Managing logical partitions by using VPM, IVM, and HMC

To control your client partitions you can use IBM Navigator for i, Virtual Partition Manager (VPM) native screen, IVM or HMC.

There are three ways to manage logical partitions on IBM i:

  1. Managing IBM i logical partitions on Power Systems™ using IVM (Integrated Virtualization Manager):

    For information on this topic refer to Integrated Virtualization Manager in the IBM Power Systems Hardware Information Center.

  2. Managing IBM i logical partitions in the HMC environment:

    For information about using a Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create and maintain logical partitions on a server, see the Logical partitioning topic in the IBM Power Systems Hardware Information Center.

  3. Managing IBM i logical partitions using Virtual Partition Manager:

    The Virtual Partition Manager (VPM) is a partition management tool that supports the creation of partitions that use only virtual input/output (I/O) and does not require the Hardware Management Console, Systems Director Management Console, or Integrated Virtualization Manager. In addition to being able to manage Linux guest partitions, the VPM now supports creation and management of IBM i partitions.