an administrator.
Follow these steps:
  1. Click
    Resource
    , and open the
    Explore
    pane.
  2. Right-click an
    IBM PowerVM
    resource, and select
    Provisioning, Provision NIM
    .
    The Provision AIX with NIM dialog appears.
  3. Complete the following fields:
    NIM Master
    Specify the computer where you configured your NIM environment. There can only be one active NIM master server in an environment.
    Machine Resource Name
    Specify the target computer for NIM installation and update operations.
  4. In the Installation Type drop-down, select
    mksysb
    .
  5. In the
    Resource Type
    drop-down, select
    Resource Group
    .
  6. Select an
    MKSYSB
    resource group.
  7. In the
    System Attributes
    pane, provide the administrator credentials to log in to the host NIM system. 
    The administrator user ID and password must match the ones that are specified in the install_path/imaging/etc/ca_post_install.sh script during IBM AIX imaging configuration.
  8. Click
    Add Computer
    .
The new IBM AIX system image is created and ready for use. By having the MKSYSB resource group already available, provisioning did not require a multistep build process.